2006 SATURN ION Complaints

THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SLOWED BUT ENGINE DID NOT STOP APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION ON A TOWN ROAD. DAYS LATER IT STALLED AGAIN ON A TOWN ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ANOTHER LIGHT FLASHED. IN BOTH CASES STOPPING THE ENGINE AND TURNING IT BACK ON REMEDIED THE ISSUE AND CLEARED THE LIGHTS. WHILE IN MOTION ON A COUNTRY HIGHWAY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING FROM ON AND OFF ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONLY MY POCKETBOOK IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. REMOVING THE BAG DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION CLEARED THE PROBLEM.THE CAR LOST POWER AGAIN ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SHOULDER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM SOLVED. THE CAR BEGAN CHIMING INSTEAD OF TICKING WHEN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS EXITING FROM A HIGHWAY. THE SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON AT THAT TIME AS WELL. THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW. THIS LAST OCCURRENCE WAS YESTERDAY AUGUST 8, 2017. I AM AFRAID THAT THE CAR MAY STALL WHILE IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, OR THE OUTSIDE. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PERSON WITH CHF AND KNEE ISSUES TO EXIT. NOT TO MENTION, IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT.

I'VE HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. ONE OF THE TIMES GM PAID FOR IT DUE TO A RECALL WITHIN MONTHS THE CAR WAS BACK INTO PASSLOCK LIGHT COMING ON CAR STALLING WHILE IN MOVEMENT KEY STUCK IN IGNITION HAVE TO WIGGLE IT TO GET IT BACK INTO THE TURN OFF POSITION. THIS LAST TIME AS OF TODAY THE CAR WILL NOT RUN YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THE KEY OUT OF A LOCK THE PASSLOCK IS SHOWING ON THE CAR DASHBOARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT 3 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL LINES DUE TO THE MATERIAL IN THE FUEL LINES HAVING ROTTED AND FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO SPOKE TO HERB CHAMBERS CADILLAC OF WARWICK LOCATED AT 1511 BALD HILL RD, WARWICK, RI 02886, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TOW THE VEHICLE OVER TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED UNDER A POTENTIAL WARRANTY EXTENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,656.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, FUEL LEAKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (KLEIN CHEVROLET BUICK LOCATED AR 111 W MADISON ST CLINTONVILLE, WI 54929 715-309-5708), BUT COULD NOT BE SERVICED BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,272.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 SATURN ION. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE FACE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

I NOTICED THAT MY CAR SMELLED LIKE GAS, AND THEN WHEN I PARKED AND GOT OUT I SAW A PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER MY CAR. MY CAR IS THE SATURN ION 'REDLINE' FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T PULL UP MY CAR ONLY A REGULAR SATURN ION BUT MY CAR IS DIFFERENT. I COULD TELL THE GAS WAS COMING FROM THE TOP OF MY TANK. WHEN I DROPPED THE TANK I COULD SEE THAT THE FUEL LINES ON MY FUEL PUMP WERE BROKEN! THE LINES WERE BROKE RIGHT AT THE PUMP. ON THE SATURN AND REDLINE FORUM I SEE THAT MY CAR ISN'T THE ONLY REDLINE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM MY CAR ONLY HAS APPROX 137000 MILES ON IT, THE FUEL PUMP SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKE LIKE THAT. THERE IS RECALLS ON SOME SATURN IONS IN CERTAIN STATES FOR THE FUEL PUMP LINES BREAKING JUST LIKE MINE DID. MY CAR WAS PUT TOGETHER IN TENNESSEE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2006 IN NEW JERSEY AND NOW I LIVE IN KENTUCKY. I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW FUEL PUMP WHEN THIS PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST LIMITED TO SATURN IONS IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA. MY KIDS AND MYSELF GOT SICK FROM THE GAS FUMES AND WE'RE LUCKY NOT TO OF HAD SOME SORT OF SPARK HIT THE PUDDLE OF GAS UNDER MY CAR.

I HYDRAPLAINED, DID A 360 AND GOT HIT HEAD ON. I HAD MY SET BELT ON, BUT IT DID NOT CATCH AND LOCK IN PLACE, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE....TO STOP ME FROM HITTING TO REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH MY HEAD, MY CHEST ON THE SHEARING WHEEL AND MY LEGS WITH THE UNDER PART OF THE DASH...I WAS ON A MAIN HWY...I DO NOT HAVE THE POLICE REPORT , BUT I DO HAVE A FEW PICTURE..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FUEL ON THE GROUND UNDER THE VEHICLE AND ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,331.

POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE TRAVELING TO SHOPING CENTER.WHEN RESTARTING POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT OFF AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME.BUT DANGEROUS SINCE POWER STEERING INTERMITTED COMES ON.IT HAPPENED WHILE GETTING BACK INTO CAR AFTER TURNING ON IGNITION SWITCH.