Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated that she shifted into park but the vehicle did not respond and would not start. The contact mentioned that she had to engage the emergency brake in order to prevent the vehicle from rolling away. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 60,000.
2007 Saturn Aura transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, she noticed that the vehicle would not shift gears. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the dealer advised the contact that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired the manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and the current mileage was 90,000. Updated 1/15/13 *cn the consumer stated at the time of the failure the gears were shifting improperly. Once the vehicle was restarted, it would only go in reverse. Updated 1/24/2013
My 2007 aura xr 6 speed transmission just started not shifting properly. It is hunting for 3rd and 5th gear. The RPM is fluctuating during shifts and not shifting up, then depending on the point it decides to shift it slams into gear. The more acceleration the car is under the worse it gets as the RPM climbs quite high.
I had been running errands and had no problem with the car all day until about 8pm. I pulled into a parking spot and tried to place the car in park and it would not go, just kept rolling back. I had more errands to run but figured it would be best to go home because I was worried at that point something was seriously wrong. Once I got home and pulled into my driveway the car still wouldn't go into park, then I tried to place the car in reverse and it would not go into reverse. At that point the shifter would not seem to go into any gear and I had to just shut the car off and put the emergency brake on so the car wouldn't roll. Now the car will not start at all, I assume since it's not in park! I have seen several other complaints on this same issue and can't tell if there had been a recall on the shifter cable/bracket but there definitely needs to be. My car is not stuck in the driveway and I will have to have it towed to a mechanic to be fixed. I had to find an alternate ride to drop my son off at daycare and drop me off to work today which is not very convenient!.
Does not shift into intended gear. Does not shift into manual shift mode. Took to the dealer now I need a new transmission and catalytic converter. Sometimes does not shift passed 2nd gear.
04 july, 2012: while parking the vehicle in my driveway, I shifted into park and the vehicle continued to roll forward under power as I was exiting the vehicle.I shut the vehicle off and noticed that the shifter was binding. The vehicle would not start once it was shut off. After a brief under the hood inspection, I noticed that the shifter cable was frayed and the outer jacket was compromised. It appears that the inner core of the cable is broken and all but one or two of the stainless braided wires surrounding the inner core are completely broken. Vehicle is currently inoperative and not safe to drive.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated that after parking his vehicle all of the power steering fluid leaked out. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the power steering pump malfunctioned. As a result, the pump and hoses needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 58,498. Updated 8/6/12
Went to put vehicle into park and I could feel the shifter knob get sloppy and upon taking my foot off the brake, realized it was starting to roll backwards. Can only start car if in neutral and all other gears appear fine, except reverse feels like the shift is slightly off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated that the gear shift only shifted into neutral. The contact had the vehicle inspected by a mechanic and was informed that the vehicle needed a new transmission. The contact stated that the transmission had been slipping for several months and progressively got worse until the transmission failed. The contact stated that no warning lights ever illuminated on the instrument panel. The failure mileage was 81,000 and the current mileage was 86,000.
Entering highway and lost gear - got 2nd back to be able to drive off the highway. Stopped for a train: could not reverse. Lost gear: no forward or backwards on a two line bridge. Towed to a shop: transmission control module malfunction. Able to get to a dealer: nobody wanted to hear what happened - nobody able to tell when car would be even checked for problems. That was a serious safety issue: what if the vehicle stalled in a middle of a intersection instead of on a slow moving bridge. Dealer was not interested in hearing what I found about transmission issues and the federal safety agency investigation regarding 2007 auras.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated that the vehicle intermittently surged forward when driving at any speed above 5 MPH. The vehicle also hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and various sensors were replaced. The engine and computers were also replaced, but the failure continued. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer approximately ten times and they were unable to remedy the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.
I was driving my saturn aura on highway when the car abruptly dropped gears and the speed at which I was traveling was significantly reduced. I quickly pulled over to check out the problem. There didn't seem to be any major malfunctions at quick glance. Hoping that it was just a minor mishap, I attempted to drive it again. It was good for about 30 seconds when the car suddenly jumped up to 4,000 RPM and would not allow me to drive above 40 MPH. Luckily I was able to get the car off the nearby exit and into a parking lot. Once the car was parked, it would not reverse. This could have turned into a major incident had there been more traffic on the highway. There were no warning signs as the car had been driving fine up until then. I also keep up with routine maintenance.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. While the vehicle was parked, it began to roll and crashed into a curb while the gear selector was in the park position. The vehicle was unoccupied during the failure. The contact was able to enter the vehicle in order to engage the emergency brake and stop the vehicle from moving. The front bumper sustained minor scratches. The vehicle was being repaired by an authorized dealer. An open investigation associated with the federal safety agency action number ea11015 (power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start switch; power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl) power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift) was related to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The failure mileage was 69,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 saturn aura. While traveling 5 MPH, the contact attempted to shift into reverse and noticed that the vehicle would not shift out of the drive gear. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The current and failure mileages were 109,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated that the driver parked on an incline and the vehicle rolled backward upon releasing the brake pedal. The driver then attempted to shift into another gear, but the vehicle remained in drive. The driver shut the vehicle off and was unable to restart it. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 51,116.
My 2007 saturn aura failed to shift out of first gear while driving on a highway today this is an automatic transmission. While driving the car the transmission missed gears then would not shift out of first gear resulting in not being able to drive the car. I was able to get off the highway, park and call a wrecker to take to the dealer. I purchased the car in march 2007 and as noted only have 70,900 miles on the car. This car has had all maintenance work done and has been well taken care of by me and my wife. After parking the car I could do nothing with it other than start it and move it in first gear only to get it in position for the wrecker to pick up. The car had to be pushed backward as the automatic shifter would go into reverse but the transmission would not engage and it would not go backwards. This incident was very sudden while driving and the transmission was shifting in and out of different gears but this stopped when it dropped to 1st gear resulting in the car quickly lunging slower with very high RPM numbers.
