Four problems related to lose power steering have been reported for the 2008 Saturn Aura. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Saturn Aura based on all problems reported for the 2008 Aura.
On Sunday February 7 2021, I was driving in the grocery store parking lot at a slow rate of speed making a right turn when my 2008 Saturn Aura lost all power steering almost causing an accident. I had a difficulty getting the vehicle to straighten out to get into a parking space. I shutoff the engine and when I restarted my car and it was fine. On Tuesday February 23, 2021, I was backing out of my driveway and again I lost all steering power. I pulled back into my driveway, shut off the engine, started it and it was fine. As I was driving to work on the freeway, on March 4 2021, the vehicle again loss power steering. I am worried of another complete steering failure in a critical situation. This failure has happened intermittently several more times, and the vehicle is too unpredictable to drive. The vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). The fix gm released under the recall doesn't look to be a long term durable fix and is a safety concern.
On Sunday September 30 2018, I was driving in the church parking lot at a slow rate of speed making a left turn when my Saturn Aura lost all power steering almost causing an accident. I had a difficult time getting the car to straighten out to park. I turned if off and when I started my car and it was fine the rest of the day. On Monday October 1, 2018 I was backing out of my driveway to go to work and again I lost al steering power. I pulled back into my driveway, turned it off, started it and it was fine; however, I work 50 miles from home and did not want the chance it would do that during highway driving. Gm which made the Saturn as of sept 13, 2018 has a recall on a number of their vehicles with this very problem. Is it possible to be included in this recall as this car is made by GMC and it is the same problem? this could be very serious if I had been driving in traffic.
The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Aura. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power steering ability. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v153000 (steering). The failure mileage was 175,000.
Lost power steering while on a canyon road causing me to cross into the on coming lane of traffic. There is a recall in canada for this exact same problem why isn't our government forcing the same thing here?.