2007 Saturn Aura Powertrain & Transmission Problems

The automatic transmission shift cable, has malfunctioned. The center piece that connects to the gear shift has melted, and prevents the car from starting and shifting gears. The damage was created due to high temperatures from the motor, being that it is very close to it. This should be replaced by the manufacturer.

The contact owns a 2007 Saturn Aura. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission seized. The contact stated that the engine was still running however, the transmission and the power steering were inoperable. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle went into LIMP Mode. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Saturn Aura. The contact stated while trying to pull into a parking spot, the vehicle would not shift into gear. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic where it was diagnosed and repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V224000 (Power Train) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Saturn Aura. The contact stated while reversing out of a parking spot, the gear shifter failed to shift into drive. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V460000 (Power Train) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

When attempting to park, automatic gear shift would not engage and vehicle started to roll backwards. Once vehicle was turned off gear shift move freely but would not engage the transmission. Had to have vehicle towed as it would not start since the shift cable would not move into the parked position.

WILL NOT EASILY SHIFT INTO 2ND OR 3RD WHILE DRIVING IT SHIFTS VERY HARD AND AT HIGH RPM

THIS CAR HAS ONLY 79501 MILES. WHEN I TRY TO PUT IT IN GEAR IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE ( CLONK !!!!! ) ALSO WHEN I AM DRIVING IT AND USE MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP I FEEL VIBRATION COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT

YEARS AGO, I RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT MY TRANSMISSION MIGHT BE FAULTY AND TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED. LAST WEEK, WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO GO BACKWARD. THE GEAR SHIFT (AUTOMATIC) WOULD NOT RESPOND AT ALL. I HAD TO BACK THE CAR INTO ANOTHER SPACE AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE WHILE STILL IN REVERSE. A TOW TRUCK OPERATOR SAID THAT THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE CAME LOOSE. THE REPAIR, IF DONE AT ALL, DID NOT LAST.

I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT WENT INTO REVERSE. BUT THEN WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE RIGHT AFTER IT KEPT GOING IN REVERSE. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. LUCKLY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME THAT GOT INJURED. I THEN PUT CAR IN PARK AND NO CAR IS LOCKED UP IN PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVEWAY. WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR INCLUDING NEUTRAL.

THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO GO INTO PARK WHEN YOU DO THINK YOU HAVE IT IN PARK IT ISN'T ANOTHER GEAR AND AS LURCHED OUT AND ALMOST SMASHED A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED ME WITH THE CAR IT ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE A TENDENCY TO ROLL BECAUSE IT IS NOT FULLY GOING IN THE PARK AND I CANNOT EVEN START IT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE WAS REPAIRED ON THE VEHICLE BY TOM BELL CHEVROLET (800 ALABAMA ST, REDLANDS, CA 92374, (909) 283-0690). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE GRADUALLY DEPRESSED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AND FORCED THE CONTACT TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. ANOTHER UNKNOWN DEALER STATED THE SAME THING AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO FIND THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO APPLE CHEVROLET (8585 W 159TH ST, TINLEY PARK, IL 60487, (708) 429-3000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

CAR RIDING FINE. NO LIGHTS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET IN FROM THE GROCERY STORE AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING COMES ON AND CAR STARTS JERKING.

I CAN NOT GET SERVICE WITHOUT MAKING MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALER AS REQUIRED BY GM TO INSTALL A PART THAT IS KNOWN TO THEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO FULLY ENGAGE IN PARK. THE CONTACT HAD TO FORCE THE GEAR SHIFTER IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO FULLY ENGAGE IN PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AND WAS BECOMING WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE PARK AND REVERSE POSITIONS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,200.

THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE GEAR SHIFT BOX. IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED AND CORRECTED IN DEC 2015 BY CAPITAL CADILLAC. THIS PAST FRIDAY 28 APR 2017, I WAS BACKING IN, I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THE CAR WAS STILL MOVING SO, I PUT THE FOOT BRAKE ON. LATER, I STARTED THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT TURN BUT THE RADIO WAS ON. I THOUGHT I NEEDED A JUMP AND THAT WASN'T THE CASE, NEXT I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO CAPITOL CADILLAC WHERE I HAD THE THE RECALL DONE. PAUL FROM CAPITOL CADILLAC CONFIRMED IT WAS THE GEAR SHIFT BOX (CABLE). THE SAME ITEM THAT WAS RECALLED MALFUNCTIONED, AGAIN. THE DEALER WOULDN'T REPLACE THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT WAS 1YEAR AND 4 MONTHS OVER THE WARRANTY AND THE SPECIAL COVERAGE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 2016. I'VE NOW INCURRED AN OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE DUE TO A RECALL ORDER THAT WAS HAPHAZARDLY FIXED PROPERLY 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS LATER.

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT ROUGHLY. SHIFT FROM 6TH TO 5TH, OR 5TH TO 4TH GEAR WHEN GOING UP AN INCLINE EXTREMELY JERKY. CAR DROPPED TO 2ND OR 3RD GEAR, ENGINE RACED TO HIGH RPMS AS SPEED DECLINED FROM 60MPH. NO REVERSE GEAR AFTER COMING TO A STOP. BARELY MADE IF OFF THE HIGHWAY WHILE NAVIGATING THRU DENSELY PACKED FOUR LANE HIGHWAY SPEED TRAFFIC. TRANSMISSION SHOP ESTIMATES EXCEED $4K.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THE MESSAGING DISPLAY WAS INDICATING "TRACTION CONTROL" AND "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I PULLED OVER AND WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN. IT DROVE FOR A WHILE AND THEN THE DISPLAY CAME BACK ON. I HAD IT CHECKED BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND. THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE AS THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND MAKING LOUD NOISES. I TOOK IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SIMILAR VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED, AND THEY DID NOT SAY WHY. THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP TELLS ME IT IS EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND CANNOT GIVE MORE THAN A 30 DAYS WARRANTY ON THE REPAIR. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATED ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING AS A RESPONSIBLE OWNER TO UPKEEP THIS VEHICLE AS RECOMMENDED. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND DO THE RIGHT THING WITH INTEGRITY.