2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO KEEP IN GEAR WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. WOULD NOT RE-ENGAGE. LIMPED TO SIDE OF ROAD. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC NOTED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY WAVE PLATE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES, HOWVER 6 YEARS OLD. *TR

WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT AND ACCELERATED NORMALLY GOING THROUGH FIRST GEAR WHEN THE TRANNY SLIPPED AND THE RPMS REVVED UP. I STEPPED BACK OFF THE GAS AND WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME DOING ONLY 20-25 MPH;WHEN I GOT INTO THE GARAGE, I FOUND I HAD NO REVERSE AND THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY GO UP IN RPMS WITH NO MOVEMENT. I ENTERED A TICKET W/ GM CS THE NEXT MORNING AND CALLED AROUND, LEARNING THE REPAIR JOB WOULD BE $4K-5K BECAUSE OF COURSE, I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO TIME. IT APPEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY, MANY SATURN OWNERS AND GM IS DOING NOTHING TO HELP THE AMERICAN CONSUMER WHEN IT'S CLEARLY OBVIOUS THERE IS A MASS FAILURE OF THE WAVE PLATE. I FINALLY GOT A CALLBACK FROM GM 3 DAYS AFTER I FILED THE COMPLAINT AND THEY 'OFFERED' TO PAY FOR ROUGHLY 25% OF THE COST OF THE REPAIR WITH ME FOOTING THE REST. TOO LATE. I TRADED IT IN YESTERDAY AND WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE TRADE-IN VALUE BUT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. I PLAN ON JOINING ANY LAWSUIT THAT COMES ALONG AGAINST GM IF ONE HITS MY MAILBOX. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. MADE IT HOME AT A SPEED OF 25-30 MPH. MY CHECK ENGINE CAME ON. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE TORN DOWN AND REPAIRED FOR POSSIBLE BROKEN 3-5-R WAVE PLATE. CAR IS 5 YEARS 10 MONTHS IN SERVICE WITH ROUGHLY 65,000 MILES ON IT. THE COST OF THE REPAIR OR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WILL BE $3000-$4000. TIMING CHAINS WERE JUST REPLACED IN MARCH OF 2013. I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN DATED 1/12/2010 THAT STATED NEW PLATE SHOULD BE INSTALLED WHEN TRANSMISSION IS DISASSEMBLED FOR ANY REASON. GM KNOWS IT'S A PROBLEM AND ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

DRIVING ON HWY 377 AND THE CAR STARTED TO GO IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND WE ENDED UP PULLING OVER IN TRAFFIC AS TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN GRANDBURY TX WHERE THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE ISSUE IS THE WAVE PLATE AND IT IS QUITE OFTEN DOCUMENTED WHEN YOU SEARCH SATURN ISSUES ON THE INTERNET. THE CAR HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT AND IS OUTSIDE OF THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY FROM GM. THE DEALER SAID THIS REPAIR IS INCREDIBLY COMMON ON THIS MAKE OF GM CARE, IE. OUTLOOK, ACADIA, TRAVERSE, ENCORE. LOOKING UP ON THE VARIOUS FORUMS ON-LINE THIS SAME INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED TO 1000'S OF PEOPLE. I FEEL THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS UNSAFE MECHANICAL ISSUE AND SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IT SINCE IT IS EFFECTING 1000'S OF PEOPLE AND COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS LET ALONE EXPENSE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THESE MODELS. *TR

LEAKS IN SUNROOF, WATER COMING OUT OF AIRBAG AREA. MASTER CYLINDER FOR BRAKES WENT OUT. *TR

SUNROOF STARTED LEAKING AND LEAKED INTO THE FUSE BOXES AND CAUSE THE FUSE BOX AND WIRES TO CORRODE WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO NOT SHUT OFF COULD DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TAKE THE KEY OUT AND IT WOULD STILL RUN. *TR

WHEN I WAS PICKING MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T GO MUCH FASTER THEN WHAT I WAS ALREADY DOING, BUT THE RPMS WERE GOING HIGH. IT WAS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T SHIFTING GEARS PROPERLY. IF SEEMED LIKE IT WAS IN SECOND OR THIRD GEAR WHEN IT SHOULD BE IN FOURTH OR FIFTH. I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT A WAVE PLATE????? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON MAIN ROADS (I WAS ON A BACK ROAD TO HIS SCHOOL). WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR, IT DOESN'T HAVE A WARRANTY AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM!!! HOW DOES THIS GO ON WITHOUT HAVING A RECALL IF SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS? *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY RPM'S WENT UP. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SEE IF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM NEEDED TO RESET. I HAVE HAD A FEW ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE SUGGESTED ANSWER IN THE MANUAL. I STARTED TO CAR AND COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 40MPH. I TRIED REVERSE AND FOUND THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY REVERSE AT ALL. *TR

WIFE CALLED ME AND SAID HER CAR WOULDN'T MOVE - BELT PROBLEM? HAD HEARD CLATTERING AND HIGH PITCHED WHINE EARLIER AND YELLOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO START CAR AND SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE. WE DECIDED TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER - CHAMPION GMC BUICK IN BRIGHTON. GOING UP A HILL NEAR MALTBY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SLOW. BLUE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE. STOPPED AT TOP OF HILL. GOT OUT AND INSPECTED ENGINE AGAIN...ACRID BURNING SMELL. WAS ABLE TO LIMP CAR DOWN OTHER SIDE OF HILL AND PARK IN MT. BRIGHTON PARKING LOT AND CALLED AAA TO TOW THE VEHICLE. NO FLAMES DETECTED. DEALER SAID GASKETS TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED, COATING UNDERSIDE OF HOT ENGINE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY GM AT 80,000 MILES WITH A NEW GM TRANSMISSION. I KNOW HAVE 156000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AGAIN IN 3RD GEAR. THE TECH IS TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A PLATE IN THERE THAT USUALLY BREAKS ON THESES CARS, TO REBUILD IT IS 2600, OR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS 3500. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON THE NEW TRANSMISSION AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR