2007 SATURN ION Complaints

FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS COMPLETELY MISSING WITH 52,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE WHEELS CAN MOVE UP TO THREE INCHES UNCONTROLLABLY. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF THESE BUSHINGS. MY DEALER INFORMED ME THEY'VE REPLACED A HUGE AMOUNT OF THESE BUSHINGS...AND KEEP MANY IN STOCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEEDS OF 5 MPH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT FOUND THERE WAS LIMITED STEERING POWER. THE CONTACT FOUND IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE DEALER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED AND THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

POWER STEERING COMES AND GOES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. VERY SCARY WHEN IT GOES OUT ON A CURVE. TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND "27 POINT" INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP, CURIOUS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD NOTICE. THEY CHECKED IT OFF AS GOOD. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT 40,000 MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GETTING ON THE RAMP AND THE PRW STR LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IMMEDIATELY AND I COULD NOT TURN. I MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO MY DESTINATION BUT WAS ALMOST HIT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I COULD NOT TURN. IT WOULD RESET WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF THEN THE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AGAIN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TIGHTEN UP ON ME. IT HAS HAPPENED UP TO 20 TIMES A DAY. I HAVE ALMOST HAD THREE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I HAD TO HAVE THE MOTORS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE COST OF OVER $ 800. THREE HOURS AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ANOTHER PART HAD TO BE REPLACE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAN NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE CURRENT RECALL. *TR

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GOES OUT AT VARIOUS TIMES SOME TIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN A DAY AND THEN NOT AGAIN FOR DAYS . WE CAN NOT PINPOINT ANY PARTICULAR ACTION TO SET THIS PROBLEM IN MOTION . TO FIX WHEN THIS HAPPENS WE MUST PULL OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT CAR OFF AN WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTART. MY YOUNG DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR AND HAS HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS DUE TO THIS FAILURE, ITS A POTENTIAL DEATH TRAP! START A RECALL NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED ! I NOW HAVE THE CAR PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND MY DAUGHTER IS DRIVING MY WIFE'S CAR CAUSE OF THE RISK OF ACCIDENT POTENTIAL. IN MY INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE 2003 IN THE SATURN IONS AND THAT THE STEERING MOTOR ETC IS THE SAME AS THE CHEVY COBALT WHICH WAS RECALLED. I URGE YOU TO NOT DELAY AND DO THE RIGHT THING, ISSUE THAT RECALL NOW!!! NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THIS CAR IN REGARDS TO THE PROBLEM AS I CAN NOT AFFORD THE DEALER FIX AND IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE TO REPLACE WITH ANOTHER FAULTY MOTOR AND SENSOR SETUP!!! NO WONDER GM HAS DROPPED SATURNS THEY KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS!!!! MY VEHICLE IS A SATURN ION 2007 HAS 27,165 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HOPE YOU ACT ON THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES AND THEN BECOMES LIKE THE TOYOTA FIASCO!!!!! *TR

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IN MY 2007 SATURN ION WILL FAIL RANDOMLY. TO DATE IT HAS FAILED TWICE, ONCE AT 70 MPH DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ONCE AT 55 MPH GOING AROUND A CURVE. THIS PROBLEM FITS RECALL 10V073000 AS THE PARTS AND SYSTEM ARE THE SAME ON EACH CAR.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN ION WHEN THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THERE WAS NO WARNING - THE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING WAS GONE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY, WHERE I PUT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE TURNING IT BACK ON. REMARKABLY, AS QUICKLY AS THE PROBLEM APPEARED, IT WENT AWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NOT FURTHER PROBLEMS BUT WHEN I STARTED RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ONLINE I FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINS OF THE SAME EXACT NATURE. SATURN OF COURSE WILL REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN FOR ABOUT $900. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS UNSAFE AND SCARY AS HELL. YOU CAN'T BE DRIVING A CAR WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING! CHECK THE INTERNET, THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. HERE'S A GOOD PLACE TO START....HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2006/SATURN/ION/?Q=&PAGE=6

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING THEN COMES BACK ON WHEN I RESTART CAR IF I DONT USE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THEN THE POWER STEERING WILL WORK FOR A WEEK THEN IT STARTS GOING OUT RANDOMLY AGAIN

2007 SATURN ION. POWER STEERING INTERMITTANTLY CUT OUT WITH A CHIME AND MESSAGE OF PWR STR ON THE DASH BOARD. TURNING OFF THE POWER AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE WOULD ALLOW THE POWER STEERING TO RESET. DEALERSHIP REPLACED POWER STEERING POWER ASSIST MOTOR TO FIX ISSUE

2007 SATURN ION. APPROX 54000 MILES. DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. HEARD SEVERAL DINGS FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I COULD STEER THE VEHICLE WITH MUCH EFFORT. HAPPENED AGAIN AT A SLOWER SPEED, VEHICLE WAS MUCH HARDER TO STEER! GOOD THING IT WASN'T A MILE OR TWO EARLIER WHEN IT WENT OUT, AS I WAS IN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AREA WITH NO EMERGENCY LANES! I COULD NOT PULL OVER SAFELY IF I NEEDED TO. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, LOOKED TO SEE IF I COULD SEE A PROBLEM, BUT THIS CAR HAS ELECTRIC STEERING. STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.THIS VEHICLE WAS INTENDED FOR MY 18 YR. OLD DAUGHTER TO DRIVE, BUT I DOUBT SHE WOULD HAVE TO STRENGTH TO MUSCLE THE STEERING WHEEL IF IT HAPPENS WHILE SHE IS DRIVING. THIS TO ME WOULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, AS IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING.