SATURN Complaints

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH OTHER SKY OWNERS. I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT A RECALL FROM GM, EVEN THOUGH GM HAS RECALLS FOR THE SAME PART ON OTHER MODELS.

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE TURNING AND VEHICLE HEADED INTO ONCOMING VEHICLE. WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASH AND STEERING CAME BACK AFTER SLOWING DOWN. DRIVER INFO CENTER SHOWED A POWER STEERING MESSAGE BUT WAS UNABLE TO READ IT BEFORE IT WENT AWAY.

PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR FAILED. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND GM HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT.

HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/SATURN/SKY/AIRBAG GM NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THIS SAFETY HAZARD ASAP! FREE OF CHARGE! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!

(1) AIR BAGS-I WAS INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT CAUSED BY BLACK ICE IN DEC, 2005 AND NOT ONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS WAS CONCERNING. (2) BRAKES-FROM DAY ONE, WHEN IT RAINS, MY BRAKES SOUND LIKE AN OLD PERSON TRYING TO MOVE. (3) IGNITION-TOO MANY TIMES TO MENTION. WHEN I WOULD PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TRY TO START THE CAR, IT WOULDN'T MOVE AND I'D HAVE TO JOLT THE "FROZEN" STEERING WHEEL TO FINALLY GET THE KEY TO TURN/CAR TO START. (4) I'VE SEEN BOTH THE BRAKES & IGNITION ISSUES IN OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS. JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS OUT THERE FOR INFORMATION'S SAKE. OTHERWISE, THE CAR'S BEEN GREAT TO ME. 10 YEARS OLD, ONLY 47K MILES ON IT AND I JUST RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTHERN CHEVROLET IN ALEXANDRIA, LA TO REPAIR A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO ME THE PANEL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SHIFT CONTROL HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT AND LEFT IN A CONDITION IT COULD NOT BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS YET TO BE REPAIRED. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE LEFT BY TECH. IF YOU WILL FURNISH ME AN ADDRESS TO SEND THEM TO.

I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I NOTICED I COULD NOT SEE THE BRAKES LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. I HAD MY FRIEND PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE BRAKE LIGHTS. ALL THREE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT ILLUMINATING WHEN THE PEDAL IS PRESSED. IF THE CAR IS RUNNING THEY STILL DO NOT WORK, JUST THE LED'S IN THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY GET BRIGHTER WHEN THE PEDAL IS PRESSED. WE HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN THE AURA TO THE GM DEALER FOR THE BCM RECALL, THEY PUT IN A SPACER AND ADDED DI-ELECTRIC GREASE. IT WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY SINCE THE RECALL. ON MAY 4TH I REALIZED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NO LONGER WORKING. ALSO THE POWER LOCKS WORK INTERMITTENTLY ON THE CAR. SOME DAYS THE LOCKS WORK, OTHER DAYS THEY DON'T (VERY ERRATIC).

STIFF IGNITION SWITCH RIGHT FROM DAY 1 WHEN CAR WAS NEW,KEY DOES NOT FALL OUT BUT JAMS,ALSO FRONT STRUT SQEEK AND CREEK,SOUNDS LIKE A 100 YEAR OLD WAGON,SUPPOSE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR STRUT TOWER BUSHING,I WAS CHARGED $410 FOR THE REPAIR IN 2005,IF ANYTHING MADE IT WORSE,I HARDLY DROVE THIS CAR IT HAS 81000 KM,APPROX 48000 MILES,CURIOUS THE HATCH LOCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN STIFF AS WELL AND THE KEY GETS STUCK,SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A LOCK PROBLEM FROM THE START,DID GM OUTSOURCE THE LOCKS LIKE TOYOTA DID WITH THE GAS PEDALS?

THE SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT FAILED, GIVING AN AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT. NOBODY WAS IN THE SEAT AND IT WAS NOT BEING USED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND 2007 GM VEHICLE I HAD THAT FAILED AT AROUND THE 40,000 MILE MARK FOR THE SAME PART. THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE. I'VE READ ABOUT MANY SATURN SKY AND PONTIAC SOLSTICE OWNERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR AS VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY MONTHS, NOT MILES.

I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I NOTICED THE WARNING LIGHT TO "SERVICE AIRBAGS" I WENT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID IT IS NOT A RECALL SO FAR. THEY WANTED $110.00 JUST TO CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE LABOR IF NEEDED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL FREE TO OWNERS!!