2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

JAN 2014 HAD PROBLEMS WITH STABILITRAC / TRACTION CONTROL AND TRANSMISSION ENTERING EXPRESSWAY. THE STABILITRAC / TRACTION CONTROL SERVICE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR BEGAN SHIFTING HARD AS WE BEGAN TO ENTER TRAFFIC, THE CAR THEN STARTED TO LOSE POWER WE GOT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY IN FEAR OF BEING HIT AND WENT TO THE DEALER WERE THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE CAR CONTINUED TO DO THIS ON AND OFF FOR SOME TIME FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IN JUNE 2014 COMING HOME FROM A SOCCER GAME I MY WIFE OUR SON AND ANOTHER PLAYER HAD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH ON THE US23 EXPRESSWAY, STABILITRAC / TRACTION CONTROL SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION LOST THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE, THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW ALMOST GETTING HIT. (THANK GOD WE MADE IT TO A SAFE PLACE) WE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF BROKEN WAVE PLATES WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. ON 3/7/15 TOOK CAR IN AGAIN FOR STABILTRAC / TRACTION CONTROL SAME THING AGAIN IS HAPPENING DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG TOLD US TO BRING BACK WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON. 3/14/15 LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN TOOK IN DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SERVICE ADVISER THERE WAS NO DANGER DRIVING THE CAR BUT THAT I MIGHT AFTER TIME BEGIN TO LOSS POWER AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL OVER 20MPH. I EXPLAINED THE HISTORY TO HIM HIS ADVICE WAS TO AVOID THE EXPRESSWAYS. MY FEAR IS TO DIE IN THIS CAR WHEN MERGING INTO EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC. AFTER REVIEWING MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND TRACTION CONTROL / STABILITRAC ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE FOLLOWING CARS SATURN OUTLOOK, GMC ACADIA, CHEVY TRAVERSE AND BUICK ENCLAVE I HOPE THAT GM CAN COME UP WITH A FIX BEFORE ANYONE HAS TO DIE! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR START ACTING LIKE IT DID NOT WANT TO SHIFT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, IT ALSO HAD A ROARING SOUND. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPEN AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME AND PARK IT. I JUST DROVE THE CAR AGAIN THIS MORNING AND THINGS SEEMS TO BE OK, BUT WHEN I WAS LEAVING FROM WORK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED ACTING LIKE IT DID NOT WANT TO GO. PLEASE ADVISE............. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR SERVICE, JUST SPENT $2900 ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME THING. AGAIN GM DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS A RIP-OFF TO ITS CUSTOMERS. WAS THIS VEHICLE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK , PUT TOGETHER AS A PIECE OF JUNK. I DO LOVE THE CAR, BECAUSE OF IT IS SPACIOUS, BUT HAVE HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS, CLOSED TO $5,000 AND IT ONLY HAS 5,740 MILES ON IT. *TR

HAVE HAD SEVERAL LEAKS, TOOK IT TO GM DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND IT COST ME $1,600, STILL LEAKING, TOOK IT BACK TO GM DEALERSHIP PAID $1,300, STILL LEAKING. VEHICLE ON HAS 57, 000 MILES I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION. THAT IS WHY I TOOK IT IN THE FIRST PLACE GM SERVICE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT, AND RIP-OFF TO ITS CUSTOMERS. WILL NOT RECOMMEND EITHER ONE OF THESE DEALERSHIP IN MASSACHUSETTS, UNLESS THEY CAN PROVE QUALITY SERVICE. CURRENTLY, STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT CAN NOT AFFORD TO SPEND ANOTHER PENNY, WILL HAVE TO RESULT TO WALKING, SOMETHING I CANNOT PHYSICAL ABLE TO DO ON LONG STRETCH. *TR

SHUTTERS IN REVERSE SHIFTS HARD AT TIMES . ITS A PROBLEM GM KNOWS ABOUT BUT WONT OWN UP! THEY WILL SEE WERE THAT GETS THEM. I ONLY GET FORDS THE ONLY REASON IS MY WIFE LIKED IT SHOULD HAVE GM JUNK. *TR

-25 F, 2 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME, 7 PM AT NIGHT, TWO KIDS IN THE CAR, AND TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ~ TRANSMISSION FAILS !!!! WAS IN THE SHOP LESS THEN TWO WEEKS PRIOR FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT & SERVICE STABILITRAK/TRACTION CONTROL WARNINGS. GM DEALER CLEARED LIGHTS & SAID THEY WERE HISTORIC & NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD & IT ISN'T HUNDRED OF CARS AFFECTED, ITS THOUSANDS AND PROBABLY TENS OF THOUSANDS (AS THESE TRANSMISSIONS PLAGUE THE OUTLOOKS, ACADIAS, TRAVERSES, & ENCLAVES). SO FAR GM IS DOING NOTHING ~ APPARENTLY IT TAKES PEOPLE DYING TO ISSUE MAJOR RECALLS, AND EVEN THEN IT TAKES MANY YEARS AND INVESTIGATIONS BY VARIOUS AGENCIES. UNACCEPTABLE AND CRIMINAL !!!! I HAVE OPENED UP A CASE WITH GM CORPORATE TO SEE IF ANYTHING WILL BE DONE TO OFFSET OR EVEN COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE JUNK TRANSMISSION ($3800) ~ BUT, AFTER READING COUNTLESS BLOGS, WEBPAGES, ECT OF OTHER PEOPLES EXPERIENCES WITH GM, I AM NOT HOLDING MY BREATH. I WILL CERTAINLY JUMP ON THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAGON, IF IT EXISTS, OR WHEN IT DOES COME TO FRUITION !!! THIS IS CERTAINLY THE LAST GM PRODUCT I WILL EVER BUY! FURTHERMORE, I WILL TAKE TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND ANY OTHER PLACE I CAN TO TELL MY STORY AND MAKE SURE OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THESE CARS AND THE "SERVICE" THAT GM PROVIDES. *TR

