2007 Saturn Aura electrical complaints

Filed Jun 25, 2009 · Body, Electrical · 30,000 miles · TX

When raining the driver and passenger door fill with water, drains when door is open this could not be good for electrical purposes.

Filed Sep 5, 2008 · Electrical · 48,000 miles · FL

I left my lights on accidentally over night, killing the battery. After jumping the battery with standard cables, done by a mechanic friend, many of my electrical features are out of service mainly the radio/cd player is powerless. I took the car to the lakeland saturn dealership only to be told that they could find no problems with the electrical components and that I must have fried the radio itself, and that I would have to replace it. I have never heard of such a thing and am wondering if this particular model has a design flaw.

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.

Filed Sep 19, 2007 · Electrical · 10 miles · OH

Incompatibility of on-board garage opener system with my garage door, resulting in being asked to buy a $38.00 converter kit from lear. Later, through the intervention of a friend who is a gm plant manager, he was able to get my $38.00 credited to my card. It is unfortunate that it took his intervention to get this problem solved. The dealer had no fix (not even an explanation) for why the in-car unit wouldn't work, but instead referred me to a lear 800 number, where I bought the converter unit. Perhaps gm can announce that they will provide the converter unit at no cost to the consumer if they experience the same incompatibility problem.