Worst years for a Saturn Aura
Owners have filed 2,227 complaints about the Saturn Aura with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2010. More of them are about the steering than anything else.
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2007 Saturn Aura950 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.
Every Saturn Aura year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Saturn Aura
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Saturn Aura
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Saturn Aura, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Saturn Aura problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Saturn Aura
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.