My car is doing exactly what the other reports have mentioned. I have noticed it over the past two days and it is getting worse. Yesterday I attempted to put my car in park and it kept rolling backwards like it was in reverse. The locks on the car will unlock when the car is shifted into park and that clearly did not happen when the car was in park. It took me several attempts to get it to actually shift into park. Another time I attempted to put my car into park, it didn't shift, and I had to put on my emergency brake in order to get out. When I returned to my car about 45 minutes later, my car wouldn't start. I then had to put my car in neutral and start it that way. This is not safe and something needs to be done about this immediately.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact stated that the vehicle will not start. The gear shifter indicated that the vehicle was in park but the transmission was actually in drive or reverse, preventing the vehicle from starting. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was awaiting a diagnosis of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 96,000.
Complete loss of shift function with resultant failure to start.
The car first had problems starting in park on or around march 9th and then as the days went on the problem would get worse, then on the 16th of march 2012 I park in a lot to go into the store and the car would not go into park. That's when I noticed the car driving forward when I put it in reverse and I almost hit the car parked in front of me.
Put vehicle in park as exited vehicle it rolled away and stuck me. Found shift cable rubbing heater hose causing pressure cable and it broke.
As I was backing out of a parking space in reverse and then put the car in drive to leave, the car "acted" as if it was in neutral and wouldn't move. I turned off the car and it did it again. Then on the third try all appeared fine. However my daughter was driving the car today and as she was driving down a busy road at approx 45-50 MPH the car appeared to go into neutral on its own and she had no gas pedal control. She pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the car. She turned the car back on and it moved forward in drive for a moment and then it appeared to go into neutral again and she could not move forward when pushing on the gas pedal. Then she tried to use reverse and reverse did not work at all. The car is currently on the side of the road and won't drive properly. This is very frightening because she was driving on a busy road and the car literally went into neutral on its own.
When shifting into reverse in a parking lot on a hill, the car rolled forward down the hill and into the curb instead. The shifter cable had broken so the car was actually still in drive. Known defect on this year, make and model.
I put my car into park and shut it off, I went to get in this morning and the car would not start as if it was in drive still, I shifted it back and fourth and then finally got it to start, I put it in reverse to back up but it accelerated forward. I received a letter from gm about this issue about 4 months ago but it did not outline the severity of the problem, after talking to gm they will be towing my vehicle 60 miles away to the nearest dealer that can work on this problem. But the issue is that if I would have known the entire issue I would have wanted it fixed sooner as this is a scary thing to go through especially since it stopped about 4 feet from going over the bank. But the letter from gm said not to do anything unless you start having problems, well the big problem wasn't the issue the big problem was what could happen after the issue, I wish they would have informed us of some of the problems they made it like it was hard to select gears, not like you would drive when trying to reverse or being in park.
Transmission shiftier failed when putting in park. Shiftier was in park and the car began to roll backwards and before any serious damage or injury occurred, we were able to stop movement by applying the emergency brake.
On 12/06/11, I was backing into my driveway when my shift cable broke. It moved my transmission from reverse into drive sending my car forward across the street. I am thankful it happened there and not in a busy parking lot somewhere. I had to get the car towed to a repair station since saturn does not exist anymore. I picked an independent repair station. It took two days to get the parts due to a newly designed bracket which is different from the one originally installed. This makes me believe that saturn / general motors is aware of this problem. Shift cable & a shift bracket were replaced. Parts, labor and taxes came to $322.68.
Transmission shifter cable failed. Car at first would not shift into reverse, and later wouldn't go into park and could not be started. I am reporting this because this has happened with other 2007 saturn auras, and there have been several accidents involving problems with failure of the transmission shifter cable. Despite an active investigation the federal safety agency action number : ea11015, and articles in the news stating gm is offering free repairs for customers who experience this problem, gm said they had no information regarding this problem and would not cover the repair.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 saturn aura. The contact was driving 5 MPH when the vehicle was placed in reverse and the vehicle accelerated forward abnormally. The vehicle was turned off to reset the failure but the vehicle would not restart. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired and the VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileages were 65,000.
Starting in mid-october, my 2007 saturn aura began showing signs that the shift lever was not working properly. My car would not engage in park when the lever indicated it was in park. The car would actually drift forward as if it was in neutral. I called the nearest saturn dealer and was told to take the car to a chevy dealer in case it was covered under warranty. The chevy dealer had my car for over a week to diagnose and fix the problem. They determined that the shifter needed to be replaced and that it would not be covered. They had to order the part and wait for it - in the meantime, I was paying for a rental car. After the shifter was replaced, the car showed the exact same problem the very next day after I picked it up. This time, the car not only did not engage in park properly, but it would not start again when it was in park. The car did start in neutral. I took it back to the chevy dealer and they tightened a cable at no charge. The day I picked it up, I drove it straight to work and it would not engage in park, and it would not start in park or neutral. My car had to be towed from work. Finally, the chevy dealer replaced the shifter cable that was noted to be a problem on this website. This happened the day after I forwarded the link about this problem to the dealer. The cable was replaced at no charge; however, I think I paid for a new shifter unnecessarily considering the replacement of the shifter did not improve the problem.
Pulled vehicle in parking lot and when placed in park my locks did not pop up, which I thought was odd so I turned the car off. Could not restart the car. Had someone look at it and he could start it in neutral, but once he drove around and parked again, car would not go into park or reverse....only drive. Had to place the emergency brake so the car would not roll. When I shifted the gear it would not catch. I could pull it all the way down from park to drive.
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