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Replying to: dinof (Feb 19, 2008 10:07 am) It has to be a MANUFACTURING DEFECT if a few cars have a problem with the seams. welds, or tolerances, and other cars don't. Mine are tight. Photos on my home page http://www.carspace.com/phaetondriver/Albums/Aura%20Rocker%20Panels/
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Replying to: dinof (Feb 19, 2008 10:07 am)  optonline.com. I want Saturn to know they lose customers with this type of BS.
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I ended up getting a base model 4-cyl. Aura this weekend. Unfortunately, I didn't have much opportunity to test drive as many cars as I would have liked because my old car was dying a hasty death. the Saturn dealer was willing to come to terms I could live with and the car is generally appealing to me. Hope I've got a winner. Went with the pewtered bronze (has tan cloth interior), although if a red one had been available, that would have been my first choice. I'm not as "in love" with the Aura as I have been with my previous new-car purchases, but this is the first time I was forced into replacing a car and not picking one out just for the love of it. But, my love did me wrong with my last choice, so maybe that's just as well. |
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Replying to: phaetondriver (Feb 19, 2008 11:03 am) a BIG difference. Is your Aura a 2007 or 2008 ? When was it purchased and how many miles are on it ? Mine was purchased in May, 2007 and now has 6100 miles on it. The gaps started to appear at aprox. 2800 miles (Aug.,2007).
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Replying to: dinof (Feb 19, 2008 2:16 pm) it purchased and how many miles are on it ? Mine was purchased in May, 2007 and now has 6100 miles on it. The gaps started to appear at aprox. 2800 miles (Aug.,2007). Mine is a 2007 XR.. Original sale was Sept 06. I have over 17,000 miles I see where the sheetmetal by the tire pressure tag on yours goes way in and mine is straight. Something definitely different between the body on yours compared to my early manufactured one. They must have made a change at the body sheetmetal plant that the plastics producer wasn't told about.
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Replying to: phaetondriver (Feb 19, 2008 5:52 pm) edges", where mine are just straight and flat. I can't really tell exactly from the pics, but your panels are what mine should be like. My separations actually appear to be tears instead of separations except at the B pillar, which like you say, is indented for some reason on both sides. Thanks for the info !
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Replying to: dinof (Feb 20, 2008 4:44 am) I bet if you took your rocker panel and put them on my car they would fit exactly the same. From what I can see, the problem is how they put the pieces of sheet metal together. Something has obviously changed form the early production to when your car was built. A good body shop could fix that, but it would be very expensive. I would probably do one of two things, Sue GM/Saturn for the cost of repair estimate, say $20,000, or fix it myself with some body filler or something and forget it. Since Saturn filed an unrepairable thing with the courts, You may not have any recourse other than negotiating a full cost trade-in if you could get it.
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Replying to: phaetondriver (Feb 20, 2008 8:54 am) was told it would invalidate my warranty.........because the design was modified. A local body shop prepared an estimate for Saturn and the total cost to repair/modify the panels was $325. However, like I said previously, it will invalidate the warranty. Can you believe Saturn would go through this much trouble over a $325. repair ? Meanwhile they continue to tell prospective customers that they know NOTHING about separating rocker panels. No wonder GM is going to hell !! |
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Replying to: slaplante (Feb 18, 2008 6:04 pm) P.S. I also owned a 2006 GMC Envoy that had electrical problems, that is why we got rid of it. Is this a common problem with all GM products? There definitely seems to be a pattern.
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Replying to: slaplante (Feb 20, 2008 11:22 am) Several Saturn Aura owners have reported strange electrical problem that were traced back to the fuse panel in the trunk, drivers side. This fuse panel was found to be loose or had a wire pinched under the fuse block. Pull the panel of the driver side trunk cover and grab the fuse block and see if you can move it. It shouldn't move at all. If it does tell the service manager when you take it is. |
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