SATURN Complaints

TVE PPS MODUL IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. POWER TRAIN IS WORKING WEAR WHEN IN DESACELERATING.

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK (DOWNTOWN) MY STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT ON MY 2008 SATURN VUE XE. I PULLED OVER, PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. WHEN I RESTARTED IT AND STARTED DRIVING EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THEN ABOUT 100 FT DOWN THE ROAD IT WENT OUT AGAIN AND I LOST ALL POWER TO MY STEERING WHEEL. I PULLED OVER AGAIN AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. THIS TIME I LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR AND THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I SAT FOR 5 OR 10 MINUTES THEN TRIED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE CAR STARTED UP AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS OFF. I TRIED DRIVING AGAIN BUT HAD BARELY PULLED AWAY FROM THE CURB WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE IN THE CITY AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO A SIDE STREET AS CONTROLLING AND TURNING THE WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT.

MY CAR HAS SHUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES ON ITS OWN EVEN ON HIGHWAY 81 DURING PEAK TRAFFIC TIME I THINK THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL I MEAN EVEN SHUTTING OFF ONCE IT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST I REPORTED THIS AWHILE BACK BECAUSE IT SHUT OFF AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T ON THE RECALL LIST. IT HAPPENED LIKE 6 TIMES ALREADY LUCKY MY SON KNEW WHAT TO DO AND DIDN'T HAVE A ACCIDENT AS OF YET THANKS GOD ALWAYS HAPPENS WHILE HE IS DRIVING AND LOSES ALL POWER WHEN IT SHUT OFF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS IGNITION SWITCH ON SATURN AND I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE THE ONE TO BUY A NEW SWITCH WHEN ITS A GM PROBLEM THIS LAST TIME ON 10/27 WAS DURING PEAK TRAFFIC TIME ON HIGHWAY 81

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL CAUSING A PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN DRIVING WITH A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNING COMES ON AND IN THE MIDDLE DISPLAY ON TOP OF THE DASH BOARD IT SAYS, "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF." WHEN I CLEAR THE MESSAGE USING THE CLEAR BUTTON ON MY STEERING WHEEL IT WILL THEN SAY, "PASSENGER AIRBAG ON." THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES EACH TIME I DRIVE WITH A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER 10+ HRS OF DIAGNOSTICS, TEST DRIVING, ETC. THEY SAY I NEED A NEW PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG MODULE AND SENSOR....AT A COST OF JUST MORE THAN $1,000. THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL 2007 SATURN AURA'S COME IN WITH THE SAME ISSUE. AT THIS POINT THEY SAY IT IS NOT COVERED BY GM AS A WARRANTY ISSUE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE. APPARENTLY IF I GET IN A WRECK WHILE THE SENSOR SAYS THERE IS NO ONE IN THE FRONT SEAT WHEN THERE IN FACT IS, THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK....AND MY PASSENGER IS LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IF THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS GM CAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT COVER GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

WENT TO TAKE DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. YESTERDAY TRANSMISSION BUCKED ALL DAY WHILE DRIVING. LOOKED ON INTERNET I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THIS SAME VEHICLE. I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WANT ME TO PAY $3000 OR BETTER TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. IF GM KNOWS ABOUT IT WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THE FAULTY PART? PLEASE HELP ME AND THE OTHER DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS THAT GOT SCREWED ON THESE VEHICLES AND LAUNCH A RECALL FOR ANOTHER FLAW BY GM. THEY ARE MAKING MONEY ON THEIR MISTAKES AND THAT IS WRONG.

MY HUSBAND WAS ALONE DRIVING, WAS EARLY A.M. WHEN A COYOTE RAN OUT ON COUNTRY ROAD. HE HAS HAD THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE HAVING LIVED IN THE AREA OVER 60+ YRS. HE WAS IN 2 LANE ROAD, HE WENT TO BRAKE AND SWERVED WHEN HE SAID THE CAR BECAME UNABLE TO CONTROL, HE HIT THE BURN ON SIDE OF ROAD FLIPPING CAR NUMEROUS TIMES ENDING UPSIDE DOWN. HE WAS STUCK IN SEAT BELT UNABLE TO GET LOOSE FOR 15 MIN FINALLY GETTING OUT OF IT. HE WAS SEEN BY DRS @ HOSPITAL AND RELEASED WITH BRUISED RIBS, CUTS AND ABRASIONS. WHEN I TALKED TO HIM ON PHONE LATER HE RELATES WHAT HAD HAPPENED ALSO SAYING "IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN, IT WOULDN' T STEER OR BRAKE RIGHT." I TOLD HIM TO REST AND I WOULD TALK TO HIM LATER. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I EVER TALKED TO HIM, AS HE DIED OF THE BLUNT FORCE TRAMA FROM THAT ACCIDENT, THAT WAS OCT 7, 2014. I BELIEVE HIS VEHICLE IS TO BLAME FOR THIS ACCIDENT, AS I KNOW WHAT KIND OF DRIVER HE IS, OFF ROAD , AROUND OUR RURAL AREA ANIMALS ARE ALWAYS JUMPING OUT ON THE ROAD, AND HE NEVER HAS HAD A ACCIDENT. HE DOESN'T PANIC, HE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE OFF ROAD, AND HAVE RACED IN SCORE OFF ROAD FUNCTIONS IN HE YOUNGER DAYS. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT DRIVER, DRIVING OTHERS, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DRINK, AND WAS VERY SAFE IN DRIVING.

THE CAR WAS FUELED UP, WHEN IT WAS BEING STARTED IT HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY. ONCE IT WAS RUNNING, IT WAS DRIVEN AND A RIGHT TURN WAS MADE, THEN ALL GAUGES DIED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND THE "PWR STR" MASSAGE REMAINED ON. THE CAR WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION THE THREE INDICATORS REMAINED ON AND THE CAR REFUSED FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES BEFORE TURNING OFF.