2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS HER HUSBAND STEERED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. HE APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BROKE FREE. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, AND CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND ALL APPEARED FINE. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED HOME. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING AND THE STEERING PUMP BEGAN TO GROWL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED, THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING AND THE PUMP FAILED DUE TO OIL LOSS. *JB

I HAVE OWNED THIS SINCE NEW, ABOUT 2009 THE STEERING STARTED TO SQUEAK WHEN YOU MAKE TURNS. TOOK IT IN THEY FIX IT BUT IT HAS RETURNED. SOMETHING JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT IN THE STEERING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

OUR 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK BROKE DOWN WITH THE DREADED WAVE PLATE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. SYMPTOM WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AROUND 30-35 MPH AND WOULD NOT CONTINUE. WE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESTART. EACH TIME THE TRANSMISSION HELD UP UNTIL 30-35 MPH THEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND STOPPED. WE HAD THE OUTLOOK TOWED TO FNA TRANSMISSION IN WAKEFIELD, MA WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE WAVE PLATE FAILED AND SHREDDED THE REST OF THE TRANSMISSION...NOTHING COULD BE SAVED. WHILE I AM HAPPY NO ONE WAS HURT, A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 104K MILES, WHICH IS OF COURSE OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD. THE REPAIR COST $3000. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS KNOWN ISSUE? WE HAD PLANNED TO TRADE THIS OUTLOOK IN FOR A NEWER TRAVERSE, BUT NOW I AM NOT CONFIDENT IN THE PRODUCT. GM, PLEASE FESS UP TO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

APRIL 2012 WAS THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE INCIDENT. UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS POINT 63000 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, PRESSURE PLATES HAD DISINTEGRATED IN TRANSMISSION METAL IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. GMC HONORED WARRANTY AND TOOK CARE OF PROBLEM. 22000 MILES LATER, 2 YEARS PASS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING CHANGING GEARS PROPERLY. CAR WAS USED FOR 20 MINUTE ROUND TRIP COMMUTE TO WORK, LOCAL SHOPPING. OCCASIONALLY A 4 HOUR ROUND TRIP RECREATIONAL GET AWAY. NO TOWING OR HAULING. LESS THAN AVERAGE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC, INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION CODES 0752, 0700. MY MECHANIC REFERS ME TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALTY SHOP, AS HE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PERFORM NECESSARY REPAIRS DIAGNOSTICS. AT THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALTY SHOP, SCAN CODE 0989 TRANSMISSION FLUID PRESSURE SWITCH, SHIFT SOLENOIDS STUCK ON. ADVISED WE NEED A NEW TRANNY, AS HE ALSO FOUND METAL PARTICLES IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. ADVISED 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. HERE WE GO AGAIN SAME PROBLEM THAT GM FIXED 2 YEARS AGO 22000 MILES AGO. THE DEALER WHO ORIGINALLY DID REPAIRS 2 YEARS AGO SAID OUT OF WARRANTY NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. CALLED GM HEAD QUARTERS. THEY HAD CAR PICKED UP BY TOW TRUCK FROM TRANNY SPECIALIST SHOP, AND TOWED 30 MILES AWAY TO CHASE CHEVROLET 30 MINUTES AWAY. THEY HAVE HAD MY CAR ALMOST 2 WEEKS NOW. THEY FINALLY CALL ME DAY NUMBER 12 TO TELL ME THEY FOUND CODE 0989 AND WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, AT A COST OF 800 DOLLARS TO ME AND GM WOULD PICK UP THE OTHER 400 DOLLARS, A 1200 DOLLAR REPAIR. I ASKED ABOUT THE METAL IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, SERVICE GUY TELLS ME IF I WANT THEM TO CHECK ON THAT ISSUE, AS REPORTED BY TRANNY SPECIALIST IT WOULD COST ME AND ADDITIONAL 24 HUNDRED DOLLARS TO TEAR ENGINE APART! *TR

DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO,I REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB AND IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS.THE SAME LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN.I WENT TO REPLACE IT ,JUST TO NOTICE A WIRE WAS OUT AND THE CONNECTION HAD MELTED.I LOOKED IT UP AND COME TO FIND OUT THERE IS A FAULTY HARNESS. I CONTACTED A GM DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE AWARE OF IT,BUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS OVER ON 12-31-13. IF THIS IS A ON GOING ISSUE,WHY WONT A RECALL BE ISSUED?? I DON'T HAVE 400 DOLLARS TO HAVE A NEW HARNESS INSTALLED. *TR

HELLO I HAVE THE 2007 OUTLOOK THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE NOTORIOUS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SOON AFTER I PURCHASED IT WITH 40,000 MILES AND TOLD THEM THE CAR WOULD ROLL BACK WHILE ON A HILL IN GEAR. THEY SAID IT WAS INHERENT WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. AS DANGEROUS AS THIS WAS TO SEND A CUSTOMER AWAY WITH A CAR THAT ROLLS BACKWARDS. TODAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE. I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT IN THE LOWES PARKING LOT AND THE CAR SHUTTERED VIOLENTLY. I MADE IT TO THE CORNER ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY BEFORE THE CAR SIMPLY WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD IT TOWED TO LUNGHAMER GMC AT 5825 HIGHLAND ROAD IN WATERFORD MICHIGAN. I PULLED THE ENGINE CODE MYSELF AND HAD P2723, P0700 I AM FINDING EVERYWHERE ON THE WEB THROUGH HUNDREDS OF FORUMS THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS A REAL ISSUE DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE CHINA MADE WAVE PLATE. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT IMPLODES INTERNALLY THEN TAKES OUT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE $4000.00 REPAIR , REPLACEMENT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FAILURE EARLY ON. *TR

JUST HAD POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED LAST WEEK AND NOW RACK AND PINION IS RUINED. AGAIN ALMOST HIT A CAR NO WARNING AND SINCE I JUST HAD THE PUMP REPLACED THIS WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. HOW ARE YOU ALLOWING CARS THAT INTERMITTENTLY LOSE POWER STEERING TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY. SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY BE KILLED. THE GARAGE SAID HE HAS HAD MANY OF THESE SAME PROBLEMS WITH OUTLOOK AND ACADIA. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET IN A WRECK ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR