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Saturn Aura Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 1,439 owner complaints across 6 model years of the Saturn Aura (2000–2010). The most-complained-about year is 2007.

5
safety recalls, all years
1,439
owner complaints, all years
2008
year with most recalls
2007
year with most complaints

Pick your Saturn Aura model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2010 Saturn Aura22
2009 Saturn Aura4390
2008 Saturn Aura4432
2007 Saturn Aura3607
2005 Saturn Aura05
2000 Saturn Aura03

What Saturn Aura owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1,439 complaints with NHTSA. The 2007 model year has the most, with 607.

All Saturn Aura recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Saturn Aura, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electronic stability control (esc) and 4 other components

    NHTSA 14V252000 Reported 2,440,524 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2012 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured May 16, 2003, through October 11, 2012, 2004-2007 Malibu Maxx vehicles manufactured June 25, 2003, through April 5, 2007, 2005-2010 Pontiac G6 vehicles manufactured May 26, 2004, through January 4, 2010, and 2007-2010 Saturn Aura…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will attach the wiring harness to the BCM with a spacer, apply dielectric lubricant to both the BCM and harness connector and the BAS and harness connector, and will relearn the brake…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  2. Floor shift (power train) and automatic transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 14V224000 Reported 1,131,113 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) notified the agency on April 29, 2014, that they are recalling 56,214 model year 2007 and 2008 Saturn Aura vehicles. 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 16, 2003, through October 5, 2007, model year…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and GM dealers will replace the shift cable assembly and mounting bracket, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact General Motors at…

    Model years: 2007, 2008

  3. Electric power assist system (steering)

    NHTSA 14V153000 Reported 1,373,177 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 and 2008-2009 Chevrolet Malibu, 2004-2006 Malibu Maxx, 2009-2010 HHR (non-turbo), 2010 Cobalt, 2008-2009 Saturn Aura and 2004-2007 Ion, and 2005-2009 Pontiac G6. In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could occur…

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will perform one of four bulletins. Parts are not currently available. GM expects to send an interim notification around May 28, 2014. When parts are available, owners will be mailed…

    Model years: 2008, 2009

  4. Gear position indication (prndl) (power train)

    NHTSA 12V460000 Reported 426,240 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Saturn Aura and model year 2008-2010 Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6 vehicles, equipped with a 4-speed automatic transmission. On these vehicles, the tabs on the transmission shift cable end may fracture and separate.

    Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a retainer over the cable end or replace the shift cable as necessary. This service will be performed free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 9, 2012.…

    Model years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

  5. Column shift (power train)

    NHTSA 09V073000 Reported 276,729 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

    General motors is recalling 276,729 my 2009 buick enclave, chevrolet cobalt, hhr, malibu, traverse, GMC acadia, pontiac g5, g6 and saturn aura and outlook passenger vehicles. These vehicles fail to comply with federal motor vehicles safety standard 102, "transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and ensure that the shift cable adjustment clip is fully engaged. In the event that the clip does not engage, the shift cable will be replaced free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on or…

    Model years: 2009

Other Saturn models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.