2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON PASSENGER SIDE DAYTIME DRIVING LAMP - MUST REPLACE ENTIRE HARNESS ($40). *TR

THE LEFT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAD TO BE REPLACED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER WE BOUGHT VEHICLE. IT IS NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AND THE LIGHT IS OUT AGAIN. THE LIGHT THEY TOOK OUT WASN'T EVEN BAD, SO IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING HARNESS AND VERY EXPENSIVE. *TR

HEADLIGHT WENT OUT -STARTED TO CHANGE LIGHT AND IT CAME BACK ON. WENT OUT AGAIN AND TOOK TO THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR -IT WAS NOT HEADLIGHT - WIRING HARNESS/WIRING MELTED AND EXPOSED THE WIRING. THIS PROBLEM IS SO COMMON IN SATURN OUTLOOKS THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO AN INTERNET SEARCH AND TELL THE DEALER THE SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER OF THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT FROM USE, ABUSE, BUT FROM A FLAW IN WIRING THAT I FEEL IS A SAFETY ISSUE. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED BEFORE MORE PROBLEMS/FIRES OCCUR AND RESULTS IN SERIOUS INJURY. ALSO -- IT WILL BE ONE WEEK AGO TOMORROW SINCE THE DEALER ORDERED THE PARTS AND STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEM. MY VEHICLE HAS NO FRONT HEADLIGHT - I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND NEED TRANSPORTATION LARGE ENOUGH FOR 6 SO WE HAVE TO DRIVE IT UNSAFELY WITHOUT A HEADLIGHT. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM WENT OUT. KNOWN PROBLEM. ITS ALL OVER THE FORUMS. MANY CASES OF THE SAME ISSUE. SUPPOSEDLY IT IS THE WIRING HARNESS GOING TO THE HEADLAMP. THERE HAS BEEN CASES OF IT MELTING WHICH COULD CAUSE FIRE. SATURN/GM DOESN'T CARE. CONTACTED NUMEROUS DEALERS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS TRYING TO RIP ME OFF. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A RECALL ON THIS? DEATH? GM NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. *TR

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A PASSENGER ON THE SEAT AND THE SENSOR CONTINUES TO DISPLAY OFF, EVEN WHEN THE SEAT BELT SENSOR STATES THAT THERE IS A PASSENGER AND THAT THE SEAT BELT MUST BE LATCHED. AFTER LATCHING THE SEATBELTS, THE AIRBAG SENSOR STILL SHOWS OFF. THE DEALER WAS CHARGING $126 DOLLARS TO CHECK THE PROBLEM TODAY 9/27/11. *TT

PASSENGER SIDE LOW-BEAM HEAD LAMP HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE. HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS IS DEFECTIVE. I BELIEVE THAT A RECALL IS IN ORDER ON THIS RECURRING MANUFACTURES PROBLEM FOR MANY CONSUMERS. *TR

ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 2007 OUTLOOK XR STARTED EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT OPERATION. I TRIED TO TAKE IT INTO THE SHOP ONCE, BUT BY THEN THEY HAD COME BACK ON. A FEW WEEKS LATER, BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS TIME, I HAD THE SHOP LOOK FURTHER INTO THE PROBLEM. AS IT TURNED OUT, BOTH OF THE HEADLIGHT HARNESSES WERE COMPLETELY MELTED AND MY MECHANIC REPORTED THAT ONE EVEN APPEARED TO HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. WE HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED FOR OUR OUTLOOK, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SEEN ONLINE REPORTS OF THIS SORT OF PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE NEW HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE MUCH STURDIER AND THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULDN'T REOCCUR, HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE METAL AND/OR WIRING ON THE FIRST HEADLIGHT HARNESSES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GM ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE AND FOR US TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED. *TR

THE RIGHT FRONT HEAD LIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTS DOWN CAUSING A HEAD LIGHT FAILURE. *KB

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN LEAVING A DRIVEWAY I ACCELERATED UP TO SPEED, THEN EASED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO START COASTING UP TO THE INTERSECTION AHEAD. VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING, BUT AFTER A SECOND OR TWO, IT STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AGAIN. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND COULD SLOW THE VEHICLE A BIT. THE ACCELERATION LASTED ABOUT 5 SECONDS. *TR

MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. I PURCHASED A NEW ONE AND WHEN I INSTALLED IT, IT DID NOT WORK. I CHECKED THE CONNECTION MORE THOROUGHLY AND FOUND THE CONNECTOR MELTED ON ONE SIDE. THE COPPER CONNECTER WAS BLACK AND THE SURROUNDING BLACK PLASTIC BRITTLE AND MISSHAPEN. YOU CANNOT REPLACE THE WIRE HARNESS WITHOUT REMOVING THE COMPOSITE LIGHT FIXTURE WHICH LOOKS LIKE YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY. THE AVERAGE CAR OWNER WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME JUST REPLACING THE LOW BEAM LAMP. THE HIGH BEAM LAMP REQUIRES DISASSEMBLY. OF THE COMPOSITE HEADLAMP UNIT. THE WIRES ARE THIN ON THE LIGHTING HARNESS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR