Saturn Aura
Registered from 2007 to 2010.
About this model
The Saturn Aura is a four-door, five-passenger front engine/front-wheel drive mid-sized sedan manufactured and marketed by GM's Saturn subsidiary over a single generation from 2006 to 2009. The car launched one year before the seventh generation Chevrolet Malibu, its most closely related platform companion.
From the Wikipedia article Saturn Aura, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway |
| 2009 | 1654 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2008 | 1654 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 8.1 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2007 | 1654 kg · 2850 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Transmission Shift Cable Failure
Engineering analysis, opened November 2011, closed June 2014.
Transmission Cable Failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2011, closed November 2011.
Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit
Audit query, opened November 2010, closed December 2015.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Saturn filed 1005 bulletins about the 2010 Aura.
- Equipment: 384
- Electrical system: 139
- Engine and engine cooling: 101
- Power train: 65
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 60
- Visibility: 40
- Engine: 39
- Wheels: 29
- Fuel system, gasoline: 22
- Tires: 19
- Other: 107
- This preliminary information communicates information about how to determine if a wheel and tires size change is available. · April 2026
- This Preliminary information communicates the steps on how to save a GDS2 Session Log and upload to a Technical Assistance Case in CX Connect. · March 2026
- This preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email GDS2 session logs into Technical Assistance. · March 2026
- This preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email GDS2 session logs into Technical Assistance. · January 2026
- This service bulletin provides information on Tire Sidewall Irregularities. · December 2025
- This service bulletin provides information on replacing the intake manifold when the engine is replaced after severe internal engine damage. · December 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have had multiple repair attempts that are being performed on customer’s vehicles that exhibit… · November 2025
- New Vehicle Monitoring Programs Section in IVH · September 2025
997 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.