SATURN Complaints

KEY COMES OUT FREELY WHILE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND KEY DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THE IGNITION ONCE CAR IS STARTED. ENGINE WILL RANDOMLY STALL. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED COMING ON ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO. THE LIGHT WAS CONTINUOUSLY LIT ANY TIME THE CAR WAS RUNNING. IT WOULD NOT GO OFF. I RECEIVE MONTHLY DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS ON MY CAR FROM ONSTAR. IT KEPT ALERTING ME FOR MONTHS THAT I HAD SAFETY ISSUES WITH MY AIRBAG SYSTEM. I KEPT THINKING THE LIGHT JUST WOULD NOT GO OFF. AFTER THE CONTINUED PERSISTENCE BY THE ONSTAR ALERTS, AND EMPHATIC WARNINGS TO CALL THEM AND HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC RUN ON THE SYSTEM WHILE I WAS IN THE CAR, I FINALLY DID. THE OPERATOR AT ONSTAR TOLD ME THAT I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MY AIRBAGS, AND THAT THEY MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THEY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT I CHECK WITH MY CAR DEALER. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING. I STRESSED THAT I FEARED DRIVING IN THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION, WHERE THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY IN A CRASH. I TOLD THEM THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CHECKED. AFTER STRESSING MY CONCERNS , GM GIVE ME THE GO AHEAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK DONE ON THE AIRBAGS. THE CAR DEALER, CREWS CHEVROLET, IN SC, FOUND THAT THE AIRBAG WAS DEFECTIVE! I CALLED GM REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE REPORT OF THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRBAG MODULE. THE GM REPRESENTATIVE ACTUALLY TALKED WITH THE CREWS REPRESENTATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG. GM THEN SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MY CASE LOOKED AT BY THEIR SUPERIORS AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED. I WAITED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN RECALLED GENERAL MOTORS TO GET GUIDANCE ON WHEN TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS. CREWS QUOTED THE COST AT $880.00. GM SAID IT WOULD ONLY ASSIST THE COST BY PAYING $264.00. THAT THE AIRBAG WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS---HOW CAN SOMETHING AS CRUCIAL AS AIRBAGS BE UNDER WARRANTY? I WAS SHOCKED THAT THE VALUE OF MY LIFE WAS WORTH LESS THAN $880 TO THEM. I WAS THEM TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS AT TOTAL COST! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE REQUIRED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE IGNITION SWITCH ON OUR 2005 SATURN VUE IS MALFUNCTIONING AS DESCRIBED IN THE AUG 2014 GM RECALL AFFECTING OTHER MODELS. THE KEY IS DIFFICULT TO TURN TO START AND CAN BE REMOVED WHILE RUNNING. *TR

HAD KEY IN IGNITION CAR WAS RUNNING IN THE ON POSITION AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE KEY OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARK AND WHEN SHE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSE OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

THE LIGHTS (COURTESY LIGHTS, DASH, AND HEADLIGHTS) ON MY VEHICLE WERE FLICKERING. WHILE DRIVING, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A BURNING SMELL. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS COMING FROM OUTSIDE, BUT ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOWS DID NOT HELP. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR AREA. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS ABOUT THE HEADLINER THAT GOES INTO THE SUNSHADE. *TR

2007 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NOTICE AND OTHER VEHICLE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LEFT HER STRANDED ON MAY 15,2014. ON MAY 19, 2014, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED BOTH TIMES. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

MY 2007 SATURN VUE HAS HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WITH THE KEY COMING OUT OF THE IGNITION EVEN WHEN IT IS IN DRIVE. *TR

I HAD JUST FILLED MY TAKE AND DROVE ABOUT 25 MILES WHEN I KEEP SMELLING GAS. WHEN I PULLED OVER I SAY THAT MY GAS LINE WAS LEAKING. *TR