2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOPS PROBLEMS. FIRST, LIGHT STARTS OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY; THEN, EVENTUALLY FAILS COMPLETELY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I REPLACED THE BULB (DIFFICULT OPERATION ACCESSED THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL). IT WORKED WELL FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN FAILED AGAIN. AFTER READING OTHERS' EXPERIENCES, THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED, I INSPECTED THE SOCKET AND SAW VISIBLE CHARRING ON THE CONTACTS. SO, I REPLACED THE SOCKET WITH AN AFTERMARKET PART AND REPLACED THE BULB. IT FUNCTIONED WELL FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS, AND NOW THE HEADLIGHT IS INTERMITTENT AGAIN, LEANING TOWARDS FAILING COMPLETELY AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN INFURIATING BECAUSE THE EXACT ONSET OF THE PROBLEM IS UNPREDICTABLE AND HAS ALREADY CAUSED ME A NYS EQUIPMENT VIOLATION TICKET. PLUS, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, IT IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AND CERTAINLY A SAFETY HAZARD AS FAR AS DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH ONLY ONE (OR POSSIBLY NO) FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHT(S). I CANNOT CHANGE SOCKETS AND BULBS EVERY 2-3 MONTHS AND AM WORRIED THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS WIRING HARNESS ISSUES. I KNOW SATURN IS OUT OF BUSINESS, BUT WE NEED A SAFETY RECALL TO PROTECT CONSUMERS LIKE ME WHO ARE STUCK WITH AN UNSAFE CAR. THE NEW GM SHOULD PAY FOR A RECALL. *TR

SATURN OUTLOOK 2007 HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT AND I CANT SEE AT NIGHT. EACH TIME IT COST OVER $600 TO FIX. IT SAID IT IS THE WIRING HARNESS AND IT IS BURNT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT CAN CAUSE A FIRE AND NOT TO MENTION LIMITED VISIBILITY TO SEE AT NIGHT! *TR

AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY ON MY 2007 OUTLOOK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP DID THE NECESSARY REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY. IN JULY 2010, I HAD A HEADLIGHT OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ACCEPTING SATURNS SINCE SATURN HAD NOW CLOSED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE "HEADLIGHT HARNESS" HAD MELTED. I PAID A HEFTY FEE TO HAD THAT REPAIRED. IN OCTOBER 2010, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT HARNESS. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED NO SUGGESTION ON TO HOW TO KEEP THIS FROM RE-OCCURRING. FURTHERMORE, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE AIR "BLED" FROM THE "CLOSED" POWER STEERING LINE 3 TIMES. ALSO, THE STABILITRAC SYSTEM WILL OCCASIONALLY "TURN ITSELF OFF" CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE POWER ON TURNS. *TR

ELECTRIC DRIVER'S SEAT ON 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK IS BROKEN AND NO LONGER MOVES FORWARD, IT IS BROKEN IN THE FARTHEST BACK POSITION. I CAN BARELY REACH THE PEDALS AND MY FOOT HAS SLIPPED OFF THE GAS AND THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR INTO SATURN AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $645.00 TO REPAIR. I DON'T BELIEVE THE SEAT SHOULD HAVE BROKEN SO SOON (OR AT ALL), 3 YEARS OLD WITH 54,000 MILES ON CAR. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY DID THEIR INVESTIGATION (IF YOU CALL IT THAT) AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS, OR EVEN GIVE ME A DISCOUNTED PRICE ON THE REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WARNING HARNESS MELTED WHICH CAUSED THE BULB TO FAIL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WERE APPROXIMATELY 89,000.

FOR THE 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK ( SIMILAR TO GM ARCADIA) DURING NORMAL RAIN OR WET ROAD CONDITIONS (NOTHING EXTREME) WATER FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SPLASHES ONTO THE BELT AND DRIVE PULLEYS CAUSING THE BELT TO SLIP. THE SLIPPAGE RESULT IN LOSE OF POWER STEERING, POWER FROM GENERATOR ...... THIS HAS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT ON TO A ROAD WAY FROM A STOP. THIS HAPPENS DURING ALMOST EVERY WET DRIVING CONDITION. EXAMPLE: NORMAL RAIN AND WET ROAD CONDITION, WIFE AND CHILD ARE PULLING OUT ON TO 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY, THE BELT STARTS SLIPPING, SQUEALS, WARNING MESSAGES FLASH, THE OUTLOOK MAKES IT INTO THE LANE, BUT WITH OUT POWER STEERING MY WIFE HAD TO DRIVE STRAIGHTEN ACROSS BOTH LANES AND STOP IN THE GRASS MEDIAN. WHEN YOU PICTURE THIS INCIDENT, YOU HAVE TO PICTURE THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK AND OTHER VEHICLE APPROACHING. THEN MY WIFE AND CHILD ARE SOMEWHAT TRAPPED / STRANDED IN OUR SATURN OUTLOOK SITTING IN THE MEDIAN OF US70. SHE STOPPED THE ENGINE, AND AFTER A FEW RESTARTS THE SLIPPAGE STOPPED ENOUGH TO ALLOW HER TO DRIVE TO A NEAR-BY PARKING LOT. AFTER ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO RUN AND DOING SOME TEST CIRCLES IN THE PARKING LOT, THE EXTREME SLIPPAGE DID NOT RETURN. DURING HER DRIVE HOME, THE BELT DID OCCASIONALLY SLIP BUT NOT TO THE EXTREME OF LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER, COOLING, AND POWER STEERING. SINCE BEING SCARED IN THAT LIFE ENDANGERING SITUATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE WITH OTHER TRAFFIC APPROACHING, WE CONDUCTED A SIMPLE GOOGLE OR INTERNET SEARCH THAT SHOWED THAT OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR EVENTS - SOME RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS. *TR

