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Saturn Aura

Every Saturn Aura model year on file, 2000 to 2010. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,43960 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years62000 to 2010

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins4,081Summed across model years

By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 607, 42% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Steering leads the Saturn Aura complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering

390

Powertrain

375

Electrical system

256

Brakes

211

Stability and traction control

154

Airbags

150

Lighting

146

Engine and cooling

113

Speed control

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Saturn Aura model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Saturn Aura by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2010	Not decoded	2	50.0	200	2	0	1,006
2009	Sedan	390	4.1	1,393	5	1	1,015
2008	Sedan	432	5.6	1,200	5	1	999
2007	Sedan	607	3.1	1,463	4	2	919
2005	Not decoded	5	0.0	500	0	0	99
2000	Sedan	3	0.0	10	0	0	43

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saturn Aura

14E-044 Jul 21, 2014
Affected steering shafts may have a yoke that inadequately supports the u-joint bearing resulting in a premature failure
Steering · 7,304 vehicles
14V-252 May 14, 2014
In the affected vehicles, increased resistance in the Body Control Module (BCM) connection may result in voltage fluctuations in the Brake Apply…
Lighting · 2.44M vehicles
14V-224 Apr 30, 2014
On May 22, 2014, GM increased the recall to include an additional 1,074,899 model year 2004-2008 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured from May…
Powertrain · 1.13M vehicles
14V-153 Mar 31, 2014
In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could occur at any time while driving
Steering · 1.37M vehicles
12V-460 Sep 18, 2012
On these vehicles, the tabs on the transmission shift cable end may fracture and separate
Powertrain · 426k vehicles
09V-073 Mar 6, 2009
These vehicles fail to comply with federal motor vehicles safety standard 102, "transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and…
Powertrain · 277k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.