2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM NOT WORKING, HAVE BEEN ON A FEW OCCASIONS TO MAKE IT WORK CYCLING LIGHT SWITCH AND NOW THAT DOES NOT HELP EITHER. WAS RESEARCHING WAYS TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR AND MY SISTER INLAW ALSO HAS A SATURN OUTLOOK AND WAS TELLING ME HERS ENDED UP BEING THE HARNESS, AND AFTER SEEING ALL THE THREADS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF OTHER SATURNS I THINK I WILL BE TAKING MY WIFE'S CAR TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOK AT FOR SAFETY REASONS. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BURNT OUT TWICE IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THE SECOND TIME WE WENT TO CHANGE IT THE WIRES ARE ALL MELTED. NEED TO HAVE TAKEN IN FOR A NEW WIRE HARNESS, THIS HAPPENED ALREADY TWICE TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. IT IS DANGEROUS TO HAVE WIRES MELTING OVER AND OVER. THIS IS ALSO A COSTLY REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR THIS MANY CARS TO HAVE THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM, IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. REPLACED BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. HEADLIGHTS BURNED OUT AGAIN. HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS MELTED - HAVE TO REPLACE WIRING AND WIRING HARNESS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL - IT'S NOT DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR OF VEHICLE. IS POOR EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING. *KB

LOW BEAM DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLAMP ON SATURN OUTLOOK. BULB APPEARED TO FAIL BUT ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE WIRING HARNESS IT WAS MELTED AT THE CONNECTOR. THIS HAPPENED IN JAN/FEB OF 2011 AND NOW (JUL) THE PASSENGER SIDE IS OUT. REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB INITIALLY ON BOTH ONLY TO HAVE IT CONTINUOUSLY GO OUT. INSPECTING WIRING HARNESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE LATER TODAY. THIS CLEARLY APPEARS TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE SUNROOF AND CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. THE PARKING BRAKE SIGNAL WOULD SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATE WITH A CHIMING NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL WAS CURRENTLY OUT FOR THE FAILURE BUT THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

IN JUNE OF 2010, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. AFTER TAKING TO THE DEALER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED ! THE HARNESS WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. WHILE ON VACATION THIS JULY, 2011, AND 800 MILES FROM HOME, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT IS WORKING WHEN IT WANTS TO. AFTER READING SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS, I AM QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND FEARFUL OF A FIRE. MY VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 45,000 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE, THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I FEEL THAT THIS MATTER SHOULD BE CHECKED INTO AND REPAIRS SHOULD BE DONE AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. A RECALL IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY ! *TR

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK THAT HAS A FAULTY HEADLIGHT. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A BULB AND PURCHASED A NEW ONE. THEN, IT WENT OUT AGAIN A FEW WEEK LATER. DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, PURCHASED A BULB AND REPLACED IT. THAT WENT OUT SHORTLY ALSO. FINALLY HAD TO TAKE TO DEALER. TURNS OUT TO BE A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS AND IT COSTS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX. BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF MY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY BY THAT TIME THE FIX WAS NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN IT FIRST WAS A PROBLEM. MY WARRANTY EXPIRED DURING THE TIME I WASTED WITH CHANGING BULBS. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN A CHRONIC KNOWN PROBLEM FOR GM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YET GM HAS NOT RESOLVED THE SITUATION WITH A RECALL. *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT IN DECEMBER 2010. REPLACED BULB. LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN IN JULY 2011. WIRE CASING IS MELTED. KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM/SATURN. *TT

I AM WRITING TO TELL YOU ABOUT A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT I EXPERIENCED WITH MY SATURN OUTLOOK (VIN #[XXX]). MY FIRST ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN APRIL 2008. I WAS PARKING MY CAR IN MY GARAGE...AT A COMPLETE STOP....WHEN THE ACCELERATOR JUST TOOK OFF AT FULL SPEED AND SLAMMED INTO MY GARAGE WALL. AT THE TIME, WE FIXED THE CAR AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS CONDUCTED WHICH DID NOT SHOW ANY PROBLEMS. I WAS ASSURED BY SATURN EMPLOYEES AND PROGRESSIVE EMPLOYEES THAT MY CAR WAS SAFE AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A FREAK ACCIDENT. I WAS RELUCTANT, BUT I TOOK THE CAR BACK. ON FEBRUARY 17, 2010 THE EXACT SAME ACCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN! SAME SPOT IN THE GARAGE - ALMOST THE SAME DAMAGE AS THE FIRST ACCIDENT. THIS TIME I WAS FURIOUS. THE DAMAGES WE HAD TO PAY FOR INCLUDES: SHEETROCK FOR THE GARAGE $200 GARAGETEK WALL $150 GARAGETEK CABINET $220 3 FISHING POLES AND REELS $480 WORKBENCH $100 GENERATOR - BRAND NEW - $645.88 2008 INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE - $1,000 2010 INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE - $1,000 THE ABOVE ESTIMATE TOTALS $3945.88 AND DOESN'T EVEN COVER EVERYTHING THAT WAS DAMAGED...LET ALONE THE INCREASE IN MY INSURANCE. I WROTE A LETTER TO SATURN, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT DUE TO A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS. HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND I FIX IT JUST TO HAVE THEM GO OUT AGAIN. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. TIME TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR