2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

THE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAS MELTED. IT IS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE WIRES AND THE PLUG APPEAR TO BE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY FLOWING THROUGH THEM. *TR

ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT THEN AFTER BEING REPLACED WENT OUT AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH LATER COME TO FIND OUT THE WIRING BURNED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING AND PULLED OVER FOR THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT. I HAD THE LIGHT REPLACED ONLY FOR IT TO GO OUT A FEW MONTHS LATER AND ALSO AT THIS TIME TOLD THE WIRING MELTED AND I HAD TO GET THE WHOLE THING REPLACED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I DRIVE WITH KIDS IN MY CAR AND IF THIS EVER HAPPENED TO BOTH LIGHTS AT NIGHT I DON'T WANT TO THINK OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IN FEBRUARY OF 2011. MY PASSENGER HEADLAMP (LOW BEAM) ELECTRICAL HARNESS CONNECTOR TO THE BULB MELTED AND CAUSED A SPARKS TO COME OUT TO THE HEADLAMP PROTECTOR..ALSO DAMAGING IT.. *TR

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS 47,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS MOST LIKELY BURNED OUT AND MELTED AS MANY OTHER 08' SATURN OUTLOOK'S HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DOCUMENTED CASES WHERE FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING HAVE BEEN KNOW TO CAUSE VEHICLE FIRES. THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CREATE FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY IN ORDER TO INITIATE A RECALL GIVEN THE HISTORY OF KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING. *TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. LUCKILY IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT HAD SOME LIGHTING THAT GAVE ME TIME TO REACT DUE TO THERE BEING HEAVY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP CAUSING A FAIRLY LARGE ACCIDENT. HAVING TO DRIVE HOME WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON THE REMAINING 60 MILES TO HOME AND THEN INSPECTING THE BULBS WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, I NOTICED THAT THE HARNESSES WERE MELTED NEAR THE CONNECTORS. I INSPECTED THE BULBS AND THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BULBS AND NOT HIGH WATTAGE REPLACEMENTS THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED A DEVIATION FROM WHAT THE HARNESSES WERE INTENDED FOR. *TR

PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, AND WIRING WAS FOUND TO BE MELTED, REPAIRED AND NOW 4 MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS NOW AGAIN OUT. GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AFTER MULTIPLE FAILURES,, AND NOW WONDERING IF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE AS IT COULD CATCH FIRE( WIRES GETTING HOT ENOUGH TO MEL IN TO) ='S NOT SAFE ,, THANKS GM *TR

ELECTRICAL FAILURE- THE HEADLIGHTS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY AND PRODUCES A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS TICKETED IN MARCH FOR NO HEADLIGHTS THEN 3 DAYS LATER IT STARTED WORKING. NOW 2 DAYS AGO IT WENT OUT AGAIN. PRIOR TO THIS, I INFORMED THE DEALER THAT OUR RADIO AND DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY AS WELL BUT THEY COULD NOT TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME, AS IF WORKED WELL. IT APPEARS TO BE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH GM CARS AND WE NEED AN INTERVENTION. *TR

VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING AT DIFFERENT AND UNKNOWN TIMES. EITHER FROM A STOP OR TRYING TO TURN A CORNER, THE POWER STEERING QUITS WORKING AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN, SOMETIMES CAUSING ME TO ENTER THE NEXT LANE OF TRAFFIC. THERE IS NO WARNING AS TO WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, OR AT WHAT EXACT SPEED. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT SPEEDS ABOVE 40.

THE DRIVER-SIDE HEADLIGHT USED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER A WHILE, THE PRIMARY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT NO LONGER WORKS, ALTHOUGH THE HIGH-BEAMS STILL DO. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT I HAVE READ OF IDENTICAL ISSUES WITH OTHER OUTLOOK OWNERS AND THE FAULTY WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEADLAMPS. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. LOW BEAM LIGHT WENT OUT. WENT TO HAVE BULB REPLACED, FOUND OUT IT WAS FAULTY WIRING, BULB IS FINE. ONE DAY THE LIGHT IS ON, THE NEXT DAY, THE LIGHT DOESN'T WORK. *TR