2009 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

WHEN I WAS ENTERING MOVING TRAFFIC FROM A COMPLETELY STOPPED POSITION, A CAR WAS COMING FASTER THAN I REALIZED SO I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED: 1.ALL POWER TO MY CAR SHUT OFF AND THE CAR ROLLED FORWARD SLOWING DOWN. 2.ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND SYMBOLS LIT UP. 3.MY CAR JOLTED STRONGLY ONCE, SPUTTERED (MANY TIMES), AND HICCUPPED (MANY TIMES). THE JOLT WAS SO STRONG THAT IT THREW ME FORWARD AND MADE MY SEATBELT CATCH ME. 4.AT THE SAME TIME AS # 3, THE GPS REBOOTED ITSELF 3 TIMES IN A ROW AND ALL OF THE CAR DOOR LOCKS UNLOCKED AND LOCKED THEMSELVES 3 TIMES IN A ROW. 5.I GENTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR ACCELERATED BUT THE CAR FELT WEAK AND I FELT UNCERTAIN. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I TRIED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY SO I PUT ON MY EMERGENCY BLINKERS AND SLOWLY DROVE HOME.

RECALLS 14030, 14187, 15240 DEALER CONTACTED TO PERFORM RECALLS REFUSED TO CALL BACK WITH APPOINTMENT DATE.

HEADLAMPS (DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE) LOW BEAMS KEEP BURNING OUT EVERY 3-4 MONTHS.

TRANSMISSION LOST REVERSE AND LOWER GEARS.GM DEALER SAID TO REPLACE THE TRANS FOR A COST OF ABOUT $4600.00. CAR ONLY HAS 72,000 MILES. HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR SAME REASON. GM KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OR AT LEAST HALF.STOP AT SINGLE AND TRIED TO GO THRU INTERSECTION AND TRANS STARTED SLIPPING ONLY DROVE IT ONE MILE HOME, PULLED INTO GARAGE. CALLED GM IN MORNING TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. WILL NOT GET COMPLETE BILL UNTIL APRIL 8TH WHEN VEHICLE WILL BE FIXED.

THE IGNITION KEY WON'T TURN OFF KILLING MY BATTERY. HAD ALREADY PAID TO HAVE FIXED, BUT NOW A WEEK LATER THE KEY WON'T COME OUT AGAIN. I HAVE TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC COLUMN AND MANUALLY DEPRESS THE IGNITION PLUNGER TO TURN KEY BACK ALL THE WAY IN ORDER TO TURN ACC OFF AND REMOVE KEY. VERY AGGRAVATING ISSUE. LOCAL DEALER NOT HELPFUL AT THIS POINT.

I HAVE HAD MY OUTLOOK FOR ROUGHLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW, AND MY POWER STEERING SEEMS TO GO OUT WHEN GOING A LOW SPEED AND TURNING. IT HAS CAUSED ME 2 ACCIDENTS SO FAR WITHIN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER, INCREASING MY INSURANCE TO $460/MO. ONE WAS BACKING UP, IT STOPPED TURNING AND IT BACKED INTO A VEHICLE, AND THE OTHER WAS PARKING, IT STOPPED AND I SCRAPED AGAINST ANOTHER. I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY KILL SOMEONE. I'M IN FLORIDA AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT/RIGHT ON GREEN. GOD FORBID SOMEONE IS SPEEDING WHILE I'M DOING A U-TURN, BECAUSE THEY WOULD DEFINITELY SMACK INTO ME SINCE IT'S SO HARD TO TURN. I AM QUITE SURE I HAVE THE MUSCLES I DO FROM TRYING TO TURN MY VEHICLE. IT HAPPENS THE MOST PARKING, U TURNS (OR SLOW TURNS IN GENERAL), BACKING UP, AND 3 POINT TURNS.

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. THIS WAS A RECALL FOR SATURN OUTLOOK IN 2007 - 2008. THIS IS THE SAME FAILURE AS THAT RECALL. THE OUTLOOK 2009 SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. LUCKILY IT FAILED IN MY DRIVEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EVAPORATION CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,603. ...UPDATED 03-10-16 *BF *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS REDUCED ENGINE POWER. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED SHIFTING AND BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000.

THE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS FAILS AFTER YOU CHANGE THE BUILD CAUSING THE LIGHT TO SHORT OUT.