2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

SPONTANEOUS LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FAILURES DUE TO WIRING HARNESS DEFECT. HEADLIGHT SOCKET HARNESS & WIRING WAS MELTED. PASSENGER SIDE FAILED IN OCTOBER 2010. DRIVER SIDE FAILED IN DECEMBER 2010. IN BOTH CASES THE GM DEALER NEEDED TO REPLACE HARNESS & BULB. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED BULB. APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS LATER, SAME HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN. REPLACED BULB. SAME HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN IN JULY 2010. REPLACED A 3RD TIME. BULB WENT OUT AGAIN IN NOV 2010. INFORMED WIRING HAD MELTED AND HARNESS/CONNECTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. YESTERDAY 12/21/2010 PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AND SAME PROBLEM.

OUR 2008 SATURN JUST HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW LAMP HEADLIGHT FIXED. MELTED HARNESS PIECE. WE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY TIME (60K MILES). THE PASSENGER SIDE LAMP WENT OUT WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE JUST SPENT $279 TO HAVE A LIGHT REPAIRED THAT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH SATURNS... BEFORE THAT WE HAD THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT PROBLEM. THE CAR DOESN'T SENSE WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. DEALERSHIP SAID CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WILL COST US BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY A FAULTY SENSOR. THIS IS OUR SECOND OUTLOOK. LEMON-LAWED THE 2007 AND THOUGHT WE'D GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE. NOT SMART ON OUR PART IN RETROSPECT! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR AT A STOP LIGHT THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WOULD SHUT OFF AND HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN IT BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEADLIGHT WIRING AND SOCKET MELTED AND NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WIRING AND SOCKET WERE REPLACED. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAD ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE AS THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAS YET TO BE INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. UPDATED 02/23/11*LJ THE HEAD LIGHT WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 05/20/11

I HAVE REPLACED THE LOW BEAM LIGHT IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK TWICE IN THE PAST MONTH AND IT'S OUT AGAIN. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS MATTER ONLINE, I NOW SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND I FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THESE COMPLAINTS IMMEDIATELY AND ISSUE A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS MATTER BEFORE THIS CAUSES SOMEONE TO GET HURT OR KILLED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT WIRING AND CONNECTORS IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. CHANGED THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP 3 TIMES, LAST TWO BULBS ONLY LAST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE WIRING BURNS THROUGH. *TR

THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP STOPPED WORKING. THEN THE DRIVER SIDE WENT OUT I SPENT $100 TO FIND OUT I HAD A SHORT IN THE WIRE HARNESS THAT CAUSED THE OTHER ONE TO GO OUT. AT 40,000 PLUS MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $500 PLUS DOLLAR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP STOPPED WORKING. WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS BECAUSE THE WIRE AND SOCKET MELTED AND BURNED. I'M RELIEVED THAT IT HAS NOT CAUSED A MAJOR VEHICLE FIRE. 40,000 MILES. *TR

MY DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM WENT OUT ( OR APPEARED TO) I BOUGHT A H11 BULB FROM THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND WENT TO REPLACE IT AND FOUND MY BULB WASN'T BURNT OUT AT ALL JUST HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE SOCKET. SO I TWISTED IT BACK INTO THE SOCKET, PUT THE COVER BACK ON AND IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN MY PASSENGER SIDE DID THE SAME THING. NOW ON MY WAY HOME FORM THE STORE BOTH WENT OUT ( THIS WAS AT NIGHT AND CAUSED A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ME GETTING HOME.) I ULTIMATELY HAD TO USE MY HIGH BEAMS JUST TO GET HOME SAFELY. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE BULB ISN'T ACTUALLY BURNING OUT IT JUST KEEPS FALLING OUT OF THE SOCKET. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED SHE NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS RESET TO CLEAR THE AIR BAG LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. AFTER EACH FAILURE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE VARIOUS REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,241. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.