2007 SATURN ION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH , THE POWERING STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,388. UPDATED 03/27/12*LJ UPDATED 03/30/12

2007 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMP MODULE AND TUBING TOP *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS COMING FROM HER VEHICLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED, THE TUBES INSIDE THE TANK WERE WORN AND GAS WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE TANK. THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE SHE DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP. *JB

POWER STEERING LOSS WHILE MOVING. TWO OCCURRENCES: AT 35-40MPH AND AT 25-30MPH. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. ENGINE MUST BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TO REGAIN FUNCTION. WHILE THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL ON 2005-10 CHEVROLET COBALTS AND 2007-10 PONTIAC G5S, N.H.T.S.A. YOU FAIL TO FOLLOW THOUGH WITH SATURN. GM HAS ISSUED A LETTER STATING THAT IONS, TOO, WERE AFFECTED. *TR

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. THEN I CHECK IT LATER TONIGHT AND IT MAGICALLY WORKS AGAIN. SO I GUESS TOMORROW IT'LL GO OUT AGAIN. JUST HOPE ITS NOT WHEN I AM TAKING A CORNER. *TR

POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHEN TURNING A CORNER, PROMPTING LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HIT A CURB. THANKFULLY, IT WAS NOT HIT BY ANY ONCOMING VEHICLES AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. A "PWR STEER" WARNING CAME ON JUST AS LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED. ONCE VEHICLE POWER WAS SWITCHED OFF AND BACK ON, POWER STEERING WAS RESTORED, ONLY TO GO OUT AGAIN 5 MILES LATER. *TR

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON THE NEXT DAY BUT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY GOING IN AND OUT EVER SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT DATE. *TR

MY 2007 SATURN ION DEVELOPED A HORRIBLE GAS ODOR AND IS NOW LEAKING/DRIPPING GAS. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WITH THIS CAR CONSIDERING I SEE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND THIS IS OUR ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE CONTACTED GMC AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND FOR THE PAST 3DAYS AND HAD TO SPEAK WITH A SUPERVISOR TODAY. THEY SAID THIS ISSUE WAS NOT A RECALL, THEN I PROVIDED THEM WITH RECALL BULLETIN OF 09226A AND THEY SAY "OH YEA, THAT'S A RECALL, BUT ITS NOT WITH US ITS WITH NHTSA, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING". I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 2YRS AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD A RECALL RELATED ISSUE FOR SAFETY. THEY HAD TO FIX MY STEERING WHEEL UNDER RECALL BECAUSE MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL. WHAT KIND OF CARS DOES GM MAKE THAT HAS SERIOUS SAFETY RECALL ISSUES WITHIN 2YRS OF HAVING THE CAR? THEY CLEARLY HAVE A GAS LEAKING SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND WILL NOT HONOR WHAT IS CLEARLY CONSIDERED A RECALL. *TR

OPERATING THE 2007 SATURN ION WITH 80,000 MILES ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN "PWR STEERING" APPEARED ON MY DASH DISPLAY. THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL; HOWEVER, I'M A 28 YEAR OLD MARINE AND I CAN HANDLE THE VEHICLE. IF THIS WAS TO OCCUR TO AN ADULT OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE OR TO A TEENAGE DRIVER, THEN THIS COULD MOST CERTAINLY CAUSE A WRECK. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE WITHOUT PWR STEERING AS I CAN NOT AFFORD THE $1500 REPLACEMENT/FIX OF THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM. I'M WAITING FOR A RECALL. THE SUBJECT VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW IN OCTOBER 2006 AND I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER. *KB

ODOMETER DINGS THREE TIMES AND READS PWR STG CAN BARELY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND UNDER 15 MPH. *TT

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING LIGHTS GOES ON AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE, THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 60K MILES AND REALLY BAD THAT THE MANUFACTURE DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET IT FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THE PROBLEM CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *TR