2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

I HAVE A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK XE AND IN LATE 2009 MY DRIVER SIDE DIM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. WE REPLACED THE BULB TO NO AVAIL. MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE WIRES WHICH WERE BURNT UP AND REPLACED THEM. THE LIGHT WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. FINALLY HE FIXED IT LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT LAST FOR ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS AND NOW IT IS OUT AGAIN. WHEN HE CHECKED IT THIS TIME HE NOTICED THAT THE WIRES WERE MELTED/BURNT AGAIN. HE HAS ONCE AGAIN FIXED THE PROBLEM AS BEST AS HE COULD. MY WARRANTY IS OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SO WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE AS BEST WE CAN. I HAVE CK'D ON WEBSITES AND NOTICED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUE AND I BELIEVE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I AM ALSO HAVING COMPLETE WIRING PROBLEMS WITH THE REST OF THIS LEMON THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE. THE RADIO AND SPEAKERS WORK WHENEVER THEY WISH AND THE REMOTE START UP IS NOW INOPERABLE AS IT CHOOSES. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS SUV SINCE I BOUGHT IT, INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHILE ON VACATION. I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE FOR A WHOLE WEEK WHILE IT WAS IN THE SHOP TO BE REPAIRED. THANK GOODNESS I STILL HAD A WARRANTY AT THAT TIME. *TR

MY 2007 OUTLOOK EXPERIENCED HEADLIGHT OUTAGE AT APPROX. 32,000 MILES THE SATURN DEALER CHANGED THE MELTED HARNESS AND REPLACED THE BULB HERE WE ARE LESS THAT 4 MONTHS LATER AND I HAVE ANOTHER HEADLIGHT OUTAGE AND PAY $300 + TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO CHANGE THE MELTED WIRES AND REPLACE THE BULB. 3 MONTHS LATER WE ARE BACK TO THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT AND THE DEALER READY TO CHARGE ME ANOTHER $300+ TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM BY MULTIPLE CONSUMERS IN VARIOUS STATES. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR A PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE WELL DOCUMENTED BY SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS. I HAVE PLACED A CALL TO GM AND OF COURSE NO HELP FROM THEM ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS PUSH THE RESPONSIBILITY AND COST BACK TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WENT OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WENT TO REPLACE BULB AND FOUND SOCKET WAS CHARRED AND BURNT. BULB WAS STILL GOOD, WHEN BENCH TESTED. THIS WAS THE OE BULB, NOT A HIGHER CURRENT/POWER AFTERMARKET BULB. CURRENTLY DRIVING WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT, WHILE WAITING FOR DEALER TO GET ME A NEW HARNESS. OBVIOUSLY, GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, SINCE TSB #09-08-42-004 INSTRUCTS USING NYOGEL GREASE TO FILL THE SOCKET, I ASSUME FOR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OR CORROSION PROTECTION. SOCKET REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE DONE ON RECALL, AND DEALERS SHOULD KEEP HARNESS ON ORDER, SO I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN OUR TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY. WHEN WE WERE AT A STOP SIGN, I WENT TO PULL OUT AND RELIZED THAT WE HAD LOST THE FIRST 2 GEARS AND WERE ALMOST HIT BY AN ON COMING VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR FAILED TO MOVE AT THE RIGHT SPEED. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH BEFORE SOME IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 OUTLOOK, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT...TOOK TO SHOP TO REPLACE, WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 8 MONTHS. NOW PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT OUT AGAIN, BEEN REPLACED BY SHOP 3 TIMES... LIGHT WORKS AT DEALERSHIP BUT IS OUT AGAIN BY TIME WE GET HOME. NOW DRIVERS SIDE LIGHT IS OUT ALSO. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD 4-6 HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HAVE HEADLIGHTS CHANGED EVERY WEEK. NOR SHOULD THEY HAVE TO. *TR

HEADLIGHT GOES OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH LIGHTS A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. JUNE 2008, SEPTEMBER 2008, JUNE, 2010, MARCH 2011. WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT IS THE WIRING HARNESS. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP HAS GONE OUT. I HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE THE BULB ONLY TO FIND THAT IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS. AFTER READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE HEADLIGHTS I AM NOT ALONE IN MY PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WIRE HARNESS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP INOPERABLE. WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR TO HEADLAMP BURNT/MELTED. GM HAS A TSB #09-08-42-004 ON THE ISSUE WHICH SHOULD BE UPGRADED TO A RECALL. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A FIRE AND IS SAFETY RELATED SINCE IT AFFECTS THE HEADLAMP SYSTEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK XR, WHICH HAS HAD THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS REPLACED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN 2009. NOW IN MARCH OF 2011 I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND ON MY WAY THERE JUST HAPPEN TO NOTICE THE HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER SIDE, THE WIRING WAS COMPLETELY MELTED AND THE WHOLE THING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MOST OF IT COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT I WAS STILL OUT MY DEDUCTIBLE AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LIGHTBULB. WHEN I HAD THE FIRST HEADLAMP REPLACED THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING GM SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND SHOLD LOOK INTO, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I WAS ACTUALLY UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE FIRST DEALERSHIP, WHICH WAS A SATURN, REPLACED BOTH OF MY HEADLAMPS, BUT CHEVY IS INFORMING ME THAT IS NOT THE CASE. SO I AM NOT SURE WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK THE FRONT PASSENGER LIGHT WENT OUT TWICE WITHIN 2 MONTHS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR