Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that the transmission became inoperable. The vehicle was towed to a dealer to be repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 108,000.
2008 Saturn Aura transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. While attempting to shift the parked vehicle into any gear, the gear shift seized and the check engine light illuminated. The failure occurred once. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v224000 (power train). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.
Case # with gmc is 81598832107 9/30/15 was at left turn lane to go in my neighbor hood put in park to grab something of the floor when I put back into drive my car started to reverse. Put it back into park and then drive and the same thing. Lucky I had my neighbor behind me him and others help me push it to a safe zone very close to my house, pushed it half way on drive way and put in park and it rolled across the street while trying to stop it I put myleft foot down caused more pain due to me recent surgery. This car has been to gmc for the recall cable 3 times, this time they said they only place half of it and will now replace the whole cable. Was called on 9/30 5 hours at the shop and was told it was ready, I explained that I don't feel safe driving this car. Too many times for the same cable....I've also had a issue with the smell of gas coming from the car but could not see any fuel, so I took to a mechanic and had them look at it and said te top of the fuel pump was cracked I had them replace the whole pump...there was fuel leaking under my seat, I have now seen there is other saturn aura with the same problem. I don't feel safe driving this car this a big issue and if gmc and I can come to an agreement it will be easy agreement. I was really glad that I did no give this car to my young nephew who knows what would of happened......
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that while the vehicle was off and in the park position, the vehicle rolled forward. The vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v224000 (power train) however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 122,380.
2008 saturn aura. Consumer writes in regards to transmission shift cable recall repair issues. *smd the consumer stated she received a recall letter in november 2012. She scheduled an appointment at the dealer and the repairs were made in january 2013. However, sometime in early 2015, it became difficult for her to shift gears, particularly between reverse and drive. Finally on july 3, 2015, while trying park, the gear would not move from drive to reverse. After quite a struggle she was able to get the vehicle into park, remove the key and set the parking brake. However, when she tried to re-start the vehicle minutes later, the ignition would not start. With the vehicle still in park, with the parking brake set, the vehicle began to roll forward into another vehicle when the battery was being jumped. Fortunately, the consumer was able to stop the vehicle before it made contact with the other vehicle. In order to start the vehicle she had to find where the neutral was on the transmission;park on the gear was reverse for the transmission; drive for the transmission was between neutral and reverse; and park for the transmission was absent requiring the emergency parking brake to hold the vehicle in place. An independent mechanic replaced the transmission shifter cable and the bracket that was replaced back in january 2013. The original part, that was not a problem at the time, was replaced with a part that became a problem later. The consumer referenced recall # 12v460000.
7/6/15-pulled into a parking space, put car in park, got back in, put car in reverse, pulling out backwards. When I put car back into drive it wouldn't go into forward. Car was running but I had no gears and my shifter was loose...nothing. I looked on line for any other recalls on my 2008 saturn aura for this problem and found bulletin # 14152, which states my vehicle has a condition which the transmission shift cable could fracture at any time. When this fracture occurs, the drive may not be able to select a different gear and the vehicle may move in an unintended direction. The car may not be able to be shifted into park or any other gear. I believe this is what has occurred. When I called the phone # for saturn I was told that my car does not come under this recall, yet back in november of 2012 I did receive a recall for a similar problem with the transmission shift cable that has end fitting tabs that may fracture or break. This problem was fixed by a gm dealer in august of 2013. Checking online I found that recall # 14152 expands an earlier recall #12106 (which was corrected 8/2013), yet saturn says this june 2014 recall # 14152 does not apply to my car. I believe that it does. Can anyone help me with this so I can drive my car again?
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. While traveling at a low rate of speed to back out of a parking space, the transmission cable fractured without warning. As a result, the contact's vehicle rolled backwards on an incline and across two lanes of traffic. The vehicle was unable to be moved due to the failure. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where a transmission cable kit and brackets were installed. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v224000 (power train) and 12v460000 (power train). The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,765. Updated 09/14/15*lj updated 10/18/2017
35r wave plate failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. While shifting gears, the vehicle shook. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 108,120.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the failure recurred after the vehicle was serviced for an oil change. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 135,000.
