2007 Saturn Aura: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Feb 17, 2020 · Seats · 73,000 miles · NE · fire

Today my driver seat caught fire and burnt a whole all the way through my seat

Filed Sep 10, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 147,300 miles · MI

I was having trouble with my engine light coming on and reduced engine power and traction control off and throwing codes. Mostly 0641, 0107, 0106 and 1682. I have a code reader and was always able to clear them. I they came back right away I would disconnect the negative cable and that would seem to work. Sometimes I would drive for a couple weeks to a month or two with no problems. Then on aug. 21, 2017 the engine light came on again and I had a hard time getting it started again. When I did it was running rough. So I drove it to my local dealer, they reset the codes and updated the ECM. The next night I was driving, car was running smooth, no problems. I pulled into a parking lot and the engine light and reduced power and traction off warning came on. It was running rough and stalled. I tried to restart it and the was a fairly loud noise from under the hood. There were codes set 1682, 0452, 0641, and 0107. I tried to clear them with my code reader but they wouldn't clear. I un did the negative cable and that didn't work. I tried to restart the car and all I got was a mild clicking sound I noticed a burning smell from under the hood, so I thought the ECM burnt up. Since I was unable to get it started I called a tow truck and had it towed back to the dealer. The next day the when I contacted the dealer they asked me if I wanted to have the repairs needed from the previous day done. None of the noted repairs had anything to do withe the car dying. I told them to just figure out why the car will not start. While they were working on it I called gm owner assistance because at this point I had some feelings of mistrust. The dealer called me after 3 hours and told me they were not going to charge me the service fee and my engine was seized. I was flabbergasted. I asked them how could the engine just seize up with no warning. I

Filed Jun 21, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · LA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. Various warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. The contact mentioned that other drivers noticed and informed the contact that the rear of the vehicle was on fire. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and exited the vehicle. The contact mentioned that smoke was seen coming from the hood of the vehicle before it caught fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 08/30/16

Filed Jun 22, 2014 · Transmission · 10,887 miles · FL

Was driving my car up a hill it would not shift gears there was also a burning smellthe car just stop moving in the middle of traffic we were going about 45 miles per hour it would go and jerk to the next gear and then all of a sudden stop there were cars who swerved to move out of the highway as well as other pedestrians.

Filed Jun 5, 2014 · Electrical · DC

2007 saturn aura. Consumer writes in regards to electrical problems. *smd the consumer had to replace both headlights, one blinker and the dashboard light blinked off and on. Also, she smelled burning fumes at times.

Filed Jun 10, 2011 · Electrical, Fuel system · 84,500 miles · OH · fire

Car smoking from dash caught fire destroyed car.

Filed Dec 11, 2007 · Electrical, Seats · TX · fire · 1 injury

I have had a number of issues with my 2007 saturn aura. I have had my dash go out for no apparent reason saturn couldn't find out why it just started working again. I estimating around 13,000 miles I had to have my thermostat replaced. The car went dead and wouldn't start had to be towed saturn said the battery wouldn't hold a charge. My biggest complaint is the heated seats. While on my way from work at 11pm on a 4 lane highway dec 9 2007 the driver side seat caught fire burned a hole all the way through the seat a little bit bigger than a quarter. While trying to exit the highway I was unable to sit in the seat. While I was able to safely stop the vehicle I did panic my rear was burned but thank god traffic was light. When I turn the heater off and the car a police officer was on the scene and checked the car over before the fire truck arrived. He stated to the onstar help that the fire did burn from the inside out it did smell like electrical and that it appeared to have suffocated out after the heater was turned off. Saturn could only tell me that the seat would be replaced and that engineers would be called. I thank god this wasn't worse but I was left very traumatized and tried to speak to the owner of the dealership but he did not return my call. My saturn experience is really taking a downward dive.