2009 Saturn Aura: transmission slipping

Filed Nov 3, 2022 · Acceleration, Electrical · MI

I went to the shop, and they said that my transmission was slipping, & that I didn’t have a third gear. Also they stated that it was a recall. There are leaks

Filed Sep 22, 2019 · Transmission · 107,244 miles · WA

I have a 2009 saturn aura, this vehicle was not recalled previously for the transmission issue, but I find now the transmission is going out on my car. It is only 10 years old and was wondering if somehow it was missed or something. It is slipping in the transmission and I was told that I would have to have a new transmission. It is worse in reverse. My car is now parked as I do not want to get out somewhere and have the transmission quit completely. I have never had a transmission go out this quick in a vehicle. There was a previous recall and I was wondering if somehow my car was missed or if something happened. Thank you

Filed Apr 29, 2019 · Driver assistance · 25,000 miles · OR

While driving, idling, and parked my electronic stability control engages and the car jerks/hesitates. It acts like it's slipping yet the weather is warm and sunny. The light will come on saying 'service traction' and ESC off and service ESC. I've taken it to many mechanics but they don not know what the issue is. I bought the car in 2013 and it's been doing it on and off ever since.

Filed Jun 20, 2018 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · MI

Experienced complete loss of reverse gear and forward gears are slipping, and or not engaging so that engine rpms are well above normal before lunging into higher gear and/or not shifting at all. Difficult to reach speeds above 35 MPH. Problem first occurred two days prior and after sitting overnight, seemed to return to normal operation. After parking in angle parking spot with nose forward, the car would not reverse out of parking spot. I had assistance towing aura out of parking spot, and was able to drive forward at low speed to transmission shop. Diagnosis was failure of upper and reverse gears required transmission rebuild with suspected failure of wave plate. Obtained information on gm special coverage adjustment #14404 - transmission clutch wave plate (mar 3, 2015) which extended warranty to 10 yrs/120,000 mi. My 09 saturn aura is within 10 yr period having purchased in january 2010, and has approx 95k miles. I contacted gm customer assistance and was told that my saturn aura is not covered based on the fact that according to my VIN, I have a mh8 6-spd transmission, and the warranty applies only to "other" 6-spd transmissions . . . Even though the transmission failure is for the exact same issue identified in the special coverage adjustment, or specifically that the 6 speed fwd automatic transmission may experience a cracked or fractured wave plate, resulting in a loss of 3rd, 5th, and reverse gears.

Filed Oct 14, 2015 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · MI

After existing the freeway I stopped at a light. Once I tried to accelerate, the transmission started to slip. I was able to achieve 20-25mph before the engine would rev up to 6000-7000 RPM without accelerating significantly. Once I got home, I found I could no longer go in reverse either. Vehicle does not accelerate above 25mph normally or go in reverse. I took the car to a repair shop and they identified that the wave plate in the transmission was an issue. There is a 3-5-r wave plate fracture issue with gm automatic transmissions that this car seems to be affected by, but not covered by gm's service bulletin / extended warranty. Gm obviously has not identified all vehicles that have this issue. I am at 6.5 years and 90,000 miles and have a broken transmission.

Filed Jul 23, 2015 · Transmission · 110,800 miles · CA · crash

Car has had intermittent transmission issues for years, mainly stutters and slipping. At the dealership, we'd just get a shoulder shrug and were told it was not repeatable, despite our several visits for the same issue. Well it acted up more than normal as my wife was driving around town (bucked and raced with no power), barely making it home. She refused to drive it the next day, so I did. It drove to work fine. While running errands on the way home (2 miles, no highway, 35 MPH), it really hesitated from the green light and the engine would race as power to the wheels was lost (coasting slowly through the intersection). Then suddenly it would engage and act normal until it shifted to the next gear....and repeat. So, I found a wide spot in the road with no traffic and attempted to turn around, but the turning radius was not tight enough for the available space and I stopped at the edge of the road and put it into reverse. It was as if I put it into neutral. The engine raced and before I realized what was happening and catch it, the front end of the car had fallen off the edge of the road into the ditch with the car's rear end 90 degrees to one lane of traffic. The front end was embedded into the far bank of the ditch, but it was retrievable by the towtruck. The garage said it was the 35r clutch plates and needed an entirely new/rebuilt transmission to the tune of $4900 installed!!!!