2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND ONE WEEK LATER HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A ROAD AND THE TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING. THE RPMS WOULD REV, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER. SINCE THEN THIS HAS BECOME A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, AND GM IS NOT WILLING TO HELP AT ALL. I'VE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVING PARTS REPLACED AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY CHILDREN IN THIS CAR ANYMORE.

WE HAD JUST LEFT CLEAR SPRINGS RECREATION AREA IN MISSISSIPPI AND WERE HEADING WEST ON HWY 84 AS WE SLOWED DOWN TO GET READY TO TURN ONTO SOUTH HWY 33 THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED, DOWNSHIFTED AND THEN THE ENGINE RPM'S SPIKED. SO DRASTIC WAS OUR DECREASE IN SPEED THAT CARS BEHIND US MAKING THE SAME TURN WERE SWERVING TO AVOID US AND EACH OTHER. AS WE MADE THE TURN SLOWLY AS WE DIDN'T KNOW AT FIRST WHAT WAS GOING EVERYTHING SEEMED TO GO BACK TO NORMAL, HOWEVER AS WE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD AND WE COULD NOT ABOVE 35 MPH WITHOUT RISKING THE ENGINE DUE TO HIGH RPMS. WE THEN MADE A VERY SLOW DRIVE HOME. AFTER READING UP ON VARIOUS FORUMS I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE GM LAMBDA MODELS AND FORUMS AND THEY HAVE HAD A FIX OUT FOR IT FOR SOME TIME. THE FORUMS ARE LITTERED WITH STORIES VERY SIMILAR TO OURS. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS AND GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS TO AN UNSUSPECTING FAMILY LIKE OURS. *JS

WE PURCHASED THIS 2007 OUTLOOK BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE US A SHEET THAT PURPORTED TO INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE THROUGH A FULL INSPECTION AND WAS CLEAN. WE LIVE IN NORTH FLORIDA AND HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAIN LATELY. EVERY TIME IT RAINS, WATER GETS INTO THE DOORS AND INTO THE VEHICLE ITSELF - WE CAN HEAR IT SLOSHING AROUND IN THE DOORS AND IN THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE - AND THERE WILL BE WATER, AS MUCH AS HALF AN INCH, ON THE FLOORBOARDS OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS WREAKING HAVOC WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE THE SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. THE FANS, PARTICULARLY IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, ARE RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY; THERE IS A CRACKLING NOISE THAT COMES THROUGH THE RADIO SPEAKERS EVEN WHEN THE RADIO SYSTEM IS TURNED OFF, AND THERE IS SO MUCH MOISTURE IN THE VEHICLE THAT THE WINDOWS FOG, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE, AND THE FOG IS DIFFICULT TO CLEAR EVEN WITH THE DEFROST SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING CAUSED BY COOL TEMPERATURES BUT RATHER BY THE MOISTURE IN THE VEHICLE. YESTERDAY, I DROVE IT TO WALMART AND THEN HOME AFTER WORK WITH NO PROBLEMS, PARKED IT IN OUR DRIVEWAY, AND DIDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE THE REST OF THE DAY; THIS MORNING, WE WENT OUTSIDE, AND WHEN MY HUSBAND PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR, IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL, AND THEN HE COULDN'T GET HIS KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION; WE HAD TO LOCK THE DOORS MANUALLY AND LEAVE IT THERE WITH THE KEYS IN IT. BACK IN JUNE, ONE OF OUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS REPORTED ON A RECALL OF 194,000 GM SUVS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES WITH WATER LEAKING INTO THE DOORS AND THAT GM WOULD BE CONTACTING OWNERS OF AFFECTED MODELS TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN FOR REPAIRS, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY KIND OF NOTIFICATION FROM GM, AND OURS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE VEHICLES AFFECTED. *TR

TRANSMISSION ISSUE. ERRATIC SHIFTING, BUCKING, SURGING, DOWN SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR, HESITATION, HIGH ENGINE SOUNDS BECAUSE TRANNY TOTALLY DISENGAGED ITSELF, NO REVERSE, WILL NOT SHIFT BACK UP TO HIGHER OR NORMAL GEAR. I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND TWO MONTHS LATER TRANNY ISSUES BEGAN. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE FOR THREE HOURS THE NIGHT MY TRANNY BROKE DOWN. I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED AT HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME ISSUES I HAD. ( THOUSANDS ). I RESEARCHED THE GM SITE, EDMONDS SITE JUST GOOGLED IT AND I COULD SPEND DAYS PROVING THAT GM HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE DEFRAUDING THE PUBLIC TO COVER THEIR OWN ASS. THAT AND THIS ONLY PROVES THAT GM HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE IGNORING IT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, AN ACCIDENT WHERE SOMEONE OR SOMEONE'S CHILD WAS HURT OR KILLED. WHEN MY CAR STARTED BUCKING AND HESITATING, THE FIRST PLACED I LOOKED WAS IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS GOING TO SLAM INTO THE REAR. SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS AND IT WAS A CLOSE CALL. THEN WHEN SHE PASSED ME, SHE WAVED HER HANDS IN THE AIR AND GAVE ME THE FINGER. I`M NOT KIDDING. I`M ONLY GLAD THIS WAS ON A SLOWER STREET THAN A HIGHWAY CAUSE IT MAY HAVE TURNED INTO SOMETHING WORSE. THIS IS A GM PART THAT IS BEING PROVEN BY NUMEROUS OWNERS OF THE OUTLOOK, ACADIA, ENCLAVE AND TRAVERSE TO BE DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN AND QUALITY. MY RESEARCH HAS PROVEN TO ME ALSO THAT BETWEEN 35000 AND 80000 MILES, THESE TRANNYS WILL BREAKDOWN. HOPEFULLY, IF AND WHEN THE BREAKDOWN OCCURS, NO ONE WILL GET HURT. IN CLOSING, I AM ON A MISSION NOW TO GET GM TO RECALL AND HAVE THEM CORRECT THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION, ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND TO STOP RIPPING OFF THE PUBLIC. *TR

