2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Complaints

SATURN OUTLOOK XR HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN WIRE ON LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT MELTED WIRING.. THIS HAPPENED IN JANUARY 2010 WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT WENT OUT AND MELTED THE WIRING. COST TO REPLACE THE ONE IN JANUARY $640.00 AND WAS TOLD TODAY TO REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT WILL BE $750.00. THIS IS A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS YOU CAN LOOK AT MANY WEB SITES AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WE NOTICED THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON HIGH BEAM ONLY. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS 2008 VEHICLE IN JULY 2008, USED BUT "NEW" WITH A BIT OVER 16,000 MILES ON IT FROM A DEALERSHIP IN SYRACUSE THAT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. MY VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND SERVICED ACCORDINGLY. STARTING JAN. 31, 2010, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCK. IT DID NOT MATTER IF I WARMED THE VEHICLE, OR IF IT WAS WARM WEATHER OR COLD. ON SOME INSTANCES IT SEEMED TO NOT ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AS IT SHOULD. OFTEN HESITATING TO "GO". IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, FOR A TOTAL OF 21 DAYS OUT-OF-SERVICE CUMULATIVELY, SOON TO BE MORE. THE FIRST TIME THEY GAVE IT BACK THE NEXT DAY AS THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE NOISE. THREE DAYS LATER THE KNOCK WAS BACK. THE SECOND TIME IT WENT IN THEY HAD FOR 7 DAYS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE. 2 DAYS LATER BACK AGAIN...THE THIRD TIME THE DEALERSHIP LOCALLY HERE PUT A NEW TIMING CHAIN IN. THEY SAID IT WAS "SLACK". HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BACK IN FOR THE SAME ENGINE KNOCKING, ETC. BEFORE IT COULD GO IN I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR ON A HIGHWAY AND HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAY THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY. THEY TAKE THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN FOR A FOURTH TIME. TELL ME ITS FIXED. NEW WIRING HARNESS. PICK UP VEHICLE..SAME ENGINE KNOCK PRESENT. THEY NOW SAY MAYBE ITS A LIFTER? CAM? DON'T HAVE PARTS. GIVE ME THIS SAME VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. SOMETHING IS FISHY HERE. HOW MANY VEHICLES DOES IT TAKE FOR A SAFETY RECALL OR INVESTIGATION????? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE?! HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY, ENGINE NOT ACCELERATING....MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS. I'D RATHER NOT HAVE SOMEONE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF MY DEATH OR THE DEATHS OF MY CHILDREN BECAUSE OF A KNOWN DEFECT THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED! ALSO, ANOTHER 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IS AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS... *TR

WIRING HARNESS ON 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK MELTED CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO NOT WORK. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT GOING OUT. VARIOUS SATURN SITES HAVE REGISTERED COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEALERS CHARGING $600/$800 TO REPLACE LIGHT BULB. SEEMS UNDERLYING PROBLEM PERTAINS TO THE WIRING HARNESS MELTING. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS CONTINUING TO BURN OUT. REF: TSB #09-08-42-004. DOCUMENT ID: 2284787. *TR

FAX FWD (FL) CO-OWNERS OF A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WITH A DEFECTIVE SUNROOF, REQUESTING GM REIMBURSE REPAIR COST FOR GM MFR DEFECT, REPLY TO TALLAHASSEE, FL OFC. *TGW THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE EXPENSES INCURRED TO FIX A LEAK IN THE SUNROOF. THE VEHICLE STARTING LEAKING IN JUNE 2008 AND THE DEALER ALLEGEDLY FIXED IT. THEY ADDED EXTENSIONS TO THE DRAIN. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED POORLY WITH DRAINS AND TUBES THAT WERE TOO SHORT. IT STARTED LEAKING AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. AGAIN, THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS FIXED AGAIN. HOWEVER, IT STARTED LEAKING AGAIN IN JANUARY 2009. GM INFORMED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF FIXING THE DEFECT. IT LEAKED AGAIN ON FEB 12TH.*JB

HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS KEEPS FAILING ON 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, BOUGHT IT USED, BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, BURNED OUT AGAIN. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK-LOW BEAM LIGHT OUT AT 42,000 MILES, WIRING HARNESS MELTED, OVER $400 TO REPAIR. PRETTY EXPENSIVE CONSIDERING THIS IS A CRITICAL PART OF YOUR CAR. *TR

I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY HEADLIGHTS AND WHEN I BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THE WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER AND WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE HARNESS. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IT WAS AN 08 WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND IT WAS ONLY 7 MONTHS OLD FOR ME NOT EVEN 2 YRS OLD TO DATE AND THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR THING I HAVE GO WRONG IN A SO CALLED RELIABLE VEHICLE. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP SHORTED OUT. ALREADY REPLACED LAMP AND IT SHORTED OUT AGAIN. VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF OR FAIL TO COME ON. IT HAS HAPPENED TO BOTH SIDES AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. *CN