Saturn Aura

Owners filed 1,439 complaints across 6 model years of the Saturn Aura. The 2007 drew the most (607).

Model years6
Complaints1,439
Recalls16
Fires9
Deaths2

Which Saturn Aura years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Saturn Aura model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Saturn Aura model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20102
2—1Exterior LightingRoutine
2009390
5212SteeringFatalities reported
2008432
5118Power TrainFatalities reported
2007607
4613Power TrainAbove average
20055
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
20003
0——SteeringRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.