2006 SATURN ION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.

WE NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS AND A PUDDLE OF GAS IN FRONT OF THE REAR TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I CRAWLED UNDER THE CAR AND LOOKED AT THE GAS LINES. THEY WERE CORRODED VERY BADLY FROM JUST IN FRONT OF THE TIRE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE GAS TANK. THIS IS WHERE THERE ARE MANY BENDS IN THE PIPELINE WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED THE RUST PROTECTIVE COATING TO FAIL. THE GAS DRIPPED FOR QUITE A WHILE. I HAVE HAD CARS MUCH OLDER THAN THE SATURN WHICH DID NOT CORRODE THE GAS LINES. ONLINE SEARCHING SHOWS THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN ION TO FAIL JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. THIS HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A FIRE OR POISON SMELLS IF THE CAR WERE PARKED INSIDE. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO FIRE AND IT WAS NOT INSIDE MY GARAGE. I HOPE SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED. *TR

FUEL SMELL AND FUEL LEAKAGE UNDER CAR. CRACKED FUEL LINE? RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN STATES, BUT I LIVE IN OHIO. RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL STATES, SINCE MY BREAKDOWN OCCURRED AT ONLY 70,000 MILES. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR OR REPAIR IT DUE TO EXPENSE AND OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS FOR MY FAMILY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK AND THE VEHICLE REVERSED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT A KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

APPARENTLY EITHER THE "NEW IGNITIONS" ARE ALSO FAULTY OR THE DEALERSHIP LIED ABOUT HAVING REPLACED IT AS THEY DID ABOUT HAVING COMPLETED THE 3RD RECALL REPAIRS (I'D RECEIVE A LETTER FROM GM SOME WEEKS LATER SAYING THE PARTS WERE NOW IN AND TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE WORK DONE). THIS EVENING AT ABOUT 5:35PM PACIFIC TIME I CAME HOME AND YET ONE MORE TIME THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AS IT WAS IN THE ALT POSITION. I TRIED 5 OR 6 TIMES OVER A SPAN OF 10-15 MINUTES TO NO AVAIL. THE HEADLIGHTS HAD TO BE TURNED OFF MANUALLY AS DID THE OVERHEAD LIGHT. I WAS GETTING MY HOUSE KEY OFF THE RING SO I COULD GET MY TOOLS OUT OF THE HOUSE TO ONE MORE TIME DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AND DECIDED TO TRY TO REMOVE THE KEY AGAIN. IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT THE KEY FINALLY CAME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE REASON I SUSPECT IT MAY BE THE DEALERSHIP IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE SATURN WAS STILL ON THE RECALL LIST FOR THE THIRD REPAIR ON THE SAFERCAR.GOV SITE UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK LATER, COINCIDENTLY A FEW DAYS AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT WITH GM OVER THE CONTINUING RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL TREATMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

RETURN FUEL LINE RUSTED OUT AT SUPPORT CLAMP LEAKING FUEL ONTO GROUND. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN INCIDENT AND I NOTICED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. *TR

I AM WRITING TO REPORT FRAUD BY ROSEVILLE CHEVROLET. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE SATURN RECALL OF THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING #14115. EVIDENTLY THE DEALERSHIP, ROSEVILLE CHEVROLET HAS SUBMITTED A CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED THIS DEFECT. THEY HAVE NOT. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR THE FIRST TWO RECALLS. THE PARTS FOR THE THIRD WERE NOT IN YET. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO KEEP MY CAR UNTIL THEY COULD FIX THE 3RD RECALL AS I DID NOT SEE WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RISK MY LIFE FOR GM. A WEEK LATER THE MANAGER CALLED SAYING THE 3RD RECALL WAS DONE. WHEN I WENT TO GET THE CAR I ONLY RECIEVED TWO RECEIPTS. I DIDN'T HAVE MY READING GLASSES SO COULD NOT SEE WHAT WORK HAD BEEN DONE. I LATER LOOKED AT THE PAPERS AND NEITHER HAD THE 3RD RECALL LISTED. WEEKS LATER I WAS NOTIFIED BY SATURN THAT THE PARTS WERE NOW IN. I CHECKED THE SAFERCAR WEBSITE AND FOUND MY CAR WAS NO LONGER LISTED FOR THE 3RD RECALL. APPARENTLY THEY ALTERED THE RECORDS CLAIMING THEY HAVE DONE THE WORK, WHICH WAS NOT DONE. WHAT EXACTLY AM I SUPPOSED TO DO TO GET THAT REPAIR DONE? WHAT IF ANYTHING WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCE FOR THEIR COMMITTING FRAUD AND PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGER BY ASSURING THAT I CAN NOT GET THIS RECALL REPAIRED? I SPOKE TO GM AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DEALERSHIP AS I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THEM SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2006. I INFORMED THEM THAT I WOULD NOT GO BACK THERE FOR THE 3RD, I HAVE NO REASON TO SUBMIT MYSELF TO MORE ABUSE. IT WAS AFTER FILING THE COMPLAINT THAT SUDDENLY MY CAR THAT IT NO LONGER SHOWED ON THE SAFECAR SITE. ROSEVILLE CHEVROLET HAS OUT DONE THEMSELVES WITH CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. WHAT IF ANYTHING AT ALL WILL BE DONE? HOW DO I GET A COPY OF THIS CLAIM? *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. COULD BARELY STEER IT TO SAFETY. THE POWER STEERING COLUMN WAS THE ISSUE. COST ME ALMOST 900 DOLLARS TO REPAIR BUT GM WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME, EVEN THOUGH OTHER GM VEHICLES HAVE A RECALL FOR THE COLUMN. *TR

I HAD AN VERY OCCASIONAL INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT BASICALLY CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO. IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAPPEN ON A TURN. I TRIED TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT NO ONE SAW IT IN ACTION TO IDENTIFY IT. IT USUALLY HAPPENED ON A TURN AND QUICKLY RETURNED TO NORMAL. IT HAPPENED ON A ROAD WITH A SMALL BEND IN IT. IT DID NOT RESTART WORKING BEFORE I DROVE OFF THE ROAD INTO A FILBERT FIELD. I SUFFERED MULTIPLE CONCUSSIONS IN THE CRASH. I SAW A SPECIALIST DUE TO MY MEMORY LOSS AND HE SAID I LIKELY HAD 3 CONCUSSIONS: FRONT INTO STEERING WHEEL/AIR BAG; SIDE - BREAKING DRIVER WINDOW WITH HEAD; AND TOP SIDE DUE TO SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG. *TR

MY CAR KEY WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION EASILY WITHOUT SLAMMING STEERING WHEEL UP AND DOWN OR SLAMMING SHIFTER INTO P ARK OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. AND THIS IS ALL AFTER HAVING THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL REPAIRED. *TR