2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SHIFTING CORRECTLY FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO. TOOK IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED. BEGAN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND A FORUM WHERE HUNDREDS OF OTHER GM OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. AFTER READING, IT APPEARS THAT WHEN MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP (WHICH IS NO LONGER A GM DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY NO LONGER HAVE SATURN), IT WAS DISMISSED BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENED ONE TIME. I CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE SHIFTING BUT DIDN'T TAKE TO AUTHORIZED GM DEALERSHIP SO THEY DON'T HAVE RECORD OF IT. RECENTLY, RPM'S WERE RANDOMLY JUMPING ABOVE 4 ON THE HIGHWAY EVERY 10 MINUTES AND I FELT LUCKY TO MAKE IT HOME FROM A RECENT TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS. OF COURSE, GM IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR CAR BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SO MANY PEOPLE CAN BE EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS AND IT NOT BE A RECALL ISSUE? REALLY UPSET THAT MY TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AND SCARED TO DEATH WE WERE GOING TO WRECK OR GET STRANDED! *TR

WHILE IN A STOPPED POSITION, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. I WAS STUCK NOT BEING ABLE TO PULL OVER TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC, BECAUSE MY CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. I PUT IT INTO PARK, THEN BACK INTO DRIVE SEVERAL TIMES, AND I FINALLY GOT IT TO CREEP ENOUGH IN LOW GEAR TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF I WERE TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP PRIOR DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. THIS WAS NOT COVERED AND COST ME $3000. I AM STILL NOT SURE THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR A FRONT LEAK AT THE DRIVER'S DOOR FROM THE SUNROOF, WHICH STILL LEAKS WITH HEAVY RAIN. ALSO, THE CONSTANT SQUEALING WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL WHICH NO MECHANIC WILL ACKNOWLEDGE. NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS. I ASSUME IT IS THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE CAR DOESN'T HAVE GOOD ACCELERATION POWER COMPARED TO ANY OTHER SUV MODEL. IT DRAGS WITH NO PICK UP.

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LAMP. THE FIRST TIME IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS THEN WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD IT CHANGED AND IT LASTED ABOUT 10 DAYS THAT TIME. THIS LAST TIME IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 6 HOURS BEFORE IT BURNED OUT AGAIN. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HWY. AT 60 MPH WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND THEN WHEN I CAME TO STOPLIGHT AND TOOK OFF, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH.AND WOULD JERK AND THEN AS I CONTINUED TO TRY TO GET SPEED BECAUSE OF OTHERS BEHIND ME-IT WOULD NOT GO. HAD TO DRIVE 30 MPH FOR TWO HOURS TO GET ONLY 40 MILES. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND GM IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THIS IS A HAZARD AND THERE ARE SOOO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH PROBLEMS JUST LIKE THIS AND NO RECALL YET-REALLY-SO WILL ONE BE MADE WHEN SOMEONE IS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN THIS BEGAN I HAD A 1/2 TANK OF GAS, WHEN I GOT TO DEALERSHIP-2 HOURS LATER-THE CAR WAS ON E!!!!!!!! HORRIBLE GAS MILEAGE ON THIS TOO NOW. PASSENGER AIRBAG SAYS NEEDS TO BE SERVICED-WAS LIKE THIS WHEN WE PURCHASED AND DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FIX-NEVER DID AND THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT MEANS THE PASSENGER IS NOT SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEN AGAIN, NONE OF US ARE BECAUSE OF GM-AM GOING TO BEGIN PROCESS WITH SMALL CLAIMS COURT REGARDING ALL OF THESE ISSUES. HORRIBLE VEHICLE AND GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED-NO WONDER I ALWAYS BOUGHT NON AMERICAN MADE CARS-SHAME ON US FOR THINKING GM WOULD BE GOOD SINCE IT WAS MADE IN USA. *TR

SATURN 2008 OUTLOOK STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. FEELS LIKE GOING INTO 3RD GEAR IS THE PROBLEM AND SOMETIMES IN REVERSE. SOUNDS LIKE A REV OF THE ENGINE AND THEN A HARD SHIFT INTO THE GEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY POSTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS AND UNFORTUNATELY GM IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH HOW THEY RESOLVE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A COURTESY FIX OR RECALL. *TR

WE WERE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT FULL RPM'S. WE SLOWED AND PULLED OVER ACROSS TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ENGAGE FOR A SECOND BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE MORE THAN A FEW FEET. *TR

PURCHASED PRE-OWED 2008 OUTLOOK IN NOV OF 2009. FIRST SUNROOF/MOONROOF LEAKS NOTICED IN SPRING OF 2010. DRAINS WERE "FIXED", BUT CONTINUE TO HAVE MOLDY MUSTY SMELL TO VEHICLE AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND DRIVER SEAT FEELS WET. OTHER PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH VEHICLE HAVE BEEN ENGINE CONTINUING TO RUN WITH KEY OUT, AIR BAG LIGHT ON, POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE, REAR SPEAKERS ARE WATER DAMAGED, REAR AC HAS ALWAYS MALFUNCTIONED, MAIN AC IS NOW MALFUNCTIONING. NOT TO MENTION ALLERGIES SUFFERED FROM MOLD EXPOSURE. *TR

I TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH. ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, WATER STARTED POURING INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE A PILLAR BECAUSE OF A LEAKING SUNROOF/MOONROOF. I UNDERSTAND FROM RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A REPEATED ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES, YET GM WILL NOT FIX THEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I PAID $20K FOR THIS VEHICLE TWO MONTHS AGO AND I HAVE MADE ONE PAYMENT OF 72, AND NOW I FIND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE CAN NEVER GET WET OR THERE WILL BE PROBLEMS. *TR

MY 2008 OUTLOOK STARTED TO JERK DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN HAD VERY HIGH RPMS BUT NO ACCELERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION I COULD NOT MOVE AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND IT HAD A BROKEN WAVE PLATE AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT WHICH TOOK 2 WEEKS. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STILL BE COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY BY ONLY 2 WEEKS. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THESE AS IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL YET IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO EVERYONE. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE ABRUPTLY REDUCED SPEED AND DID NOT MOVE THIS CAUSED VEHICLES FOLLOWING MY CAR TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN TO NEARLY MISS REAR ENDING MY VEHICLE. *TR