2009 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT, LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED BULB AND LIGHT STILL DIDN'T WORK. WHILE REINSTALLING LIGHT FLICKERED AND I NOTICED THERE IS A SHORT WITHIN THE HARNESS. *TR

2009 SATURN OUTLOOK, PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP WENT OUT. TOOK TO DEALER, WAS BURNT (MELTED) WIRING HARNESS. HAD TO PAY $250 FOR NEW HARNESS AND LIGHT. TODAY IS SEPT. 10TH AND TODAY THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP WENT OUT. HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN. *TR

DRIVING AND HEADLIGHT GOES OUT. HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT TWO TIMES SINCE OWNERSHIP OF YEAR AND A HALF. I HAVE REPLACED THE WIRE HARNESS ON THE DRIVERSIDE HEADLIGHT ONCE AND GOING TO REPLACE IT AGAIN! I WILL HANG ON TO THIS HARNESS FOR THE FUTURE. *TR

REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP AND 2 WEEKS LATER IT WAS BURNED OUT AGAIN. I HAVE NOW REPLACED THE SAME HEADLAMP 4 TIMES IN 2 MONTHS. THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THEY WILL HAVE TO CHARGE AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE WIRING HARNESS APPEARS TO BE BURNED. OVER $500 TO REPAIR. *TR

2009 SATURN OUTLOOK XE, 37,000 MILES THE DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. INSPECTED BULB AND CONNECTOR AND THE CONNECTOR MELTED. IT APPEARS THERE IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE GM HEADLAMP WIRE HARNESS. *TR

PASSENGER HEADLAMP WENT OUT. ON MY 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GM DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONTROLS THE HEADLAMPS. *TR

FIRST OCCURRENCE: JUNE 21, 2010--BATTERY DEAD, KEY STUCK IN IGNITION. CHARGED BATTERY OVERNIGHT. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 22, 2010. DEALERSHIP STATED "BATTERY FAILED LOAD TEST, REPLACED BATTERY." SECOND OCCURRENCE: AUGUST 11, 2010--BATTERY DEAD, KEY STUCK IN IGNITION, UNABLE TO PLACE IN NEUTRAL. CHARGED BATTERY OVERNIGHT (UNSUCCESSFUL). TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ON AUGUST 12, 2010. DEALERSHIP STATED "TROUBLE SHOOT STARTER AND CHARGED SYSTEM. BATTERY FAILED TEST, REPLACED BATTERY." I WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP ADVISOR THAT IT WAS JUST A BAD BATTERY. (THIS IS THE SECOND TIME TO JUST BE A BAD BATTERY.) ADVISOR SAID THEY RAN A PARASITIC TEST ON THE BATTERY TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS DRAWING TOO MUCH FROM THE BATTERY. THAT TEST CAME BACK NORMAL. *TR

2009 SATURN OUTLOOK, DRIVER SIDE HID HEADLIGHT HAS QUIT WORKING (LESS THAN 27K MILES). I ASSUME THE HEADLIGHT LAMP OR BULB IS BURNT OUT, OWNERS MANUAL DIRECTS THE OWNER TO HAVE DEALERSHIP PERFORM THE REPAIRS. *TR

LOW BEAM OUTAGE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK. AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CURRENT CAUSES A MELTING OF THE WEAK WIRING AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES ON BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS CAUSING THE LEADS TO CARBON COAT AND IN EFFECT BECOME NON CONDUCTIVE. DUE TO THE OUTAGE AND ILL PLACEMENT OF THE HEADLAMPS (TOO DEEP INTO THE ASSEMBLY) IF ONE OR BOTH THE HEADLAMPS BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL, THE VEHICLE BECOMES A HAZARD TO DRIVE DURING MINIMAL LIGHT CONDITIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT FURTHER INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND FOUND THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS OVERHEATING AND CAUSING THE BULB CONNECTION TO FAIL. THE CONTACT STATED HE WOULD PERFORM THE REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS WITH A HEAVY DUTY WIRING HARNESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.