2007 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

THE FUEL TANK IN OUR NEW (TWO DAY OLD) 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK ENDED UP WITH A HOLE IN IT, LEAVING A POOL OF FUEL IN MY MOTHER'S DRIVEWAY. WE WERE BEING VERY CAREFUL, SINCE IT WAS A NEW VEHICLE AND DO NOT REMEMBER HITTING ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO BUST. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, PICTURES BACKED THIS UP BY SHOWING NO DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CAR, LESS THE BUSTED FUEL TANK. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK HAS NO SHIELD ON THE TANK. MY CONCERN WAS FURTHER INCREASED WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE SATURN SERVICE SHOP IN AMARILLO WAS TRYING TO PROVE THAT THE TANK WAS STRONG ENOUGH NOT TO NEED A SHIELD WHEN HE PUNCTURED A SIMILAR TANK BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER. IS THIS TANK SAFE OR AM I PUTTING MY CHILDREN IN A DANGEROUS VEHICLE?*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS ON AN INCLINE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL TRANSMISSION OPERATION AS COMPARED TO SIMILAR MODELS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 1,722 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL BACK ON AN INCLINE UNTIL BRAKE IS ENGAGED. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR

I OWN A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ON THE SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION INTO HIGHER GEARS AT LOW SPEEDS. IF I AM TRAVELING AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 6TH GEAR, DROPPING THE TACHOMETER AROUND 1100 TO 1200 RPMS. THIS, IN TURN, PUT A STRAIN ON THE ENGINE, AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS STEPPED ON, THE CAR RUMBLED AND THE FLOORD BOARDS ACTUALLY VIBRATED. IT WAS ANNOYING, AND IT UPSET ME THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT CORRECT THE SHIFTING PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WILL CHANGE THE FUEL ECONOMY OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

REAR LIFTGATE SENSOR THINKS SOMETHING IS BLOCKING THE DOWNWARD PATH OF THE DOOR, AND OPENS THE LIFTGATE EVEN WHEN CLOSED AND NOTHING IS BLOCKING IT. SAID EVENT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT DOES OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, ALLOWING IT TO ENTER THE COMPARTMENT. MANUFACTURER HAS ATTEMPTED A REPAIR ONCE AND THE EVENT IS STILL ONGOING. *AK

IN FEBRUARY I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK XE. WITHIN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC DOOR MECHANISM ON THE LIFTGATE. WHENEVER I OPENED A DOOR THE LIFTGATE MECHANISM WOULD UNLOCK BY ITSELF. THIS WILL OCCUR EVEN WITH VIBRATION FROM SOMEONE WALKING BY THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND OFCOURSE THE WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. . TO THIS DATE THIS PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED, AND I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN GETTING IT FIXED.*AK