LEFT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THREE MONTHS AT APPROX 40,000 MILES. FROM OTHER REPORTS ON SAME ISSUE IT APPEARS THE WIRING HARNESS/SOCKET ASSEMBLY MAY BE FAULTY AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED; BUT PARTS ARE REPORTEDLY HARD TO GET AND THE HARNESS/SOCKET HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY OUR GOVERNMENT OWNED COMPANY, GENERAL MOTORS. *TR

2007 SATURN OUTLOOK HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHT WIRING BURNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FUNCTIONALITY. MY INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE RIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLAMP SOCKET. THE HEADLIGHT WOULD GO OUT AND COME BACK ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE BECOMING COMPLETELY NONOPERATIONAL. AFTER DISCOVERING ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS WAS A COMMON COMPLAINT AMONG OTHERS OWNING THIS VEHICLE, I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. I TOOK IT INTO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER PER THEIR REQUEST AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A CORRODED SOCKET. SINCE I WAS SURE THE SOCKET WAS PLASTIC I QUESTIONED THIS BUT WENT AHEAD AND HAD THEM ORDER ME A NEW SOCKET AND REPLACE BOTH THE SOCKET AND THE LIGHT BULB. I ASKED FOR THE OLD SOCKET BACK. UPON INSPECTION, THE OLD SOCKET WAS CLEARLY MELTED AND HAD BLACKENED BURNED AREAS ON THE WIRING. THE SOCKET WAS BURNED TO THE POINT THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER HOLD THE HEADLIGHT BULB. REPLACEMENT WITH PARTS AND LABOR WAS APPROX $200. REPORTED ISSUE TO SATURN, PROVIDED THEM WITH COPIES OF OTHER CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AROUND SAME ISSUE FROM OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS. I SUGGESTED THAT HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS IS BURNING WIRES. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REIMBURSE ME AND DID NOT FEEL A RECALL WAS IN ORDER. I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE ALERT ISSUED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT ALERT BASED ON THE VIN PER GM. I HAVE THE OLD SOCKET AND LIGHT BULB THAT WAS REPLACED. POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AS LOSS OF HEADLIGHT FUNCTIONALITY IS SUDDEN AND INTERMITTENT. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED ONLY ISSUES ALL YEAR WITH MY 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. IT HAS 55,000 MILES AND IN JUNE 2010 THE WIRING SHORT CIRCUITED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE THEFT SECURITY LOCK SYSTEM TO GO INTO EFFECT ASSUMING THE CAR WAS BEING HOT-WIRED. IT COST ME OVER $300 TO FIX AT THE DEALER AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THEN THE DEALER SAID MY INSIDE FUSE BOX WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED FROM WATER AND THEY WOULD NEED TO FIX THE LEAK MY SUNROOF WAS CAUSING. THE DEALER HAS MADE 6 ATTEMPTS TO FIX AND I JUST PICKED UP MY CAR THIS MORNING, HOPEFULLY AFTER THE FINAL ATTEMPT. NOW MY BREAKS ARE CAUSING ISSUES, THE BREAK PEDAL SOFTENS AND GOES DOWN TO ALMOST THE FLOOR WHEN PRESSED EVERY 4TH OR 5TH TIME AND IT IS DRINKING BRAKE FLUID, I NEED TO TAKE IT THIS WEEKEND TO CHECK FOR A LEAK. NOT TO MENTION MY POWER STEERING IS MAKING LOUD WHINING SOUNDS EVERY TIME THAT I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. OH, AND MY PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT A FEW TIMES AND MY HUSBAND HAS HAD TO ACCESS THE BACK OF IT TO REPLACE IT BUT IT CONTINUES TO GO OUT. OH, AND MY TRANSMISSION CAUSED PROBLEMS TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE DEALER FIXED IT UNDER MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.. 55,000 MILES AND THIS CAR IS GIVING ME ISSUES AS IF I'M OVER 200,000 MILES! *TR

DRIVERSIDE HEADLAMP ON LOW BEAM TURNED OFF, REPLACED BULB AND WENT OFF AGAIN WITHIN 3 WEEKS, HARNESS IS CAUSING A SHORT THEREFORE REPLACING THE BULB MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. *TR