2007 Saturn Aura engine problems

“THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF REPAIR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, ENGINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT NO SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND. WHEN DRIVING AROUND 60MPH THE ENGINE WOULD STALL AND 'ENGINE POWER REDUCED' AND 'TRACTION OFF' WOULD FLASH, REDUCING THE CAR SPEED AND MAKING ACCELERATION NEAR IMPOSSIBLE- SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE TRIP. CAR ACCELERATES VERY SLOWLY AND CAUSES TRAFFIC BUILDUP. RPM IS AT 5 (X1000)/MIN AT JUST 30MPH AND THE ENGINE IS MAKING LOUD NOISES. SOMETIMES WHEN STALLED OR AT A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE WILL CUT OUT COMPLETELY AND THE CAR WILL DIE. ALMOST CONSISTENTLY THE CAR WILL RATTLE AND SHAKE IN A PULSING MATTER. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED I HAVE BROUGHT IT IN TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION. OFTEN TIMES THE ENGINE IS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM COMES BACK AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS.”

“ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS GOING AT SLOW SPEEDS, I STEP ON THE BRAKS AND THE CAR JUMPS AND GO AT A HIGH SPEED WHEN I AM IN TRAFFIC. IN HAPPENS WHEN THE TRAFFIC IS SLOW AND THEN BEGINS TO MOVE. THE LAST OCCASION RESULTED IN MY CAR BEING TOTALED. IT ALWAYS THE FRONT END.”

“CAR RIDING FINE. NO LIGHTS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET IN FROM THE GROCERY STORE AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING COMES ON AND CAR STARTS JERKING.”

“I HAVE A 2007 SATURN AURA WITH 103,000 MILE AND THE TIMING CHAIN (BELT) WENT. UPON INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE I LEARNED THE SAME GM ENGINE IN MY AURA IS IN THE 2007 GMC ACADIA. GM HAS A RECALL ON THE TIMING BELT FOR ACADIA ENGINES AND EXTENDED THAT WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS WITH 120,000 MILES. DESPITE OTHERS AURA OWNERS COMPLAINTS FOR SAME ISSUE WITH SAME ENGINE THEY WILL NOT EXTEND THAT SAME COURTESY TO SATURN AURA OWNERS. LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE BELT MALFUNCTIONED.”

“WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON . I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THIS WEEKEND AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAS STRETCHED AND THAT THE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR IS NOT STAYING INTO POSITION . THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL ON THIS ENGINE IN EVERY CAR MODEL EXCEPT THE SATURN .”

“I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND THROWING CODES. MOSTLY 0641, 0107, 0106 AND 1682. I HAVE A CODE READER AND WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO CLEAR THEM. I THEY CAME BACK RIGHT AWAY I WOULD DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND THAT WOULD SEEM TO WORK. SOMETIMES I WOULD DRIVE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS TO A MONTH OR TWO WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEN ON AUG. 21, 2017 THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT STARTED AGAIN. WHEN I DID IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH. SO I DROVE IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER, THEY RESET THE CODES AND UPDATED THE ECM. THE NEXT NIGHT I WAS DRIVING, CAR WAS RUNNING SMOOTH, NO PROBLEMS. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT AND REDUCED POWER AND TRACTION OFF WARNING CAME ON. IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND STALLED. I TRIED TO RESTART IT AND THE WAS A FAIRLY LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE CODES SET 1682, 0452, 0641, AND 0107. I TRIED TO CLEAR THEM WITH MY CODE READER BUT THEY WOULDN'T CLEAR. I UN DID THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND ALL I GOT WAS A MILD CLICKING SOUND I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL FROM UNDER THE HOOD, SO I THOUGHT THE ECM BURNT…”