2005 SATURN ION Complaints

2-02-07 KEY STUCK IN IGNITION...CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF.... IGNITION REPLACED 33,316 MILES 01-14-08 TRANSMISSION REPLACED 50,728 MILES 12-20-08 CAR WOULDN'T START...CLUTCH SWITCH REPLACED 50,728 MILES 8-26-08 SUN ROOF DRAIN CLOGGED $199.88 59,893 MILES 8-10-09 CAR WOULD NOT START..REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH 2ND TIME 72,615 MILES CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW OFF LOT IN 2005... TOWED 4 TIMES IN 4YEARS! *TR

I BOUGHT A 2005 SATURN ION IN MARCH 2008. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THE KEY GET STUCK ON A CONSTANT BASIS. I HAD THAT FIXED, BUT THE KEY STILL STICKS, BUT I PUSH IT IN TO RELEASE IT. AT LEAST IT'S BETTER THAN IT WAS. THE CAR DOES NOT LIKE TO START IN COLD WEATHER. I REPLACED THE BATTERY. COST $421.00. NOW, AT ONLY 45,888 MILES, MY STEERING DISPLAY LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. GOT IS CHECKED TOLD COST $700 TOTAL, BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM IS: NO PART IS AVAILABLE. IT IS ON BACK LOG. SO, I CAN'T AFFORD THE PART AND LABOR ANYWAY, BUT NO PART AVAILABLE? WHAT DO I DO NOW WITH A CAR I AM STILL PAYING ON? I FEEL I A M STUCK WITH A LEMON. *TR

2005 SATURN ION LEVEL 3. IF IT IS BELOW FREEZING OUTSIDE THE CAR WILL NOT START. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH SATURN IONS. THE CAR WILL NOT START AT FIRST, THEN IF YOU WAIT 20-30 MINUTES IT WILL START. THE ISSUE IS THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH IS FAULTY. ALSO, THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM TOLD ME IT HAD A FULL POWERTRAIN AND BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THEY DENIED THAT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 SATURN ION I BOUGHT NEW IT HAS APPROX. 21,000 MILES ON IT AND THE POWER STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT. WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF IT RESETS, BUT AFTER A FEW YARDS IT GOES OUT AGAIN. I PLACED A CALL TO GM AFTER CALLING SATURN NORTH THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTICS DONE AT THE SATURN DEALERSHIP IN WHICH I HAVE DONE, THE FIX IS I HAVE TO HAVE THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. NEITHER GM NOR SATURN ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH ME. GM HAS SAID IT IS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS AND THE FIX IS THE SAME, REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN, FUNNY THAT WOULDN'T BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS KNOWN PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS HARMED OR KILLED. GM AND SATURN ARE PUTTING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE STREET IN DANGER, BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORING THE PROBLEM. ALSO, MY POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE NO LONGER WORKS - IT FALLS DOWN WHEN I TRY TO PUT THE WINDOW DOWN, BUT IT WAS STAYING UP UNTIL GM TOLD MY I HAD TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BY SATRUN NORTH DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE REGULATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, BUT OF COURSE THEY DID NOT TELL ME THAT IF THEY TOOK THE DOOR PANEL OFF THE WINDOW WOULD NO LONGER STAY UP AND FOR SOME REASON NOW THE MOTOR FOR IT NO LONGER WORKS. COST ME $79.00 FOR THE DIAGNOSTICS AND I LEFT THERE WITH MY CAR WORSE THAN IT WAS. AT 21,000 MILES I DON'T THINK MY CAR SHOULD BE FALLING APART. *TR

HAVING REPEAT PROBLEMS WITH 2005 SATURN ION BLINKER. WE SAW THERE WAS A RECALL ON 03 AND 04 SATURNS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO A RECALL FOR THE 05 SATURN IONS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO RECALL ON HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WILL CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

I HAVE A 2005 SATURN ION WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY MY POWER STEERING HAS BEEN FAILING REPEATEDLY. IT GOES OUT WITH LITTLE WARNING AT ANY TIME. I HAVE SEEN OTHER GM MODELS RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE BUT NOT SATURN. I HAVE READ ONLINE ABOUT 100S OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, WHY ISN'T IT BEING RECALLED? I ONLY HAVE A POWER TRAIN WARRANTY LEFT ON THIS VEHICLE AND I HAVE HEARD THIS WOULD COST UP TO $1500 WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR! I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS AND IT HAS HARDLY ANY MILES ON IT! I DID NOT EXPECT SOMETHING MAJOR TO HAPPEN THIS SOON. THEY NEED TO RESPECT THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY AND FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!!! AND NO THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY DEATHS OR INJURIES "YET" BUT I AM EXPECTING IT AS SOON AS I HAVE TO MAKE A SHARP TURN AND CAN'T! *TR

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILING AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING ON 2005 SATURN ION-2. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 SATURN ION 2 WITH DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING. I WILL TRY NOT TO LET OUT MY FRUSTRATION BUT TO TRY TO MAKE A GOOD POINT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE, THIS IS THE WORST ISSUE I'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN A WHILE. MY CAR'S STEERING KEEPS GOING OUT ON ME, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WILL COME ON, THEN THE STEERING WILL BE STUCK. I HAVE A 15MONTHS OLD BABY GIRL AND THIS IS THE ONLY CAR I OWN. I WORK PART TIME AND CAN NOT AFFORD ANY EXTRA EXPENSES, I'M STUCK WITH THIS HORRIBLE CAR, HAVE NO WHERE TO FIND HELP. FROM ALL THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE, THIS IS BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO GET A RECALL, BUT APPARENTLY SATURN TOTALLY IGNORED THIS CLAIMS AND KEEPS MAKING THESE CARS. EVEN NEWER SATURN CARS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND I JUST CAN 'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. THE STRANGE THING OF ALL OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR IN MOST CASES JUST WHEN THE CAR'S OUT OF WARRANTY. I AM PUTTING A STATEMENT TOGETHER AND WILL TRY TO FIND A WAY TO HOLD SATURN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS ISSUE IF I'M EVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. MY FAMILY IS IN COMPLETE DANGER, I AM VERY UPSET, CONFUSED AND VERY SAD ABOUT THE WHOLE ISSUE. THIS IA A NICE CAR, WITH ONLY 64000 MILES, AND ONLY 4YRS. WHY COULD A PROBLEM THIS SERIOUS BE IGNORED BY SATURN, WHAT KIND OF STUPID ENGINEERS DO THEY HAVE WORKING FOR THEM THAT CANT FIGURE THIS OUT. *TR

DRIVING 2005 SATURN ION, APROX 43,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE...ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR GETS"HOT" AND SHUTS DOWN. NO POWER STEERING IN VEHICLE. TURN VEHICLE OFF AND THE ELECTRONIC MECHANISM RESETS ITSELF AND WORKS UNTIL THE NEXT TIME IT SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO SATURN DEALERSHIP, POWER STEERING MOTOR IS BURNED OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ROUGHLY 1300.00. OR I CAN JUST DRIVE IT AS IS. TECH VOICED CONCERN THAT THE ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS IN THERE COULD BE VERY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THEY COULD GET HOT AND START A FIRE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM N THESE MODELS, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OVERABUNDANCE OF REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUES. I CALLED GM AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE PROBLEMS WITH THESE PARTICULAR MODELS AND THAT THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH STEERING THE VEHICLE, AND THAT SINCE IT WILL RESET IF YOU TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND DRIVE FOR AWHILE, THEN CONSUMERS MAY OPT NOT TO SPEND THE MONEY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AS IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. I FEEL THAT THESE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND CORRECTED. *TR