2008 Saturn Aura body & structure problems
Owners reported body & structure problems in 18 complaints for the 2008 Saturn Aura, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 15 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 76,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes.
What owners wrote
When you have the car in park it is not always in park and if you turn the car off it will not start back up. So when we try to start the car again it will not start, so we have to move the gear shift to neutral to start it that way. When we move the gear shift to park it is not always in park. We think this may have happened in the above accident. The car rolls back. Before we became aware of the problem this happened twice.
Drivers seat broke down on right side, causing it to slump towards the console. Upon taking it to the dealer to seek repair, was told that the welding of the seat unit had broken. The entire seat and the housing base require replacement over $1000 to fix. While it doesn't require fixing to operate car, the danger is in a crash, having the seat catapult out entirely being as it is not affixed to the vehicle any more.
Other problems reported for the 2008 Saturn Aura
- Drivetrain & axles 113 complaints
- Steering 113 complaints
- Electrical system 92 complaints
- Brakes 62 complaints
- Lighting 46 complaints
- Stability control 43 complaints
- Air bags 26 complaints
- Cruise control 22 complaints
Body & structure problems in other years
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007