2006 SATURN ION Complaints

IN THE SUMMER OF 2010, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF MY CAR MY KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. ALL ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE KEY FAILED AND HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD THAT LOCK IGNITION FELL APART AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BECAUSE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. NEARLY THREE YEARS LATER (JUNE 2013), I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF MY CAR AND KEY WAS STUCK IN ON POSITION. AGAIN ALL ATTEMPTS TO GET KEY OUT FAILED. HAD TO GET SERVICE TECHNICIAN TO TURN OFF CAR BY REMOVING FUSE IN CAR TO TURN IT OFF. TOWED CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT LOCK IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS TIME CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR AND RENTAL CAR. LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER I HAD BEGUN TO SMELL GAS ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF MY CAR. BROUGHT TO SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING AND FELL UNDER RECALL SO I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING BUT STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR RENTAL CAR. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOCK IGNITION PART SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS DEFECT. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACT THAT SO MANY ISSUES WITH MY CAR STEM FROM PART DEFECTS THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, GM SHOULD BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE CAR AND/OR PROVIDING MONETARY COMPENSATION. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY AND SOME REMEDY SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR AND NOW HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NUMEROUS DEFECTS. I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR AND SHOULD NOT BE STUCK WITH A LEMON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 68 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING THROUGH INDIANA ON AN INTERSTATE WHEN A NOTIFICATION SOUNDED THAT THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT. THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO LOCK UP AND MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND MANEUVER. WE CHANGED THE FUSE IN THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL BOX, BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SINCE THEN, THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED AND THE POWER STEERING DISABLES WHILE DRIVING. *TR

ON JUNE 21, 2013 PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN ENGINE OFF. KEY WAS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO REMOVE KEY BUT COULD NOT. CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. IN ORDER TO TURN CAR OFF HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE PLUG FROM THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD. ALSO HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE CONTINUE TO RUN AND KILL THE BATTERY. I TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE KEY IGNITION BUT NOW THE CAR WILL NOT START. SEEMS LIKE ITS AN ELECTRICAL OR SECURITY PROBLEM WITHIN THE ENGINE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. CAR IS STILL IN SHOP WITH MECHANIC HOPING TO GET IT STARTED. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON THE THRUWAY. I STOPPED AT THE NEXT REST AREA AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE ON MY TRIP DOWN AND THREE TIMES ON MY WAY BACK HOME, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES. STEERING WAS VERY HARD AT LOW SPEEDS AND I ALMOST HIT THE WALL TO A PARKING GARAGE WHEN I STOPPED AT A REST AREA. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASHED AND STEERING BECAME HEAVY. I HAD TO USE LOT OF FORCE TO PULL OVER. I CALLED FOR HELP THEY RESTARTED THE CAR AND PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. IT CAME BACK AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND THE DAY AFTER. ITS CONSISTENTLY COMES AND GOES. *TR

I HAVE A SEVERE GAS LEAK IN MY CAR. THE GAS SMELL WAS FAINT AT FIRST. THEN I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY CAR IN MORNINGS OR EVENINGS. THEN THE GAS BECAME UNBEARABLE & YOU COULD SEE A CONSTANT DRIP OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. I FELT SO SCARED TO DRIVE IT THAT I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST PLACE. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE FUEL PUMP. I CALLED SATURN & THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE ME $100 TO SEE IF IT'S THE ACTUAL "SPECIAL POLICY" THAT'S ON MY CAR. *TR

KEY BECAME STUCK IN IGNITION. COULD NOT REMOVE, CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. EMERGENCY IGNITION RELEASE DID NOT WORK. TOOK CAR TO AUTHORIZED GM DEALER, WAS TOLD THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND HOUSING HAD FALLEN APART AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT IT IS FREQUENTLY SEEN WITH THIS CAR MODEL. TOTAL REPAIR COST $569.97. *TR