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2008 SATURN AURA — ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

1 injured · 1224405 · 2015-09-30

Vehicle

Make
SATURN
Model
AURA
Year
2008
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Miles at failure
84,000
Speed
5 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

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. THIS CAR HAS BEEN TO GMC FOR THE RECALL CABLE 3 TIMES, THIS TIME THEY SAID THEY ONLY PLACE HALF OF IT AND WILL NOW REPLACE THE WHOLE CABLE. WAS CALLED ON 9/30 5 HOURS AT THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS READY, I EXPLAINED THAT I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR. TOO MANY TIMES FOR THE SAME CABLE....I'VE ALSO HAD A ISSUE WITH THE SMELL OF GAS COMING FROM THE CAR BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY FUEL, SO I TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT AND SAID TE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP WAS CRACKED I HAD THEM REPLACE THE WHOLE PUMP...THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING UNDER MY SEAT, I HAVE NOW SEEN THERE IS OTHER SATURN AURA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR THIS A BIG ISSUE AND IF GMC AND I CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT IT WILL BE EASY AGREEMENT. I WAS REALLY GLAD THAT I DID NO GIVE THIS CAR TO MY YOUNG NEPHEW WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD OF HAPPENED......

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10778897
Machine
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