Vehicle report
2009 SATURN AURA
This model year
What the record shows
The 2009 Saturn Aura is a midsize car, and the 10th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2000 to 2010.
The EPA rated two configurations: engines from 2.4-litre four-cylinder to 3.6-litre six-cylinder, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S6) and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 20 to 26 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 390 owner complaints, 4 safety recalls and 897 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.