2004 SATURN ION Complaints

CAR WILL NOT START BECAUSE THE IGNITION WILL NOT READ THE KEY. IT TAKES 15 MINUTES JUST WAITING, WITH THE KEY OUT, THEN WHEN TRYING AGAIN IT DOES READ THE KEY AND THE CAR STARTS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME AS IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST EIGHT (8) YEARS FOR ME WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DEALERSHIPS AND GARAGE WORKERS. EACH PLACE SAYS THE CAR IS FINE, NOTHING WRONG. IT SEEMS THAT GM KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG SINCE 2003 AND GM LATER TOLD DEALERSHIPS SO DEALERSHIPS KNEW AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING. WELL, GM HAS FINALLY MADE THE STATEMENT THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND KEYS - FINALLY. ONE BIG QUESTION IS WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FROM NHTSA TOO! NHTSA IS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE BUT YOU HAVE BEEN VERY "LATE" TOO. I BLAME BOTH GM AND NHTSA THAT IT HAS TAKEN TOO LONG. GM CAN BE FINED BECAUSE OF BEING LATE CORRECTING THE ERRORS. CAN NHTSA BE FINED FOR THE SAME REASON - LATE MAKING A COMPANY CORRECTING ERRORS! IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE WOULD LESSON TO THE DRIVERS AND/OR OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS - NOT GM AND NOT NHTSA. YOU ARE ASKING GM WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG. CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHY NHTSA WAS LATE TOO?

2004 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULTY IGNITION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION, IN THE 3 YEARS HE HAS OWNED THE VEHICLE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER WOULD ALWAYS CLAIM, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. *JB

2004 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST INVOICE, THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE KEY BINDING IN THE HOUSING. THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. *JB

MY FIANCE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 40 45 MPH AND THE LIGHT UP AHEAD CHANGED YELLOW TO RED JUST BEFORE I COULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, MY CAR ACCELERATED I HELD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR KEPT WANTING TO INCH FORWARD ITSEEMED AS IF I HELD THE GAS PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR I GOT WITHIN 2 OR 3 FEET FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OUT OF INSTINCT I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND SHUT IT OFF HAD I NOT I WOULD HAVE REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME I THEN WAITED A MINUTE OR TWO TOPS PUT IT IN PARK AND STARTED IT, IT ACTED NORMAL I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS AND OBJECT OR SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE SLIPPED BY MY FEET WHILE DRIVING OR MY FLOOR MAT MOVED THERE WAS NOTHING THERE .THERE HAS BEEN OTHER TIMES LIKE RIGHT AFTER STARTING IT UP IT REVS TO THE HIGHEST RPM POSSIBLE AS IF ITS GOING TO BLOW UP I HURRY AND SHUT IT OFF WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN, AND ANOTHER TIME I DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH AS IF I HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN MY CAR DOESN'T HAVE THAT FEATURE WHICH IS REALLY SCARY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO PLEASE HELP THANK YOU *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, I HAVE EXPERIENCED MY CAR TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING WHICH THANKFULLY HAS A RECALL ON IT BUT I WANT THE POWER STEERING TO BE RECALLED AS WELL BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND MULTIPLE NEAR MISSES. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2004 SATURN ION DOWN A HILL AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON THE CAR. HE COULD NOT STOP AND HAD EXTREME DIFFICULT STEERING THE VEHICLE. WE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. I FRACTURED MY C-2 AND MY SHOULDER AND ALSO DISLOCATED MY SHOULDER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. UPDATED 5/20/14*CN UPDATED 06/17/14*MA UPDATED 8/7/17*CN

WHILE DRIVING MY SATURN ION 2004 MY POWER STEERING KEPT TURNING OFF PERIODICALLY, MY CAR IS STANDARD SO I ACTUALLY TURNED OFF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING PRESSING MY CLUTCH IN AND RESTARTED MY CAR. I DROVE LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT 5 MILES. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE FACT I WAS OVER 150000 MILES IT VOIDED MY WARRANTY FOR THE DEFECT TO MY STEERING MOTOR. I SPENT OVER 500 DOLLARS TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE, NOW KNOWING THAT IT WAS AN EXISTING DEFECT KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

I WRITE ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF [XXX]. [XXX] WERE KILLED ON AUGUST 17, 2012 IN A 2004 SATURN ION AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,500 AND THE CURRENT MILE WAS 77,590. UPDATED 6/10/14*CN UPDATED 8/4/17*CN