2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

MY CAR HAS 89,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT YESTERDAY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 57MPH WHEN THE CARS ENGINE REVVED TO 7 RPMS, AND THEN SLOWED TO 30 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 25-30 MPH. IT'S GONNA COST NEARLY $4,000 TO FIX AND THE "5YR" WARRANTY EXPIRED IN MARCH. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GM FOR MAKING SUCH A TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION. SO MANY PROBLEMS AND VERY LITTLE HELP WITH THE PROBLEM! *TR

WITHOUT WARNING, I LEFT A PARKING LOT AND MY CAR SEEMED VERY SLUGGISH. I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SO I PULLED OVER AND KILLED THE ENGINE. I LET IT SIT A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS I ACCELERATED TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO WE CALLED A WRECKER AND HAD IT HAULED TO THE TRANSMISSION PLACE. THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT AND THE COMPUTER INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND PROGRAMMED. THESE REPAIRS TOTALED JUST OVER $3,000. I AM SO ANGRY BECAUSE I HAVE READ ON A SATURN FORUM THAT THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GM WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS RIDICULOUS TO HAVE THIS TYPE PROBLEM ON A 5-6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, I NOTICED THE STABILTRAK ERROR MESSAGE ON THE DASH AND A MESSAGE TO GET MY BRAKES SERVICED. I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY, BUT KEEP COMING UP. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE TO HAVE THE STABILTRAK REPLACED. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BY GM. CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR LIKE TURNING OVER! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH, THE RPMS WENT UP TO 6000....HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 20 MPH ON HIGHWAY....THANK GOODNESS IT WASN'T RUSH HOUR! TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT! *TR

OUR SATURN OUTLOOK HAS HAD PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED MORE RECENTLY THAT INCLUDE THE STEERING BOX FAILING (AUDIBLE POPPING WHEN NEAR NEUTRAL STEERING POSITION), THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL AND BRAKE SIMULTANEOUS LIGHTS WITH FEEDBACK IN THE BRAKE PEDALS (EVEN WHEN ABS IS NOT ACTIVE), AND A VERY ANNOYING WEATHER/WATER LEAK FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE THAT IS SOAKING THE PASSENGER CARPET AFTER EVERY SINGLE RAIN. NONE OF THESE ITEMS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND I'M RETURNING THE CAR FOR THE SECOND TIME TOMORROW TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE THE LEAK (AGAIN) AND THE STABILITY CONTROL. I ALREADY REPLACED THE STEERING BOX, OUT OF POCKET, FOR OVER $1000. WE JUST PAID THE CAR OFF AND BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2008. IT BARELY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT, AND THIS IS NOT A QUALITY PRODUCT. THE RIDE, HANDLING, INTERIOR FEATURES/SPACE ARE OUTSTANDING, BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY FAULTS FOR SUCH A NEW(ER) CAR. I ALSO REPLACED THE WATER PUMP A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT THAT WAS AT THE TAIL END OF MY WARRANTY (NOW EXPIRED). AFTER ONLY 5 YEARS AND 50,000 MILES, I'M LOOKING AT EXPENSIVE MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR A NEW VEHICLE TO REPLACE WHAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED AT LEAST ANOTHER 5 YEARS COMFORTABLY WITHOUT MAJOR DEFECTS. IT'S NO WONDER SATURN WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND THAT GM HAS NEARLY FAILED SO MANY TIMES... *TR

AFTER HAVING STOPPED AT A STORE, AND PUTTING MY CAR INTO DRIVE, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR / MAYBE 2ND AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE! I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND IT APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY OUTLOOK AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LIMPED THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT THINKING MAYBE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW. THAT WAS CHECKED AND WAS FOUND TO BE AT A NORMAL LEVEL. LEAVING THE PARKING LOT WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS NOW NO REVERSE. THE ONLY GEAR THAT FUNCTIONED WAS FIRST GEAR. WE DROVE AT LOW SPEED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ON 8/26/13 I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT APPROXIMATELY $3500 - $4000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AND LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE IN ORDER TO PARK IN HIS DRIVEWAY BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE IN THE REVERSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

COULD NOT SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR AND THE CAR JUMPS/SHAKES WHEN SHIFTING. GOING ON 3RD REPAIR, ITS JUST COSTING ME TO MUCH MONEY TO FIX AND STILL NEED TO DRIVE THE CAR...

WAS DRIVING MY IN-LAWS 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND THEN ENGINE REVVED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT. WAS ON BUSY HIGHWAY AND HAD TO PULL OVER. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND TRIED TO DRIVE AND ENGINE WOULD NOT SHIFT PAST 30 MPH AND THEN STARTING GOING IN AND OUT OF SHIFTING AND NOT MOVING AT ALL. HAD TO PULL BACK OVER AND THEN GET A TOW. THIS HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING. *TR