| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007123642 | Incident Date: Oct, 11 2007 |
| Consumer's City: HOWARD BEACH | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: AURA | Model Year: 2007 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZV57707F | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 20 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 09 2007 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While attempting to pass another car on the highway, the car did not immediately respond to the accelerator being press down, resulting in my car being nearly rear ended at over 50 mph. similar near misses have happened several times since i purchased the car. when trying to pass other vehicles, merge onto a highway, or when pressing the accelerator to quickly gain speed after slowing down momentarily, there is frequently a one to two second lag between the press of the accelerator and the response of the car. i have mentioned it to my saturn dealer who could not reproduce the issue. i have also seen the same complaint on numerous web sites (eg. saturnfans.com) and as far as i can determine it seems to be an issue with the drive-by-wire/6 speed automatic transmission combination. i've been told by both the dealer and my own research that a delay with this type of system isn't unusual, but i find that hard to believe as the problem is downright dangerous. i don't believe this is something a dealer can readily fix as it seems to be a design problem based on everything i have encountered in my research into finding other owners with similar issues. *tr |