DRIVER WAS ON THEIR WAY TO DR APPT WITH SMALL CHILD WHEN THE CAR REVVED VERY HARD & JERKED & MAKING LOUD NOISES. I THEN WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK TO PARKING, ONSTAR WAS CALLED AND DIAGNOSING IT AS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS THROWING CODES. A TOW TRUCK CAME AND TOOK THE CAR INTO CAVENDER IN SAN ANTONIO.THEY FOUND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTORS FAILED. THEY FOUND THE WATER PUMP WAS FAILING AS WELL AND REPLACED IT AS WELL. THE NEXT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MAY OF 2012, MY HUSBAND WAS BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY & WE WERE ADVISED AFTER WE GOT SETTLED BACK IN OHIO TO HAVE IT SERVICED. IN WHICH WE DID, TO HAVE FOUND THE ENGINE BLOCK HAD A SMALL LEAK. WE TOOK IT TO GM DEALERSHIP DON'S AUTOMOTIVE AS WE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WORKED THERE. THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT, THEN NOT EVEN A MONTH WENT BY WE FOUND IT WAS LEAKING. WE THEN DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO DAVE WHITE CHEVROLET TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS NOT REPAIRED RIGHT. THEY THEN FIXED IT. WE THEN HAD IT FIXED AND WERE BACK ON THE ROAD. THEN WE BEGAN TO NOTICE THE REVVING AGAIN AND IT WOULD HESITATE WHEN DRIVING CAUSING PANIC IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS FOR MY HUSBAND AND I. WE THEN TOOK IT BACK TO DAVE WHITE TO FIND THERE WAS A SPEED CONTROL SENSOR THAT WAS FAILING. WE THEN HAD TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. NOT TOO LONG AFTER, WE BEGAN TO NOTICE PINK FLUID ON THE DRIVE, WE IMMEDIATE TOOK IT BACK TO DAVE WHITE, THEY EXPLAINED IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, BUT THE COUPLING WAS NOT COVERED BY POWER TRAIN. WE CONTACTED GM BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE A COVERED PART AS IT COULD CAUSE FAILURE. THEY AGREED TO HELP WITH PAYING FOR IT, BUT DAVE WHITE WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. THEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, PUTTING IN REVERSE WOULD CAUSE IT TO HESITATE, TRANSMISSION WAS OUT. WE THEN HAD TO HAVE IT REBUILT. THEN FEB 2015, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS DRIVING AND WOULD NOT PASS 1ST GEAR ON BUSY ROAD. IT WAS TOWED 2/23/15 TO DEALERSHIP MCNEILS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK WITHOUT WARNING AND IMPACTED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIPER LINKAGES FAILED AND THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGES, THE WIPER CRANK ARM, AND THE DRIVER SIDE CRANK ARM NUT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V410000 (VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I HAD JUST LEFT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE STABILITRAC SYSTEM IS OFF . HAD TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT TURN OFF ENGINE FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS TO RESET SYSTEM . IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE LOCAL WALMART .I'M AFRAID TO TAKE A LONG TRIP. ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOISE IN THE STERRING COLLUM . GMC DEALER SAYS THE RACK AND PINION IS RUBBING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT . HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN ? *TR

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHUTS OFF AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP. THERE IS A RAPID DECLINE IN SPEED AND THE VOLT METER DROPS TO LESS THEN 11. I HAVE TO HOPE THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THAT I DO NOT GUIDE THE VEHICLE INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL CAUSE DAMAGE. THE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF DURING OPERATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, HIGHWAYS AND AT TOLL LOCATIONS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND TUNNELS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND CONTACTED GM TO NO AVAIL. IF THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE, THEN THE ISSUE DOES NOT EXIST. *TR

DRIVING WHEN THE CAR JERKED AND REVED AND THEN WENT SQUEALING AWAY. GOING 40 MPH AND CARS BEHIND WERE NOT FOLLOWING CLOSELY. THIS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 50 FEET AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE - REVERSE AND D AND L WOULD NOT WORK. WE WERE IN A CITY FOR AN AUDITION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION WHICH WAS 400 MILES FROM HOME. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A NEARBY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE. NEEDED TO RENT A CAR TO RETURN HOME AND WILL NOW HAVE TO FLY BACK TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AGAIN AFTER PAYING $4400. WE WERE LUCKY THAT NOTHING HAD HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE OR DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND CAMPUS. ALSO, FORUNATE THAT WE MADE IT TO THE AUDITION. THIS IS A FAMILY CAR USUALLY CARRYING KIDS AND ANIMALS. BESIDES THE REPAIR BILLS, THE VEHICLE IS JUNK BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD WANT TO BUY THIS. THE $4400 TO BRING THE VEHICLE HOME AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT THING TO HAPPEN LIKE THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. THIS CAR WAS A LARGE PURCHASE AND VERY SAD TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP INVESTMENTING MONEY IN IT OR JUNK IT. THIS NEEDS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD AND DEFINITELY A RECALL BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS. *TR