2005 SATURN ION Complaints

I WAS IN A FRONT END COLLISION ON 10-7-2005 . THE OTHER DRIVER WAS DRIVING A FORD PICK--UP TRUCK F-150 RANGER. NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE TRUCK DRIVERS DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY SATURN WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE VIN # IS AS FOLLOWS: [XXX]. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ION AIRBAG SAFETY . MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2005 ION COUPE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND INFORM ME OF RESULTS. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE CONTACT BOUGHT A 2005 SATURN ION ON 12-10-04. THE FIRST 50 MILES HE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO DEALER BECAUSE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING. THE DEALER FIXED THE CRUISE CONTROL UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER HAD TO GET A NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE CAR. SINCE THEN HE HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FIVE TIMES BECAUSE THE CAR SPUTTERED AND DIED SPORADICALLY. THE LAST TWO TIMES WAS ON 9-26-05 AND ON 9-30-05, AND ON 9-26-05 THE DEALER REPLACED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BODY CONTROL, TCM, AND POWER TRAIN MODULE. REPAIRED ALL WIRING AND CONNECTORS. DURING TEST DRIVE, THE SERVICE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. HE BELIEVED THE DEALER RESET THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. THE CONTACT PICKED UP THE CAR ON 9-29-05, AND ON 9-30-05 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS AT THAT TIME. THE CONTACT PICKED UP THE CAR ON 10-03-05. HE HAS ONLY DRIVEN THE CAR ONCE SINE THEN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT YET COME BACK ON. THE CONTACT HAS TALKED TO A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FROM SATURN SEVERAL TIMES, AND HE TOLD HIM TO GOT TO THE OK DMV.*AK

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LINES ON MD I-97 NORTH BOUND FROM THE SLOW RIGHT LANE TO THE FAST LANE LEFT LANE. WHEN A CAR IN THE FAST LANE SPEED UP WHICH NEVER ALLOWED ME TO CHANGE LANES, I CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN THE SAME SLOW RIGHT LANE. WITHIN 1 MINUTE AFTER THAT ACTION OF THE ATTEMPTED LANE CHANGE, I EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING ERRATICALLY AND TRYING TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS GOING STRAIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL KEPT PULLING TO THE RIGHT. EVENTUALLY, THE CAR STARTED FISHING TAILING OR SWERVING. WHEN I TRIED TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN, THE SENSITIVITY OF THE STEERING WHEEL OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE MINOR TURNING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND BASICALLY TOOK OVER THE STEERING FROM ME. THIS ACTION OF THE CAR PLACED ME INTO A POSITION IN WHICH I COULD NOT FULLY RECOVER ON MY OWN AND MADE THE CAR SPIN OUT OF CONTROL FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND SUBSEQUENTLY Y CAUSING AN HEAD-ON COLLISION. *NM

PURCHASED A 2005 SATURN ION 2 IN 12/04. 3 EPISODES OF CAR STALLING WHILE MAKING TURNS AT LOW RATE OF SPEED, TOOK CAR INTO DEARLSHIP IN JUNE 2. SATURN INSTALLED NEW PROGRAMMING. JUNE 13 (213 MILES LATER) CAR STALLS AGAIN. SATURN REPLACES ENGINE WIRING. JUNE 27, THE CAR STALLS IN REVERSE. SATURN RESECURED IGN. FUSE. ON AUGUST 21 CARS STALL TWICE IN ONE DAY. SATURN CURRENTLY HAS CAR. THROUGHOUT ALL THIS TIME HAVE ALSO HAD DASH INDICATORS GO OUT SEVERAL TIMES BUT WILL SELF CORRECT NEXT DAY. *JB

DT: VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE IN THE YARD AND CONSUMER WENT TO THE VEHICLE TO GET SOME PAPERS OUT OF THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM BOTH FRONT AND BACK OF THE VEHICLE. NO FLAMES AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER DID NOT ENTER THE VEHICLE. RAN INSIDE THE HOUSE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, AND MOST LIKELY WAS LINKED TO THE BATTERY, WHERE THEY BELIEVED THE FIRE ORIGINATED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT DETERMINE IF VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DT: CONTACT PURCHASED A SATURN IN MARCH. SHE HAD PROBLEMS GETTING IT STARTED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS. 3 MONTHS LATER ON 6-28-05 IT STOPPED SUDDENLY ON THE ROAD. THE CONTACT HAD INITIALLY TROUBLE TO START THE CAR. IT TOOK 3 TRIES TO GET IT STARTED. .SHE TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. ONE MONTH AND ONE DAY LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT DID START BACK RIGHT AWAY THEN. IT HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR 3 WEEKS, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SATURN WAS SUPPOSED TO COME AND LOOK AT THE CAR, THEY NEVER CAME. THE CONTACT WAS AFRAID TO GET IN THE CAR AND DRIVE IT. THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED THE CONTACT A LOANER. THE DEALERSHIP HAD OTHER DEALERSHIPS COME FROM THE AREA TO LOOK AT THE CAR, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. SATURN OFFERED THE CONTACT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY , BUT SHE DID NOT WANT THE CAR. SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT GOOD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS IT THE VEHICLE QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

IGNITION PROBLEMS, CAR WILL NOT START AND THEN STARTS AFTER A WHILE. DEALER IS BLAMING IT ON REMOTE START. *AK

DOOR PANELS CRACKED DURING EXTREME HEAT CO WORKER POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ON MY DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR THE CRACK ON THE REAR DOOR EVENTUALLY BECAME A WHOLE CHUNK VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS. *NM

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND MY SHIFTER KNOB FELL OFF IN MY HAND. THE SHIFTER FAILED TO GO INTO SECOND AND FOURTH GEAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE WHOLE SHIFTER SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE FROM MY HOUSE TO MY WORK AND I NOTICED SUDDENLY THAT WHENEVER I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS EVEN SLIGHTLY OR APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL THT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER AND JERK BACK A LITTLE BIT. I WORK FOR GM AND GET ALOT OF CALLS FROM CUST'S ABOUT CONCERNS, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I'D ACTUALLY SAY THAT I FOR THE 1ST TIME IN MY LIFE DID NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD DIE OR BREAK DOWN AT ANY MOMENT LEAVING ME STRANDED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS CONCERN, BUT ONE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND HOPEFULLY CORRECTED I WILL UPDATE THINGS.