Saturn 2007 aura rear brakes fail due to manufacture part defect. Our leased saturns rear brakes began grinding 3 weeks ago. We had the saturn dealership look at it. They said the brake pads were shot and have dug into the rotors. The front brakes show little ware. Saturn said that it is very unusual for the rear brakes to fail before the front, however gm investigated and offered no explanation for the failure. Gm closed the case (71-776581112) stating they determined their was no defect. I have never had a vehicle that the rear brakes wore this fast and failed this quick.
2007 Saturn Aura brakes complaints
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I purchased my car new off the lot while out of state. I have had several issues with this vehicle. I am unsatisfied with saturn that they are not willing to look into these issues and fix, repair or replace the parts to fix the problems. Unless continuously my expense. The brake lights are lit while driving down the road, and when you place your foot on the pedal and apply pressure, the lights will go off, thus removing your foot from petal, 8 seconds, the lights for my brakes are back on. Mind you when you apply the brake, the lights go off, so explain this to the officers that stop me, and give me a ticket for repair because I don't have brake lights when stopping!! Not to mention the times of being almost rear ended because of this issue! Getting it fixed and it continues to reoccur is getting old. Does someone really have to be killed to fix this problem? The braking system in general with the rotors and pads has been a consistent repair replace factor. I have replaced brake pads, had rotors turned, had them replaced, etc minimum of every 10,000 miles due to the rotors being warped, causing severe shaking in the front end. Service garage at saturn dealer just says this is a continued problem with the aura vehicles, but nothing is getting resolved. Again, does someone really have to be killed to get these real issues settled? These are issues with the brakes, not with something minor. Again, issues with the air bag service light coming on, and the garage not finding a repeating error, occurs yet occasionally. Fix by turning car off and restarting. Inflate tire signal repeatedly occurs, yet to find actual cause for this issue. These are the real concerns I have with this vehicle, minor issues are the doors filling with water, pealing of interior on black areas of door molding, handles. Failure of increase of immediate speed when wanting extra power to pass or coming in on ramp to highway traffic and does not kick down immediately.
The brake pedal position switch is incorrectly programmed, this causes the brake lamps to operating in a constant state of illumination when the pedal is not pressed, worse yet the brake lights shut off when brake pedal is pressed. I have already replaced the brake switch and relay. This is the same issue for recall pontiac g8 recall the federal safety agency campaign id number: 09v172000.
Brakes needed replacing before 30,000 miles.
2007 auras brakes all 4 rotors and pads have been replaced twice with warping grooves cut into rotors and rust problems,only 30000 miles on car. Service mgr. Says manufacturer is aware of problem but wont fix it.mgr.said it will happen over and over until auras brakes are redesigned its also a problem on the 08 model. I think brakes are of the highest importance in safety and a manufacturer should make sure to correct on going problems, god forbid these brakes fail from poor design.
I purchased a 2007 saturn aura xr new from saturn of thornton rd. In march 2008. Beginning at purchase I have had to have the brakes replaced, 2 window motors redone, steering parts ordered and put on door handles replaced, and I am currently waiting for more steering parts and door handles to be ordered. I make monthly trips to this dealership to have something repaired...please help me.
The car's brakes started making funny noises and when depressed the steering column would vibrate. Saturn said the rotors were warped and re-surfaced them at 13,000 miles. At 35,000 miles the car started to do the exact thing. However the dealership would have nothing to do with them this time and said they were not covered under the warranty. The rotors need to be replaced. There was 65% of the brake pad life yet. The failure was premature and corporate will not fix the problem. It seems like there was bad metal involved in the rotors.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. While driving 35 MPH and coming to a sudden stop, the contact noticed that only the front driver side brakes functioned. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for service. After the repair, the contact began hearing a squeaking sound whenever he stopped the vehicle. The vehicle was returned to the dealer three different times, but the brake failure remains. The current mileage was 17,382 and failure mileage was 17,000.
My 2007 saturn aura had been into the dealership approx. 1.5 weeks ago because the vehicle was having difficulty accelerating. The engine would rev but the car wouldn't move. The dealership said there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. On the night of september 20, 2007, at approximately 8:30 pm, while driving the car in a residential neighborhood, I tried to apply the brakes at a stop sign. The ABS light came on, the pedal went to the floor, and the car revved, surged forward through an intersection and struck another vehicle. My car hit car #2 with such force that it caused car #2's wheel axle to snap in half and severe damage to car #2's front passenger side fender and door that the car needed to be towed away. I was taken away in an ambulance. Onstar confirmed two codes at the time of the accident: #1--ABS/traction control system malfunction and #2--take the car to a service center as it may exhibit abnormal behavior when driving and/or stopping. This saturn aura has been nothing but problems since getting it in october 2006. It has just over 14,000 miles on it and has been serviced for the aforementioned issue plus replacing a broken engine mount, replacing a leaking engine gasket, resurfacing the brake rotors at 7,000 miles, multiple repairs to a non-functioning onstar system, and consistent issues with the warning light on the tire inflation monitor (I eventually had the tires filled with nitrogen). This car is a hazard. Because of the service history of the vehicle, I have obtained legal counsel. The saturn will be evaluated by an independent mechanic to determine what needs to be repaired. I am scared to drive this car again.
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