IDENTICAL TO THE RECENT AIRBAG RELATED RECALL INITIATED AT CHRYSLER, GM HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, MOST NOTABLY THE SATURN AURA XR. MY VEHICLE IS A 2007 EDITION. I FIRST NOTICED THE ISSUE ON MY VEHICLE IN 2010. FIRST, THE PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM INDICATED THAT NO PASSENGER WAS PRESENT. SECOND, THE "SERVICE AIRBAG SOON" ICAW WOULD ANNUNCIATE, SOMETIMES WHILE IN MOTION AND SOMETIMES WHILE STATIONARY, WHEN THIS HAPPENED TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE I GOT QUITE FLUSTERED. I CALLED THE SERVICE CENTER AND TOOK IT TO THE LAST SATURN SERVICE CENTER IN FORT WORTH WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT I'D MOST ASSUREDLY FLOODED MY PASSENGER COMPARTMENT (NEVER DROVE THE CAR INTO A BODY OF WATER--CONFUSED???). THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE ACM, THE PASSENGER SENSING MAT, AND THE SEAT HEATER--TOTAL COST ~$1K. BUT MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY! THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED TO HAPPEN AND ANOTHER DEALERSHIP COULD NEVER ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. FAST FORWARD TO NOW WHEN I CONTACTED GM ABOUT MY CONCERNS SINCE NOBODY ELSE COULD HELP ME...GM STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I ASKED THE GM P.O.C. ABOUT THE TSB I HAD FOUND RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. I STATED MY CONCERNS FOR A TSB RELATED TO AIR BAGS OVER A 7 YEAR PERIOD. YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT. GM HAS HAD A TSB RELATED TO MY PROBLEM, AND THE SAME AIRBAG RELATED RECALL CHRYSLER JUST STARTED, FOR 7 YEARS!!! PLEASE ASSIST MYSELF AND OTHER CONSUMERS FROM BEING HURT BY THIS... *TR
2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I BOUGHT THIS 2007 SATURN AURA ON 05/23/2010. THE SAME DAY I STARTED NOTICING MY CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. SOMETIME IT WOULD WORK, OTHER TIMES IT WOULDN'T. THEN I REALIZED WHEN I DROVE THE CAR HOME THAT NIGHT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON AND THIS WAS CAUSING THE CRUISE TO NOT WORK. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL COME ON AT RANDOM TIMES WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHUT THEM OFF. OPPOSITE OF WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING. SO WHEN MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON(CAME ON BY THEMSELVES) AND I ACTUALLY NEED TO STOP, THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OFF WHEN I USE THE BRAKE. A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION. WE REPLACED TWO PRESSURE SWITCHES IN THE BRAKE PEDAL THINKING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. STILL NOT FIXED. WE ALSO REPLACED A FEW OTHER PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT STILL WASN'T CORRECTED. SO, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT AND WOULD NEED TO GO THRU MY WIRING ONE BY ONE AND INSPECT EVERYTHING AND WARNED ME IT WAS LIMITLESS HOW MUCH A REPAIR LIKE THAT COULD COST. SO, I CALLED SATURN CUSTOMER SERVICE. I TALKED TO A WOMAN NAMED JUDY WHO WAS NO HELP. SHE GAVE ME A LIST OF REPAIRS TO BE DONE AND SAID I HAD TO GO THRU THAT LIST FIRST AND PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK THEN SHE WAS AT A LOSS TOO. I TOLD HER I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH ABOUT THIS ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE ON NUMEROUS WEB SITE'S. SHE SAID THE COMPANY IS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. (WHICH I DOUBT). I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD SON WHO RIDES IN THE BACKSEAT OF THIS CAR AND IT IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE BEEN SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO A STORE OR AN INTERSECTION AND PEOPLE HAVE COME FLYING UP BEHIND ME BECAUSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING ALMOST REAR ENDING ME. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OFF, ITS 8 SECONDS BEFORE THEY COME BACK ON.