2007 SATURN OUTLOOK- I HAVE HAD THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE REPLACED ONCE. AND LIGHT REPLACED ON PASSENGER SIDE REPLACED ONCE. NOW, I DO NOT HAVE ANY LIGHTS IN FRONT ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEED MY LAMP BASE REPAIRED. $570!! AFTER SPENDING $300 ON NEW DRL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH ON AUG. 11, 2013 WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD AND 11 YEAR OLD NIECE AND NEPHEW. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. WENT DOWN A HILL AND THE CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND I WAS TURNING RIGHT. THE RPMS WENT UP LIKE I WAS GOING REALLY FAST AND THEN REALIZED I WAS NOT GETTING THE GAS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GETTING. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH A CAR BEHIND ME AND TURN AROUND. I WAS SO NERVOUS I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER CAR WAS COMING BECAUSE I COULD BARELY GO IN REVERSE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR BACK HOME BY GOING 40 MPH WITH THE RPMS BETWEEN 4 AND 5. IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME SAFELY. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I WENT OUT OF TOWN WITH THIS VEHICLE AND HAD TO STOP AT SOME PLACE I DIDN'T KNOW. THEY HOOKED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A CYLINDER MISFIRE. WITHIN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN FOUND IT OUT WAS A CYLINDER MISFIRE I TRIED CALLING THE DEALERSHIP AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CAR. THE PLACE THAT CHECKED CLEARED THE SERVICE LIGHT. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT CHECK IT BECAUSE THE LIGHT WASN'T ON. IN JULY, A FEW MONTHS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE THAN I HAD THE STABILITY TRACK COME ON AS WELL AS THE BRAKE LIGHT. WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED AND TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS HALF EMPTY. THEY PUT SOME BRAKE FLUID IN VEHICLE AND TOLD ME TO GO TO GM. GM TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE MASTER BOOSTER CYLINDER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE LIKE ALMOST $700 TO FIX IT. SO LESS THAN TWO WEEKS GO BY AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BEFORE THIS WITH THE CAR GETTING SOME GAS. BEGINNING OF AUG, I START DRIVING IT TO CHURCH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS BARELY MOVING. IT WAS IN RPMS OF 4-5 AND I WAS ONLY GOING 60 MPH, TRYING TOO. I HAD MY NIECE AND NEPHEW IN THE CAR AND THEY NEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD BARELY GO IN REVERSE AT THIS TIME. NOW THE CAR WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE AT ALL. THE CAR HAS ONLY 55,654 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND RECALLED. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS, BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE, ON MY 2007 OUTLOOK HAVE STARTED EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT OPERATION. ONE OR BOTH SIDES WOULD GO OUT UNDER JUST ABOUT ANY CONDITION; PARKED, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ETC. THE FAILURE COMES AND GOES. IF A HEADLIGHT GOES OFF IT CAN BE MADE TO COME BACK ON BY CYCLING THE HEADLIGHT CONTROL SWITCH SO THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN. YOU CAN ALSO GET THE HEADLIGHT TO COME BACK ON BY PLACING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN MANUAL ON. LEAVING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN MANUAL ON DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM GOING OFF. LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING AT DUSK AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAS TURNED FROM A MAJOR ANNOYANCE TO A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. MY LOCAL DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THREE MECHANICS, ALL OF WHOM COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. *TR

CONSTANT SUNROOF LEAK INTO PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, MULTIPLE REPAIRS. THE RAIN RUNS DOWN INTO VEHICLE LEAVING MASSIVE PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. IT APPEARS TO RUN DOWN ON FAR RIGHT SIDE UNDER THE GLOVE BOX AREA INTO THE VEHICLE. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TOWELS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR TO PROTECT THE CARPET, HOWEVER THE CARPET IS NOW PERMANENTLY DAMAGED AND SMELLS MOLDY. THE STATE IN WHICH I LIVE RAINS ALL WINTER LONG, SO THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL BOX AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILING! GM DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNHELPFUL AND WANT TO CHARGE ANYWHERE FROM $300 TO $500 TO REPLACE THE TUBING EVERY YEAR. *TR

WAS GETTING ON I 80 IN SOUTH BEND IN.,WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED,ON MY WAY HOME FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, I LIVE IN PA, ALMOST GOT HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER,,DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS GM MODEL ,7 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY,HAD THE HOLE FAMILY WITH ,WHAT A NIGHTMARE. *TR