2006 SATURN ION Complaints

OCCASIONALLY THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD STAY ON AFTER IGNITION. SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V118000. *TR

STEERING GOT VERY HARD. (ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST MOTOR WAS REPLACED 7 YEARS AGO. SEEMS THIS ONE HAS SAME ISSUES AS EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S COMPLAINED.) SO WHY ARE THEY USING THE SAME MOTOR THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING? PLAN TO TALK TO DEALERSHIP ABOUT FREE REPLACEMENT SINCE IT MESSED UP AGAIN. *TR

OUR ION EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING FULL SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE MULTIPLE TIMES BETWEEN 2006 AND 2008. A CAR HAD BACKED INTO THE ION WHILE PARKED IN A LOT AT ONE POINT, SO WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE RELATED TO THAT, BUT OUR EXPERIENCE SEEMS TO BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE REPORTED UNDER THE RECALL. WE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE IT FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AT GM DEALERSHIPS. THE LAST FIX INVOLVED REPLACING ALL THE MAIN WIRES IN THE MOTOR. AFTER THAT, THE IGNITION SEEMED TO BE TIGHTER, AND THE STALLING STOPPED, BUT THE CAR WOULD THEN NOT START, INTERMITTENTLY. IT WOULD RANDOMLY GO INTO LOCK DOWN MODE FOR 10 OR SO MINUTES. JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD ADD OUR EXPERIENCE TO THE STATISTICS. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS, AND WE EASILY COULD HAVE DIED. WE DO STILL HAVE THE CAR- COULDN'T AFFORD ANOTHER. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A RENTAL CAR AND ARE AWAITING OUR FIX. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR HIT A BUMP AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. IT STARTED BACK UP, DROVE IT HOME AND PARKED IT. GM ISSUED RECALL ON THE IGNITION. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID GM KIND OF JUMPED THE GUN ON THE RECALL AS THE PARTS HAVEN'T BEEN SHIPPED AND TO CALL BACK IN 2 WEEKS. I CALLED AFTER TWO WEEKS AND THEY SAID NO PART TO CALL BACK IN A MONTH. HE SAID THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE BUT ONLY HAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND NOT ON A CHAIN. WELL THE IGNITION CAN SHUT THE CAR DOWN IF A BUMP IS GONE OVER OR IF THE KEY IS JARRED IN ANY WAY. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE JANUARY. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION FOR 10 YEARS AND FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION. HOW CAN GM IGNORED THIS PROBLEM, ISSUE A RECALL AND NOT GET PARTS OUT TO THE REPAIR FACILITIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO FULLY APPLY THE BRAKES WHILE MANEUVERING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF TO BRING IT TO A FULL STOP. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NTHSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

AFTER I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND TRYING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE FROM PARKING LOT THE CHIME SOUND CAME AND IT DISPLAYED PWR STEERING IN THE DISPLAY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. THE SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE AFTER THAT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GM SERVICE AND THEY WONT TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE AS MY CAR GOT A REBUILT TITLE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND GM WONT HONOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AS THE CAR GOT A REBUILD TITLE. THEY SAID THAT IF IT WAS A RECALL THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT AND THE CHARGE FOR THE REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1000. GM IS TRYING TO RIP ME OFF FOR THEIR FAULT ONLY BECAUSE MY CAR HAVE A REBUILD TITLE. *TR

THE IGNITION IS STUCK ON THE ON POSITION. NO MATTER WHAT IS DONE THE CAR CANNOT BE TURNED OFF WITH THE IGNITION KEY. HAD TO REMOVE A FUSE TO GET CAR TURNED OFF. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR THE IGNITION BUT NOT FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY POWER STREERING NOTIFICATION LIGHT CAME ON. I FELT THAT I HAD NO POWER STEERING AS SOON AS I WENT TO CHANGE LANES. I MANAGED TO MANHANDLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET TO MY DESTINATION SINCE IT WAS 9:30 AT NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING I CALLED THE CLOSEST GM DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY GOT ME IN. THE TECH SAID HE HAD SEEN THE SAME SITUATION FROM ANOTHER CLIENT A FEW WEEKS PRIOR. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR. MY RECEIPT FROM THEM SAYS A SHORT IN THE POWER STEERING MOTOR.. *TR

UNEXPECTED POWER STEERING FAILURE THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY. ONCE WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND TWICE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHEN FAILURES OCCURRED. VEHICLE DISPLAYED "PWR STR" IN THE DASHBOARD. TURNING THE CAR OFF THEN ON AGAIN TEMPORARILY FIXED PROBLEM. DEALER STATED IT WAS THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY WOULD BECOME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH RECURRINGLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH DEFECTS WERE CAUSED BY A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFECTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.