The vehicle would shutter when I placed it into reverse. Also, when going into 3rd and 5th gear, the rpms would jump suddenly. I took the vehicle to a chevrolet dealership who said it was the transmission and recommended I sell the vehicle immediately and buy a new one. I then took the vehicle to three transmission shops who confirmed the transmission has known problems with the wave plate breaking. My saturn aura will be fixed tuesday, february 24th. It was confirmed the wave plate broke which tore up the drum. The transmission shop has boxed up the bad parts for me to keep.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 MPH, the check engine light illuminated as the contact heard a loud noise and felt a pull on the vehicle. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but there was no diagnosis or repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was notified of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v252000 (electrical system , electronic stability control , exterior lighting , service brakes, hydraulic , vehicle speed control), the VIN was not included. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to reverse. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,265.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle jerked without warning. The failure recurred on several occasions. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 12v460000 (power train) and 14v252000 (electrical system , electronic stability control , exterior lighting , service brakes, hydraulic , vehicle speed control) however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. Also, the transmission failed to shift out of park intermittently and the four doors failed to lock. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Driving entering the freeway when my 1008 saturn aura suddenly when into neutral mode while the gear lever was still on drive. The felt like it went to neutral - pressing on gas RPM is up but the car was not responding. Truck was behind me almost hit me.... I have read up on the issue its there are a lot of similar story about this event.
Got to the bank parked a car and it did not want to go to park,somehow got it to drive and got back to the work place,did not want to go into the reverse or any other gear,pushed car into the parking lot. Did get recall notice earlier in the year but did not have time to take it in for the fix.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. While shifting the gear into reverse, the shifter suddenly became loose. The failure occurred after the vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v224000 (power train). The dealer diagnosed that the transmission shift cable fractured. The dealer installed a retainer over the cable, which was not the expected repair for the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. While driving approximately 20 MPH over a grass patch, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a pole. The contact indicated that the traction control light illuminated during the incident. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. Also, while driving at an unknown speed, the contact inadvertently made contact with the transmission shifter and the shifter switched to the neutral position. Also, the power steering malfunctioned and failed to work while operating the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 47,000.
My 2008 saturn aura xr had shifted very hard from 2nd to 3rd gear but then seemed to operate normally. Drove for approximately 20 miles and had just gotten off of the highway when the vehicle began to once again shift very hard from one gear to the next. Was traveling about 25 MPH when it suddenly did one last very hard shift. The engine light came on and the vehicle began to slow down and proceed to power down on its own. Came to a full stop and the vechicle would no longer move forward. Vehicle had to be towed home. I have spoken with gm and according to them, my VIN# does not currently have any recalls regarding transmission problems attached to it. I will have to cover the cost of repairs myself. Although my specific vehicle does not have any current or past recalls regarding engine or transmission issues, there are recalls listed out there for other saturn auras. There is obviously an issue and gm should step up and take care of it. I am so grateful that this did not occurr while I was still on the highway or it may have ended up being a very different outcome.
2008 saturn aura. Consumer writes in regards to transmission recall notice and requests reimbursement for repairs. *smd the consumer was informed, the intermediate steering shaft needed to be replaced
While driving home from work, my temp gauge shot up just beyond the 3/4 mark into the red zone. I pulled over and waited for about 14 minutes till the gauge came down to just under 1/2. I began to move the vehicle again and the gauge kept jumping up and down till I got home. I looked under the hood and noticed that the radiator fluid reservoir was about empty. I added radiator fluid and left the car parked till the next day. Drove the car around for almost 29 days when it began to overheat again. Once again when I looked under the hood, the reservoir was about empty again. I look up the problem on the internet and have found that a lot of gm owners with vehicles that have the 3.5l or 3.9l engines have been experiencing the same problem but gm will not fix the issue (gasket leak at the side of the block). According to what I have read, this is a known issue with these engines but gm has not done a thing to correct the problems.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. When the vehicle was started, the contact could not shift from the park to the drive position. The failure occurred multiple times. The dealer stated that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,300.
