2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO TSB 09-07-30-012B FOR A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK . THIS ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH WAVE PLATE CAUSED MY ENTIRE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AS WELL AS MAJOR DAMAGE TO TRANSFER CASE THAT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE ENDSTATE WAS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS THE TRANSFER CASE WITH A COST OF OVER $6K. THE MILEAGE ON THIS VEHICLE WAS 74,563 AND ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT 65MPH ALMOST CAUSING AN MAJOR ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE POWER TRAIN FAILURE. *TR

I HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ONE MORNING IT JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THEN LOCKED UP AND WOULDN'T MOVE. *TR

REGARDING OUR 2008 OUTLOOK THAT WE PURCHASED IN AUGUST'12 - THE VEHICLE HAS 47K ON IT & HAD 39K WHEN WE PURCHASED IT FROM OUR BANK (A REPO'D CAR). ON 1/25/13 THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT LITERALLY IN MY DRIVEWAY. FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THAT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH SCHOOL AGED KIDS ON BOARD - I SHUTTER TO THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES. NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THIS EVER. (1/28/13) I CONTACTED GMC DIRECTLY, RECEIVED A CLAIM NUMBER FROM THEM, FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A PHONE CALL TO A TOWING COMPANY & THEN THE GMC DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON IT'S WAY. RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP - DIAGNOSIS NEWS - WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION (WE WEREN'T SURPRISED). THE ESTIMATE WASN'T FULLY COMPLETED YET (NEVER A GOOD SIGN) & THEY WOULD CALL LATER WITH THE COST. I MISSED THAT LATER IN THE EVENING - I'D HAD ENOUGH & TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE WAS MAKING ME MADDER BY THE MINUTE. HOW CAN YOU CLAIM TO DO SUCH 'RIGOROUS TESTING' ON YOUR VEHICLES & THEN HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER!! (1/29/13) I WAS INFORMED OF THE COST (I NEARLY HIT THE FLOOR) BUT WAIT - THEY WERE OFFERING A 10% DISCOUNT & I COULD GET A $200 VISA REBATE FROM GM - LIKE I'D WON A PRIZE OR SOMETHING. IS THIS SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT BETTER?! HOW ABOUT STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT?! IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT GM HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS JUST BASED ON THE MANY POSTS ON EDMUNDS & ONLINE - PERHAPS A RECALL IS IN ORDER. I WAS THE ONE WHO PURSUED MY FORD HUSBAND WITH "LET'S GIVE A GMC CAR A TRY, IT'S AMERICAN MADE TOO. SO MUCH FOR THAT - SHAME ON ME. THIS IS SO WRONG TO HAVE TO REPLACE THIS TRANSMISSION AT THIS POINT & HAVING TO PAY FOR IT PAY FOR IT ENTIRELY ONLY ADDS INSULT TO INJURY! SHAME ON ME - NO - SHAME ON YOU GMC!! *TR

THE SUNROOF IS LEAKING WATER. HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY SAY THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS FIXED. THIS ISSUE OF LEAKING SUNROOFS/ MOON ROOFS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS IN THE SAME MAKE/MODEL VEHICLES AND THE LEAKS CAUSED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MOLD ETC. IN THESE VEHICLES. I WILL NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE ON DAYS IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT RAIN FOR FEAR IT WILL LEAK AGAIN. AS I UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE "FIXED" AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MINE LEAKS AGAIN. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPX 36000 MILES ON IT. I SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF DRIVING MY VEHICLE. I WANT MY MONEY BACK. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTING JERKING AND LUNGING AT LOW SPEEDS. VEHICLE'S ENGINE STARTED REVVING IN BETWEEN SHIFTING GEARS AND WOULD THEN JERK INTO GEAR. AT TIMES VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THIRD, FIFTH AND REVERSE GEARS. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. CONSUMER REQUEST INFORMATION ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHT ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH HEADLIGHTS, FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN 2 YEARS I'VE HAD A HEADLIGHT FAILURE WITH MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 2010, AND MOST RECENTLY A FEW DAYS AGO IN JAN 2013. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR THESE HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL SO FREQUENTLY. THEY NEED TO BE IMPROVED SO IT DOES NOT KEEP HAPPENING. IT IS A COSTLY REPAIR AND COULD BE DANGEROUS IF BOTH FAIL WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK ABNORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR WITH JUST A HAIR UNDER 80K MILES ON IT AND WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR SO WE HAVE STARTED HAVING SOME WEIRD TRANSMISSION ISSUES RELATED TO SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO ?SLIP? MOMENTARILY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV MID SHIFT. IT ALSO SEEMS TO ?CLUNK? VERY HARD BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH (OVERDRIVE). OCCASIONALLY, BETWEEN OTHER GEARS IT SEEMS TO SHIFT ROUGHLY, TOO. I HAVE DOUBLE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS WHICH ARE WITHIN TOLERANCES, BUT SEEM TO SMELL HOT TO ME. ONE OTHER THING I HAVE NOTICED, IS THAT WHEN BRAKING OR PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SEEM TO FULLY DISENGAGE PROPERLY AS NOTICED BY THE ENGINE SEEMINGLY ?LURCHING?. WE ARE THE SECOND OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVING ONLY HAD IT ROUGHLY TWO YEARS. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP UNDER WARRANTY, AND HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL FOR VARIOUS ISSUES AT LEAST TWICE. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, WATER LEAK THROUGH SEAL ON DASH. SHORTED OUT FUSE PANEL ALLOWING THE CAR TO RUN WITH KEY TURNED OFF AND LOSING FUNCTION OF PASSENGER AIR BAG CONTROL. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER COST $1300.00. *TR