2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, THE BULB WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHEN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD REPLACE THE FAULTY WIRE HARNESS. NOW MY CAR IS AT ABOUT 57,000 MILES, NO WARRANTY AND MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS TURNING OFF. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY $100 JUST TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN PAY FOR WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THAT ITS RIGHT TO MAKE US PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY FAULTY. THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS AND CAN CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. *TR

1. PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM WENT OUT. 2. REPLACED IT THINKING THE BULB WAS DEAD. 3. 2 DAYS LATER, THE NEW BULB WAS OUT. 4. WENT DIGGING BACK UNDER THE WHEEL WELL AND THROUGH SOME FUNKY ARM BENDING AND TWISTING OF THE NECK I COULD SEE THAT ONE OF THE FEMALE LUGS ON THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT. 5. USED ELECTRICAL TAPE TO TEMP FIX THE LIGHT. IT WENT OUT 1 DAY LATER AND NOT EVEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR THAT 2 DAY PERIOD. 6. WENT IN AND STARTED AN INTERNET SEARCH AND DISCOVERED I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS MAJOR GM PROBLEM. I HAVE ALREADY GOT A WARNING FOR THE POLICE TO FIX THE HEADLIGHT OUT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY WHEN IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY NOT GET A TICKET OR EVEN WORSE. A CRASH. *TR

HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING DUE TO WIRING HARNESS BEING MELTED!!! TOO MUCH HEAT OR THE WIRING HARNESS DOESN'T USE THE RIGHT WIRE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS 4 TIMES NOW. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEONE TO HAVE A CRASH. IF IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT. *TR

HEADLIGHT WENT OUT IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPLACED AND HAD A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP NOT FUNCTIONING. DEALERSHIP NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BULB AND HARNESS. CONNECTION WHERE THE BULB CONNECTS TO THE HARNESS APPEARS MELTED / BURNED. VEHICLE HAS 40242 MILES AND 26 MONTHS SINCE DELIVERY WAS TAKEN. COST FOR REPAIR WAS $273.15 ON 10/25/10. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK FWD XR HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED, NO LONGER HAVE LOW BEAM LIGHT. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT DARK DUE TO EXPOSED WIRES IN THE WIRE HARNESS NEAR THE BULB SOCKET. *TR

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR AWD. I HAVE 56,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT STARTED GOING ON AND OFF. AFTER A WEEK IT STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL SATURN DEALERSHIP (BEFORE THEY CLOSED) THE TECHNICIANS LOOKED AT IT AND DECIDED IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHT WAS MELTED SO THEY REPLACED BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HARNESSES AND BULBS. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER LIGHT DID THE SAME THING AND I WAS ABLE TO GET AT THE HARNESS AND SAW THAT IT WAS BLACK AND WIRES WERE MELTED. I REPLACED THE LIGHT AND IT WORKED FOR ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE BURNING OUT. I TOOK IT INTO THE GM DEALER, THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT IT AND JUST REPLACED THE BULB, IT HAS SINCE BURNED OUT AGAIN AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS STILL BLACKENED AND MELTED AND KEEPS BURNING OUT LIGHTS. *TR

ANOTHER FOR THE LOW BEAM CONNECTOR MELTING -- PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN SOME. AT 73K REPLACED DRIVER SIDE H11 LOW BEAM BULB. COULDN'T GET LIGHT TO STAY ON. NOTICED PARTIALLY MELTED CONNECTOR. APPLIED A LITTLE ELECTRICAL GREASE. WORKED FOR A FEW HOURS. DAYS LATER (AFTER VACATION) APPLIED MORE ELECTRICAL GREASE. STARTED WORKING AGAIN. CLOSED UP THE WHEEL WELL. AS I GET UP FROM THE WHEEL WELL ON THE DRIVER SIDE I SEE SMOKE FROM THE *PASSENGER* SIDE HEADLAMP AREA AND LIGHT FOGGING OF THE TOP OF THE LENS. I HAVEN'T TOUCHED THE PASSENGER SIDE! IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL WORKING HEADLAMP AND CONNECTOR. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY LEFT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. IT WAS REPAIRED AND WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD IT REPAIRED YET AGAIN AND IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS IT BLEW AGAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER THE RIGHT ONE BLEW. LAST WEEK BOTH HARNESSES WERE REPLACED. WE LEARNED FROM THE DEALER THAT THIS IN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE HARNESS WAS REMODELED DUE TO THE ONGOING PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY I'VE HAD NO CRASHES DUE TO THIS, BUT HAVING A HEADLIGHT BLOW ESPECIALLY WHEN ONLY ONE IS OPERATIONAL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ME AS I TRAVEL OFTEN AT NIGHT. *TR