SATURN Complaints

IN APRIL 2014, I TOOK MY CAR TO JOHN BOWMAN CHEVROLET IN CLARKSTON, MICHIGAN FOR THE RECALL NOTICE 14063, IGNITION SWITCH. SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW IGNITION SWITCH I AM NOT ABLE TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND REMOVE THE KEY. THE KEY WILL NOT REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION. I MUST REPEATEDLY RESTART THE VEHICLE UNTIL I AM ABLE TO REMOVE IT.

POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE OR CONTROL IGNITION SWITCH REPAIRED THIS IS JUST AS DANGEROUS MODELS PONTIAC G AND CHEVY COBALTS HAVE SAME POWER STEERING MODULE AND WERE RECALLED NOT SATURN MODELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE FRACTURED PRIOR TO THE RECALL REPAIR AND AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT REGISTER PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAS JUST COME ON, ON MY 2007 SATURN SKY. AFTER GETTING THE ERROR CODE SCANNED AIR BAG CODE B0081. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE GM SERVICE MANAGER AND MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AND DOING SOME RESEARCH, I QUICKLY LEARNED THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND ISSUE FOR THE 2007 SATURN SKY AS WITH THE CADILLAC CTS AND KIA. BOTH VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM. WHY HAS NO RECALL BEEN ISSUED TO SOLVE THIS MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEM?

GM 2009 SATURN SKY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR HAS PREMATURELY GONE BAD AT 14,000 MILES. LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS DISABLED. THIS IS THE SAME SENSOR AS THE GM CADILLAC CTS WHICH HAS A RECALL, BUT THE SATURN SKY DOES NOT. I HAVE TAKEN TO A GM DEALER, TESTED AND THEY SAY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY WITH THE BLADDER SENSOR BAD. ON THE SATURN SKY FORUM, THIS IS HAPPENING TO MOST ALL SATURN SKY'S AND PONTIAC SOLSTICE CARS (WHICH ARE OUT OF PRODUCTION) BUT THIS IS STILL A SAFETY ISSUE. I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING AND GM AND THE NHTSA KNOWING OF THIS ISSUE FROM NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SINCE 2014 AND STILL NOT RECALLED AS OF TODAY MAY 26, 2016! GM WAITED TOO LONG ON THE KEY ISSUE, THEY SHOULD NOT WAIT ON THE AIR BAG SENSOR ISSUE AS THE CADILLAC CTS CURRENTLY HAS A RECALL!

DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED MY CAR TURNED OFF BRIEFLY LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR STARTED AGAIN AND WE WHERE ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY. I CHECKED AND EVALUATED THE CAR AND WE CONTINUED ON. 35 MILES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING. WHEN WE STOPPED THIS TIME I REMOVED THE IGNITION KEY FROM THE KEY RING AND WE TRAVELED 500 MILES TO HOME. I HAD THE IGNITION EVALUATED AT VICTORY LAYNE CHEVY AND THEY DETERMINED THE IGNITION WAS WORN AND REPLACED IT BUT WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER THE ACTIVE GM IGNITION RECALL. IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SATURNS.

FAILURE OF PASSENGER SEAT SEAT SENSOR, ONCE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND NOW HAS FAILURE AGAIN.CAR HAS LESS THAN 25000 MILES ON IT. PPS FAILED FIRST TIME AT 8100 MILES

WE JUST PURCHASED A 2006 SATURN VUE, ONE OWNER, LOW MILES (53,000). HAD AN AUTO CHECK DONE AND WAS HAPPY IT HASN'T BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AUTO CHECK STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. AFTER HAVING FOR TWO WEEKS THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND INDICATING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE SUBJECT AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO RECALL ON. THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT AIRBAGS ARE NOT INFLATING OR OPERATING PROPERLY. NOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR VEHICLE AND NOT HAVING FUNDS TO REPAIR SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PROBLEM SINCE GM HAS QUIT MAKING THE SATURN. PLEASE INITIATE A RECALL, SO MANY LIVES DEPEND ON THIS.