2007 SATURN ION Complaints

WHEN DRIVING HEAR A CHIME AND THE POWER STEERING FAILS, COMES BACK FOR A TIME AFTER THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS WILL HAPPEN SOMETIMES ONLY AFTER ONE MIN OF DRIVE TIME OTHERS TAKES A WHILE LONGER FOR THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL AND STOP WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THEN ONE DAY I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS MILES. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN SHUT OFF WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,059.

THE FOLLOWING EVENT OCCURRED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 P.M. WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN ION. I DROVE TO THE SERVICE STATION FOR GAS. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN OFF MY CAR, THE KEY WOULD NOT BUDGE. THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED. I CALLED THE SATURN DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED, BUT I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE MY CAR THERE AND SOMEONE WOULD DISABLE MY CAR. THE BATTERY CABLES HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED TO TURN OFF THE CAR. IN ORDER TO REPAIR MY CAR, THE WHOLE IGNITION HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER A BRIEF INTERNET SEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT; IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER SATURN ION OWNERS. *TR

POWER STEERING JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES OUT ON MY SATURN VEHICLE WHILE IN OPERATION. A CHIME SOUNDS INDICATING SOMETHINGS WRONG AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR COMES ON THE DASH BOARD. YOU LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING FUNCTION AND ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE TO MANEUVER AT ALL, AT HIGH SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING IT CAN BE DEADLY AS YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE WHEEL AND ALMOST BREAK YOUR ARM TRYING AND CAN EITHER HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING. WHEN YOU READ OVER THE USER MANUAL IT TELLS YOU THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE SERVICED AND REFERS YOU TO A SATURN LOCATION TO HAVE THE REPAIR COMPLETED. UPON VISITING THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CAN ONLY OFFER YOU A COSTLY REPAIR TO REPLACE THE MOTOR WHICH THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL EVER GO OUT AGAIN. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL! *TR

I HAVE A 2007 SATURN ION AND READ THIS MORNING THAT YOU ARE ISSUING A RECALL FOR THE CHEVY COBALT AND PONTIAC PURSUIT/G5. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT YOU ARE NOT RECALLING THE ION BECAUSE OF A LACK OF REPORTED ISSUES. I HAVE RALLIED ION OWNERS FROM OUR MAIN SATURN ION CLUB SITES LISTED BELOW, WHAT CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THESE SITES IS THE LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES OF THE POWER STEERING ON THESE CARS, WHICH IS THE SAME PART NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED DEFECTIVE ON THE COBALT/G5/PURSUIT. THE COBALT/G5/PURSUIT WAS BASED OFF AND ENGINEERED FROM THE SATURN ION AND SHARES THE ENTIRE DRIVETRAIN, STEERING SYSTEM AND WHEEL/TIRE SIZES WITH ONLY VERY MINOR DIFFERENCES IF ANY IN WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND PARTS. THIS IS SO MUCH SO, COBALT SUSPENSION PARTS ARE OFTEN PUT ON IONS. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THE IONS IN THIS RECALL, OUR CARS HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY GM IN MANY OTHER CASES SUCH AS THE CVT TRANSMISSION, LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS, AND IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES. HTTP://WWW.SATURNFANS.COM/FORUMS/FORUMDISPLAY.PHP?F=18 HTTP://WWW.REDLINEFORUMS.COM/FORUMS HTTP://WWW.IONFORUMS.NET/PHPBB3/. *TR

2007 SATURN ION, PWR STR LIGHTS COMES ON, STEERING WHEEL FREEZES. CONSEQUENCES = TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF A MOVING VEHICLE WITH LIMITED STEERING. YOU WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE AUTOMOBILE OFF AND THEN BACK ON FOR THE LIGHT TO GO OFF AND STEERING WORKS FINE, HOWEVER IT HAPPENS AGAIN 5 MINUTES LATER. I CONTACTED SATURN HOWEVER THEY ARE AWARE BUT HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FROM NHTSA YET TO PUT IT ON THEIR RECALL LIST. *TR

1 - 2 WEEKS AGO MY STEERING GOT VERY STIFF AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO UNDER COMPENSATE IN A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. MY WARNING SIGNAL AND MESSAGE INDICATED A POWER STEERING PROBLEM. 2 - THE PROBLEM CORRECTS ITSELF WHEN I TURN THE ENGINE OFF BUT REAPPEARS SHORTLY AFTER WE TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON. 3 - THIS VEHICLE IS A 2007 GM SATURN ION. I CONTACTED THE GM DEALERSHIP WHO IS HANDLING THE SATURNS IN BATON ROUGE ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT IN YET. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED TODAY (3/2/10) -- HTTP://NEWS.YAHOO.COM/S/AP/20100302/AP_ON_BI_GE/US_GM_RECALL -- BY GM ON CERTAIN COMPACTS BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE 2007 SATURN ION. ANY HELP ON THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

FUEL PUMP LEADING TO GAS TANK HAD A CRACK. HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FUEL PUMP SYSTEM. WAS LEAKING GAS. *TR

ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN MY 2007 SATURN ION COUP. THE CAR BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. *TR

THE POWER STEERING OF MY 2007 SATURN ION SEDAN HAS FAILED AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT GM HAS NOT YET ADDRESSED! *TR