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2008 Saturn Aura stability control problems

Owners reported stability control problems in 43 complaints for the 2008 Saturn Aura, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
43 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2008 Saturn Aura Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 33 complaints that include mileage. 15% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 33 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 15% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Case # with GMC is 81598832107 9/30/15 was at left turn lane to go in my neighbor hood put in park to grab something of the floor when I put back into drive my car started to reverse. Put it back into park and then drive and the same thing. Lucky I had my neighbor behind me him and others help me push it to a safe zone very close to my house, pushed it half way on drive way and put in park and it rolled across the street while trying to stop it I put myleft foot down caused more pain due to me recent surgery.

Reported at 84,000 miles, September 2015 Injury

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Aura. The contact stated while driving 75 MPH with cruise control activated, the vehicle lost cruise control functionality with the "Service Traction" message displayed. Additionally, the brake lights turned on unintendedly. The contact stated that the brake lights remained illuminated; however, the brake lights would turn off while depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to duplicate the failure.

Reported at 160,000 miles, November 2022

Other problems reported for the 2008 Saturn Aura

Stability control problems in other years

Stability control problems across all Saturn models