2009 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEPT FIZZING OUT. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE WAS A FRAYED AND MELTED WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS NOT ANY GOOD. THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT BUT SATURN IS AWARE. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IF IT DOES I'M AFRAID THERE LIES A POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR BURNED. THE BURNED CONNECTOR KEEPS THE CONTACTS FROM MAKING A CONNECTION. LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD AT NIGHT. PUT IN NEW BULB STILL NOT WORKING. WIRING DEFECTIVE AND MELTED. COULD CAUSE A FIRE HAZARD. *TR

1. DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY COME ON AND STAY ON UNLESS MANUALLY TURNED OFF BY DRIVER. 2. THE WIRING HARNESS IN WHICH THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTS MELTS DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT CAUSING THE HEADLIGHT TO FAIL AND THE HARNESS HAVING TO BE REPLACED. 3. THE REPAIR AT THE DEALER COSTS $250. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE SATURN OUTLOOK DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF WIRING HARNESS. *TR

DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT . REPLACED HEADLIGHT BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. FOUND AN EXISTING TSB THAT THIS COULD BE A SHORTED WIRING HARNESS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS A SHORTED WIRING HARNESS. THEY REPLACED IT AND ALL WORKED FINE. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT GM KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM AND DOES NOT FIX IT. IF IT HAD BEEN OUT OF WARRANTY, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE, # 1 SAFETY PROBLEM. #2 SAFETY PROBLEM IS THAT NOW I WAS WITHOUT A HEADLIGHT AND HAD TO GET IT TO A DEALER TO GET IT BACK. NOT ALL OF US LIVE CLOSE TO DEALERS, WE ARE 50 MILES FROM THE NEAREST. *TR

SECOND HEADLIGHT WENT OUT ON 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK PURCHASED AUGUST 2008. BOTH TIMES THE HARNESS NEEDED REPLACED. FIRST TIME THE REPLACEMENT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND TIME WAS NOT, BUT CAR IS ONLY 2 YRS 2MOS OLD. BOTH WIRING HARNESSES WERE BURNT OUT. *TR

HEADLAMP HARNESS MELTED ON BOTH SIDES AND CAUSES HEADLAMPS TO GO OUT COULD ALSO BE A FIRE HAZARD. *TR

WE OWN A 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK WITH 25000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE OWNED IT FOR 14 MONTHS. WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR STATE INSPECTION THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT WENT OUT. AT THE INSPECTIONS PLACE THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BULB TO PASS INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC FOUND A COMPLETELY BURNED OUT BULB SOCKET. AS IT WAS SATURDAY AND THERE WASN'T A PART READILY AVAILABLE TO REPLACE THE SOCKET IT HAD TO BE FIXED TEMPORARILY. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS PINCHED AGAINST A METAL BRACKET AND OVER TIME HAD WORN UNTIL IT SHORTED OUT. I WILL BE GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A FREE REPLACEMENT OR WILL BE SEEKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SATURN/GMAC. *TR

SATURN OUTLOOK, 2009 MODEL YEAR. PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT IS NOT WORKING, SO I BOUGHT A NEW BULB AND WENT TO REPLACE IT. I FOUND THAT THE WIRING HARNESS IS PARTIALLY MELTED, AND THE CONNECTOR THAT SEATS THE BULB MAKES INTERMITTENT CONNECTION. EVEN THE ORIGINAL BULB WHICH I THOUGHT WAS BAD WILL STILL WORK IF THE CONNECTOR IS MANIPULATED (WIGGLED). I VISITED SATURNOUTLOOKFORUM.NET AND FOUND THAT MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM AS A RECALL OR SERVICE ISSUE, AND MELTING IN THE WIRING HARNESS CAN CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT AND POSSIBLE FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR

2009 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESSES HAVE MELTED ON BOTH THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE FOR THE LOW BEAMS, AND THE HARNESS AND LIGHT BULBS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR