2005 SATURN RELAY Complaints

ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR WILL OPEN BY ITSELF ON MY 2005 SATURN RELAY. HAVE TO DISABLE DOOR TO BE SURE IT DOES NOT OPEN WHILE DRIVING, BUT WILL ENABLE ITSELF AND START OPENING BY ITSELF AGAIN. AS SATURN IS OUT OF BUSINESS, DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN. *TR

I BOUGHT A USED 2005 SATURN RELAY 3 IN JANUARY 2010. I HAVE 2 MAJOR ISSUES GOING ON: POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE CLOSED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DING AS IF I WAS DRIVING WITH THEM OPEN...ON A FEW OCCASIONS I HAVE HEARD THE POWER DOOR MOTOR START ON ITS OWN AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOORS WHILE I AM DRIVING! SECOND ISSUE IS ABS/TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS HAVE BEEN COMING ON SPORADICALLY SINCE I PURCHASED IT. OF COURSE, NO ONE CAN FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY CAN'T REPLICATE IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE DRIVING CONDITIONS, DRIVING TIME, WEATHER OR ANYTHING ELSE. BOTH HAVE HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. CURRENTLY THE LIGHTS ARE STAYING ON MORE THAN OFF AND YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING, THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF UNTIL I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, FELT AND HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND, THE BRAKE PETAL GAVE WAY SOME, AND THE SERVICE ABS/NO TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AGAIN. THE CAR DID STOP. TALKED TO THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD IT TO ME AND I AM CURRENTLY MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE VEHICLE LOOKED AT. IN RESEARCHING I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SAME ISSUES ON A NUMBER OF FORUMS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 SATURN RELAY. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE "USED" FROM SATURN OF TEMPE ON MARCH 1ST, 2009. THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WHEN I PURCHASED IT WAS 62,245. ONE YEAR LATER I STARTED GETTING "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM" WARNING MESSAGE AND LIGHT WITH "SERVICE ABS SYSTEM" WARNING MESSAGE AND LIGHT OCCASIONALLY, BUT BOTH WERE ALWAYS AT THE SAME TIME. SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING (PER OWNER?S MANUAL) TEMPORARILY CAUSED THE LIGHTS AND MESSAGES TO TURN OFF, BUT RETURNED DAYS LATER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FLETCHER'S TIRE AND AUTO SERVICE IN MARICOPA, AZ ON 3/23/2010. THE SERVICE SHOP (FLETCHER'S) PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK OF THE ABS SYSTEM; DETERMINING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY; COSTING ME $452.36. THIS REPAIR TEMPORARILY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. ONE MONTH LATER ON 5/26/2010 I BEGIN TO GET THE SAME WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES. SO I TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO FLETCHER?S AUTO BECAUSE THEY GUARANTEE THEIR WORK. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ERROR AND HAD THE SAME FRONT LEFT WHEEL HUB REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE PARTS MANUFACTURER AT NO COST TO ME. NOW ONE MONTH LATER I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. SO I START LOOKING ONLINE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORUMS AND CHAT ROOM DISCUSSIONS WITH A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, FOR THE SAME ISSUE, AT SUCH WEB ADDRESSES AS; WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM AND WWW.SATURNFANS.COM NOW WITH THIS INFORMATION I LOOK FOR RECALLS AND FIND NOTHING. SO I CALL SATURN OF TEMPE AND SPEAK TO A GENTLEMAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHO GAVE ME THE NAME MIKE. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE PROBLEM THAT I WAS HAVING WITH MY VEHICLE. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I HAD TAKEN IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC (FLETCHER'S) AND HAD THE HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED TWICE WITH NO RESOLUTION. HE STATED THAT I COULD BRING IT IN FOR HIM TO LOOK AT, BUT THAT THERE WOULD BE A $65 ?DIAGNOSTIC? FEE. I DECLINED EXPLAINING TO HIM THAT I HAD ALREADY INVESTED $450 DOLLARS IN IT AND WOULD RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS MECHANIC. *TR

POWER SLIDING DOORS DON'T LATCH PROPERLY. MOTOR WILL KEEP RUNNING ON DOORS & AS YOU ARE DRIVING, IF YOU HIT A BUMP OR MAKE A SHARP TURN, THE CAR DINGS LIKE THE DOOR HAS OPENED. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS IS TO PULL OVER & OPEN & THEN RECLOSE THE DOOR. *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 SATURN RELAY 2 IN NOV. 2007 WITH 24,000 MILES. AT AROUND 34,000 MILES OUR SERVICE ABS SYSTEM LIGHT STARTED COMING ON. I TOOK IT IN TO THE SATURN DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR IN THE WHEEL. I PICKED IT UP AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE HOME THE SERVICE ABS SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND SCHEDULED ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. THIS TIME THEY SAID THE EBD SENSOR WAS DIRTY AND CLEANED IT. AFTER THAT THE LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON. I WAS RELUCTANT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SINCE MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES AFTER THE DEALERSHIP HAD TRIED TO FIX IT. THE LIGHT COMING ON HAS BEEN MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AND ON MAY 19, 2010 WITH APPROX. 55,000 MILES THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ACCOMPANIED BY A CHIME AND SHORTLY AFTER THE BRAKE LIGHT. THE BRAKES BEGAN PULSATING AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK WHILE COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP. I WILL BE TAKING IT IN SOMETIME SOON TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUE. *TR

ABS SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON. WE BOUGHT THE 2005 SATURN RELAY USED FROM A SATURN DEALER. DAY AFTER WE GOT IT, THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. DEALER CORRECTED IT. ONE YEAR LATER, BRAKES ARE ALL GOOD BUT SERVICE ABS SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON. TURN THE VAN OFF AND BACK ON, IT DISAPPEARS. THEN NEXT TIME IT IS ON. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY FORUMS. WHY IS THIS SAFETY ISSUE NOT BEING ELEVATED TO RECALL STATUS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN RELAY. WHENEVER THE CONTACT TURNS ON THE VEHICLE REGARDLESS IF IT IS DRIVEN OR NOT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE DOOR HAS ALSO OPENED AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CLOSE MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN RELAY. WHILE DRIVING THE REAR SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. HE PULLED OVER AND IT TOOK 10 MINUTES TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE CENSORS AND MOTOR WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR HE EXPERIENCED AN IDENTICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED AT HIS EXPENSE. NONE ON THE REPAIRS HAVE REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112107.

I HAVE A SATURN RELAY WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE ABS DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. VERY SCARY STUFF. THE ABS WILL COME ON WITH DRY CONDITIONS BUT WILL NOT COME ON WHEN WE ACTUALLY NEED THEM, LIKE IN THE SNOW. SATURN DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS. KEEP TAKING MY VAN BACK AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. I GUESS THERE WAITING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN TO ACTUALLY GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BEFORE ANYONE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

2005 RELAY. THE ABS LIGHTS WILL COME ON RANDOMLY. TURNING OFF THE CAR AND BACK ON FIXES IT FOR A WHILE, BUT RECENTLY THE LIGHTS IS ALMOST STEADY AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO RESET IT. *TR