2006 SATURN ION Complaints

2006 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION RECALL NOTICE AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE GOT IN THE LEFT TURN LANE TO MAKE A TURN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS. HER FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE AT A HIGH SPEED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED A SECOND TIME, WHILE AT A 4-WAY STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE BEGAN RACING, WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND THE DASHBOARD WENT BLACK. THE THIRD TIME, IT HAPPENED, SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE AT A HIGH SPEED, SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND EVENTUALLY SHE CRASHED INTO A WALL. *JB

VEHICLE DOESN'T TURN ON IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. ELECTRICAL WORKS, BUT ENGINE WON'T TURN OVER, JUST MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. AFTER TEMPERATURE WARMS, VEHICLE WILL START. *JS

VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE OPERATING, HOWEVER ELECTRICAL REMAINS ON. USUALLY HAPPENS GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS AT LOW SPEEDS. HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART ENGINE TO OPERATE. INCIDENT OCCURRED 2 TIMES IN 2009. DIDN'T GIVE MUCH THOUGHT UNTIL IT STARTED TO RECUR IN 2012. HAS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES SINCE. ALSO KEY GETS STUCK WHEN TRYING TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF. THE KEY GETTING STUCK WHEN TRYING TO SHUT OFF HAS OCCURRED ALMOST DAILY FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS. DIDN'T REALIZE THE INCIDENTS WERE RELATED UNTIL I HEARD ABOUT THE SATURN RECALL ON IGNITION SWITCHES AND HEARD ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *JS

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FORWARD TURN SIGNALS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. REAR TURN SIGNALS STILL OPERATIONAL. *JS

DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WON'T ROLL DOWN. WINDOW HAS STOPPED WORKING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WITH MULTIPLE REPAIRS. *JS

THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 4 TIMES THAT WHILE MY CAR WAS IDLING AT EITHER A RED LIGHT, STOP SIGN, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, MY CAR WOULD JUST SHUT OFF AFTER MAKING A ROUGH IDLING NOISE. THIS SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. IF I WERE TO SHUT MY CAR OFF & TURN IT BACK ON, IT WOULD THEN GO AWAY. IT MADE ME WEARY OF DRIVING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN OR WHERE THAT COULD HAPPEN. THE SECOND INCIDENT WOULD BE MY POWER STEWING. MY CAR WOULD "DING" AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WOULD COME ON MAKING MY WHEEL STIFFEN UP IMMEDIATELY. AGAIN, IF I WOULD TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN, THE PROBLEM WOULD STOP... FOR A LITTLE BIT. STARTED OFF AT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, THEN ONCE A DAY MAYBE, NOW I CAN'T EVEN GO A BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE WITHOUT IT COMING ON. FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR

IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE IGNITION RECALL AND WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL I GOT A RECALL NOTICE. IN MID-MARCH I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT IN AND TO CALL AT THE END OF MARCH. I CALLED AT THE END OF MARCH AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT IN AND I SHOULD CALL THE BEGINNING OF APRIL. I CALLED THE BEGINNING OF APRIL AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE ON ORDER AND I SHOULD CALL THE NEXT WEEK. I CALLED THE NEXT WEEK AND THE PARTS WERE NOT IN. LAST WEEK I RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT I HAD NOT RESPONDED TO THE RECALL NOTICE AND RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE THIS WEEK. WHEN I CALLED TODAY I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO RECORD OF MY PRIOR CALLS AND WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PARTS. GM IS CONDUCTING A FRAUDULENT RECALL AND TRYING TO SHIFT THE BURDEN OF LIABILITY TO THE CONSUMER AND SHIFT THE BURDEN OF PROOF FOR ANY LIABILITY TO THE CONSUMER FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE RECALL, WHEN THE RECALL IS ILLUSORY. I WANT THIS NOTED ON THE RECORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER THE PARTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR WHEN THE REMEDY PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 06/10/14 MA UPDATED 07/03/14

2003 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. SHE HAD TO TURN THE KEY A CERTAIN WAY, IN ORDER FOR IT TO START. *JB

2006 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INCIDENTS OVER THE YEARS, THAT MADE NO SENSE, UNTIL SHE RECEIVED THE RECALL THE NOTICE IN THE MAIL .*JB