2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

STEERING SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING BECAME VERY STIFF. UNABLE TO COMPLETE TURN. HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. FORCED TO URGENTLY REPLACE POWER STEERING UNIT AT GREAT EXPENSE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED WITH POTENTIAL FOR RECALL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT EXPENSE. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE, BUT ONLY BODY DAMAGE, I BOUGHT IT AT 33254 MILES, IT IS DRIVING FINE, BUT HAVING HESITATION ISSUES, LOOKS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS HAVING A PROBLEM, I HAVE READ OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE WITH MANY SATURN 2008 OWNERS THIS CAR HAS A SALVAGE TITLE BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BODY DAMAGE ACCIDENT, NOT ENGINE, ALL OTHERWISE IS RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED VERY BADLY SWITCHING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THANKFULLY WAS IN A POPULATED AREA CLOSE TO HOME AND WAS ABLE TO LIMP INTO A PARKING LOT. ONCE PUT IN PARK, WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND HAD TO BE FLAT TOWED TO A GARAGE. *TR

STARTED UP VEHICLE AND "SERVICE AIR BAG" INDICATOR MESSAGE AND LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED (WITH A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION) UNDER WARRANTY IN APRIL 2012. IT IS GOING OUT AGAIN AND THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED, NOVEMBER 2012. WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK, THE DEALER WAS TRYING TO PUSH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON ME, STRESSING OVER AND OVER THAT IT COVERED THE TRANSMISSION, SO OBVIOUSLY HE KNEW MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE FUTURE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MY TRUCK STILL HAD A WARRANTY, AND WITH MY TRUCK BEING ONLY 2 YEARS OLD, I OPTED NOT TO BUY IT, TRUSTING THAT SATURN WAS A REPUTABLE DEALER. BIG MISTAKE TRUSTING SATURN. *TR

LOUD NOISE EMITTING FROM HOOD WHILE DRIVING IN THE PAST, THEN WHILE DRIVING STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER MY CAR SAFELY. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER CARE WHO INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOT A CURRENT RECALL ON THE STEERING ALTHOUGH AFTER RESEARCHING I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STEERING PROBLEMS LEADING TO UNSAFE DRIVING. I BEG YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND REPAIR RECORDS FROM GM ABOUT THE EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE STEERING MECHANISM. THANK YOU! *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD BUT WAS NOT DOING IT ALL THE TIME, I TOOK A FRIEND HOME BACKED OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND THE VEHICLE STARTED BUCKING AND JUMPING AND NOT SHIFTING WHEN I GOT ABOUT A BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR, I TOOK IT TO A PARTS STORE AND HAD THE SCANNER PUT ON IT AND IT COME UP WITH THE CODE PO796 WHICH IS THE 3-5 PRESSURE PLATE, THIS SUV HAS NEVER PULLED OR TOWED ANYTHING SO THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY IT WENT OUT. MY PREVIOUS SUV WAS A SATURN OUTLOOK 2007 AND THE 3-5 WAVE PLATE WENT OUT OF IT, IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THERE IS A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY ON THESE PLATES AND THEY ARE UNSAFE THIS REPAIR HAS COST ME 3400.00 AND I JUST BOUGHT THE SUV IN JULY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AND INVESTIGATED BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE PLATES ARE DEFECTIVE AND GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THESE WITH A RECALL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING , SUDDENLY THE SATURN OUTLOOK XR 2008 WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 30 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN IT WAS SWITCHED FROM THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION, IT WOULD NOT CHANGE ABOVE GEAR #3. IN ADDITION, WHEN TRYING TO PARK, IT WAS FOUND THAT REVERSE GEAR WOULDN'T WORK. *TR

8/17/2011 - J0511 HEAD,CYLINDER LEFT BANK REPLACED AS THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN CAMSHAFTS R & R MOTOR ASSY REPLACE BANK 2 CYLINDER HEAD AND NEW TIMING CHAIN RE-INSTALLED. 01/11/2012 - 3-5 REVERSE CLUTCH PLATE REPLACED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING INTO 3RD GEAR,TRANSMISSION REBUILT. 02/20/2012 LEAK WAS FOUND IN FRONT TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR AREA, SEAL WAS REPLACED & RECHECKED. ON 12/01/2012 TRUCK GOING BACK INTO SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION LEAK AGAIN AND CLUNKING NOISE. GM NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THEY NEED TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND GO AHEAD AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. *TR

ON SEPTEMBER 05, 2012 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILIES IN THE VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPM RISE UP VERY HIGH AND VERY QUICKLY. I TRY TO STEP ON THE BRAKE BUT IT DID NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. I HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKE A COUPLE OF TIME BUT DID NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. IT SPEED OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILES BEFORE IT SLOW DOWN AND THE RPM CAME DOWN. I WAS TERRIFIED OF HOW THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES OUT OF CONTROL. AFTER THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THE SERVICE STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THERE IS ALSO A HUMMING NOISE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE OR THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRACTION CONTROL / SERVICES STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF. THIS HAPPEN THREE TIME TO ME WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. I WROTE TO GM AND GM REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME OR LOOK INTO THE THESE ISSUE. I HOPE THAT WITH MY COMPLAINT AND ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM ALL OF THE OTHER GM VEHICLE OWNERS, SOMETHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THESE ISSUE. I TOLD GM THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING WITH MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR AWD AND GM TOLD ME TO GO SCREW MYSELF. THAT IS SOO SAD, CONSIDERING THIS IS THE HOLIDAY AND ME AND MY FAMILIES HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION TO GO ANYWHERE. *TR