After stopping the car in the driveway my wife put the car in park and when she removed her foot from the brake the car started moving backwards. While trying to get the transmission in park it continued to roll out of the driveway and into the street. We were able to get the car put back into a forward gear and drive back into the driveway where when put back into park it was in reverse again (the indicator showed park but the transmission was in reverse). At that time I shut off the car and applied the parking brake. The car was towed to the local dealer (fisher chevrolet) where it was determined that the shift cable had broken. I then checked the recall list and found that the saturn aura had a recall for that specific issue (the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v224000). We contacted the dealer and was told that our car was not on the recall list!!? We then contacted gm and was told that the cable had been inspected prior to the recall and was determined to not be a problem and therefore not covered under the recall. Talking to the service manager and asking him about the inspection he told us that they had not inspected the cable and he doesn't know why our car is not part of the recall. If a vehicle model is recalled for a specific problem and a vehicle actually has that issue occur wouldn't that indicate that vehicle should be included in the recall?
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v224000 (power train). The contact stated that the transmission cable fractured. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but the vehicle was not repaired because the part was unavailable. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.
Vehicle is 2008 saturn aura xr with auto 6-speed trans. While driving, the transmission shifted harshly from 1 to 2 then to 3rd gear. It remained in 3 gear and the check engine light came on. Trans remains stuck in 3rd gear when moving forward. Still can use reverse gear. Called onstar and they said the vehicle shows fault code p0700. Took car to dealership. Dealership verified failure, said most likely wave plate failed, and this is a common failure mode for this trans. Component for later model years has been made more robust. Failures are common for 2007-09 model years. Reference gm tsb 09-07-30 012b.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 saturn aura. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the power steering and brakes failed. The vehicle would also jerk and fail to accelerate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 100,000.
From the owner's manual: "this vehicle is equipped with an electronic shift lock release system. The shift lock release is designed to: (1) prevent ignition key removal unless the shift lever is in park (p) with the shift lever button fully released, and (2) prevent movement of the shift lever out of park (p), unless the ignition is in on/run or acc/accessory and the regular brake pedal is applied. The shift lock release is always functional except in the case of an uncharged or low voltage (less than 9 volt) battery. If your vehicle has an uncharged battery or a battery with low voltage, try charging or jump starting the battery. See jump starting on page 5-43 for more information." the car has a v6 engine and from park, with the keys in the ignition and the ignition in the off position, I was able to shift the car into drive after depressing the brake. The car rolled backwards but I was able to stop it before any personal injury or damage occurred. I was also able to turn the engine off with the car in drive and remove the keys from the ignition. The battery is fully charged and does not have low voltage. While I've been luck there has been no personal or property damage sustained, it's easy to see that it can happen. Especially if an automatic transmission can be left in gear, the engine turned off and the keys removed from the vehicle. I purchased this car october 10, 2007 and the door label indicates it was built in october 2007, so the build date for this car was between 10/1 and 10/10/2007.
Vehicle will not shift out of park. Had it towed to the local chevrolet dealer and was told by them that the shift cable and bracket were broken and needed to be replace. The dealer says this vehicle is not covered under the current recall 14152. Called gm customer assistance but was referred back to dealer. This vehicle and the problem appears to be the listed in the recall.
While driving our car along coastal highway near bethany, de our transmission became disengaged ( no forward or reverse gear). I was able to coast across four lanes of traffic and parked the car on a side road. At that time I noticed an engine alert and we received an on-star alert message but could not get the information without intent. We called aaa and they towed my car to a local repair shop in belin, md. At this repair shop I was informed that my transmission was "toasted and would cost around $4,800 to replace. I had to rent a car and move out of my rented condo and then returned to my home near baltimore, md. I discussed my problem with my local mechanic and he suggested that a transmission company look at the condition of the transmission it could be repairable because the transmission for my car (xr 6-3.6l) has had numerous problems with the gm 6t70 in the wave plates. I arranged at great expense to have my car towed 150 miles to a local transmission repair shop near my home. We have been gm owners since 1985 with many good experiences but the 2008 aura has been had many problems (last yearfor saturn) and we have not been happy with the gm dealership. If gm has had these problems with this transmission why was I not informed to bring it in for service. My searching the internet I see that my car has several recall notices ( transmission shifting cable, steering power assist system etc) but we have never received any notice although we are the original owners and have lived at this address for the last 17-years.
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