2007 Saturn Aura Consumer Discussions Page 2

Saturn Aura

Hope this helps people posting BAD reviews

Written by: bob919344 on Apr 21, 2008 07:16 AM

I have a 2007 Aura XR loaded with every option avail with only 8K on it now, my wife has a new 2008 XE only 2 months old and my daughter just leased a new 08' Vue..... NOW the news.... I am retired from the auto industry after 30+ yrs and here is my take on Saturn as a car Mfg. ( i just retired from BMW after 15 yrs and also had GM exper of over 15 yrs ) NO !!! This is NOT a BMW or a Lexus ... Read More...

Saturn Aura Real World MPG

Actual Aura Gas Mileage

Written by: jimmyrevit on Apr 08, 2008 00:25 AM

Me and my wife have been looking for a new vehicle to replace our old 1993 Saturn, with 220,000 repair free miles. My wife was looking at the Honda Civic, which gets an estimated 30+ MPG. after test driving a 2007 Aura 3.5 V6, with its comfortable ride and awesome power. We are now considering the Saturn. We have got so many conflicting answers from current Aura drivers ... Read More...

Saturn Aura

2007 Saturn Aura XR

Written by: jano7 on Mar 15, 2008 00:07 PM

We have had the same problem with the thumping in the steering wheel. They replaced the part about a month ago & now it's back worse. Went today to get oil changed & pointed out the problem, said it needed to be greased & the guy who did it was not there on Saturdays . Showed him the separating of the panels under my drivers side door, he came back & said it's exactly the ... Read More...

Saturn Aura New Owner Reports

Front End Noise etc....

Written by: bob919344 on Mar 02, 2008 09:25 AM

I too have a 2007 Aura XR with only 7800 miles on it.. The front end sounds like its going to fall off when i hit any type of road bump or just about anything !! Sounds like struts are bad or bad CV joints to me !! Highway mileage is great.....town stinks !!!!! highway gets about 27+ , town only 17 average. thats not too good to me, my Caddy i turned in for this got better mileage. ... Read More...

Re: '07 Aura problems [KarenS]

Written by: dinof on Feb 14, 2008 00:28 PM

BY the way, this problem is common to all 2007 and 2008 Auras. The Chevy Malibu which is manufactured at the same factory and considered to be the Saturn Aura's twin apparentl solved this problem by covering the defect area with some sort of plastic or aluminium piece that hides the separations. Read More...

Re: Pictures of 2007 Saturn Aura Defects [phaetondriver]

Written by: dinof on Nov 27, 2007 09:25 AM

Yes, I see what you mean and you are right..........recutting the plastic rocker panels to fit the contours of the body would probably eliminate the problem. However, I think what's breaking the panels loose is the fact that the lower rubber gasket on the door is constantly striking the flimsy, plastic panel and sooner or later causes it to break loose. There ... Read More...

Re: Pictures of 2007 Saturn Aura Defects [dinof]

Written by: phaetondriver on Nov 27, 2007 09:12 AM

I looked at your pictures. Look at mine. The problem looks to me, from the illuminated from behind picture, is the body panels are miss dented, not the plastic rocker panel. So I see why they don't want to fix it, that would require some body work, pounding out the dents, repainting etc. It would also require that they correct the manufacturing cause of the dents, ... Read More...

PROBLEM on Side Rocker Panel

Written by: bob919344 on Nov 27, 2007 07:51 AM

I have a 2007 Aura XR with only 5200 mi on it leased in April this year.... Since seeing all the posts about this problem, i looked at both sides of my door rocker panels and i can see the SAME PROBLEM starting on my car...it seems to be separating from the car. Obviously a engineering error and hard to beloieve they wont try and FIX the problem.. If you wanna know the only ... Read More...

Pictures of 2007 Saturn Aura Defects

Written by: dinof on Nov 27, 2007 05:26 AM

I just posted a few pictures of my 2007 Saturn AuraXR defects on ">link titlemy CarSpace page. These defects - separating under door plastic rocker panels - are appearing on both sides of my car, which was purchased in April 2007 and presently has only 4700 miles on the odometer. Please take a look and then examine your Aura for the same problem. Saturn is refusing ... Read More...

Saturn Aura Electrical / Computer Problems?

Re: Electrical / Computer Problems? [ericbrown]

Written by: cindy28 on Jan 01, 2008 03:24 PM

I'm not sure if this is the same problem, but I have a Saturn 2007 Aura/XE and it has been in the shop for the 4th time with electrical problems. The compass, driver window, heated seats, sun roof all lose power. "The work order states that the tech found a screw for speaker goes through retainer into wiring harness for drivers door. Tech adjusted harness and resecured ... Read More...