2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE, STOPPED WORKING, DEALER FOUND IT TO BE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. LISTED AS A WIRE HARNESS ISSUE. THREE MONTHS LATER , SAME ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE OUT. BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE STILL GOOD, CHECKED ON ANOTHER GM VEHICLE ( ACADIA ). FUSE IS GOOD, NO CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN HARNESS AND LIGHT, NO POWER AT END OF HARNESS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. SATURN IS OUT OF BUSINESS, DEALER REFUSES TO FIX WITHOUT CHARGING A SMALL FORTUNE OF MONEY. LOW BEAMS ARE STILL OUT. *TT

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHTS CONNECTOR AND HARNESS MELTED ON BOTH HEADLIGHT TO THE POINT THAT HEADLIGHTS NOT TURNING ON. *TR

IN MARCH, 2011, MY CARS LEFT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. WHEN I CHANGED THE LIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED. I REPLACED THE HARNESS WITH A GM PART BOUGHT AT A DEALERSHIP. LAST WEEK, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. AGAIN, WHEN I CHANGED THE LIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS ALSO HAD MELTED. THE WIRES SEEM SMALL TO ME, AND ARE SMALLER THAN THE WIRES ON THE REPLACEMENT HARNESS. *TR

RIGHT HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM CONNECTION HAS MELTED. WAS ABLE TO REMOVE BULB, BUT BADLY BURNT, CAN NOT REPLACE LAMP. *TR

RIGHT LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT HARNESS MELTED.DEALER REPLACED HARNESS.18 MONTHS LATER THE LEFT SIDE HEAD LIGHT HARNESS MELTED AND THE VEHICAL IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

RIGHT HEADLIGHT WOULD WORK SOMETIMES AND OTHERS NOT. TOOK INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE REPAIRED AND WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO CHARGE ME 300 JUST TO REPLACE THE HARNESS. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CAR IS PARKED FOR NOW AND HUBBY WILL BE REPLACING HIS SELF. HARNESS COST $25. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. WE PURCHASED A NEW BULB, WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO REPLACE THE BULB HE FOUND A WIRE EXPOSED AND THE PLUG IN WAS BURNT. THE SOCKET IS THE CAUSE SO NOW WE HAVE TO BUY A NEW SOCKET. I THINK THIS DANGEROUS, IT LOOKS AS IF IT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. *TT

-2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR -PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DAY-TIME RUNNING LIGHT AND LOW-BEAN HEADLIGHT STOPPED WORKING ENTIRELY. UPON INSPECTION WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP TO RE-WIRE HARNESS AND REPLACE BULBS SO I CAN DRIVE AT NIGHT. *TT

LOW BEAM CONTINUES TO GO OUT AND THERE IS A CONTINUAL SMELL OF BURNING WIRES IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS BURNT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND FELT LIKE AS IF IT WERE STUCK IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,088.