SATURN Complaints

FIRST WAS DOOR LOCKS KEPT LOCKING BY ITSELF RESULTING IN DEAD BATTERY. 2ND WAS TRACTION LIGHT COMING ON AT A STOP LIGHT. 3RD WAS CAR ALARM GOES OFF WHEN ITS NOT SET. MOST RECENTLY ESC ACTIVE CAME ON DURING LIGHT ACCELERATION MERGING INTO TRAFFIC CAR WOULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED VERY NEARLY CAUSING BEING REAR ENDED BY A SEMI. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES LUCKILY NO ONE WAS KILLED. 5TH THE RADIO TURNS VOLUME DOWN BY ITSELF AND YOU CAN HEAR COMPUTER OR SOMETHING ELECTRICAL IN DASH. DEALER SAYS NO CODES PRESENT. THERE MAY NOT BE A CODE BUT ALL THIS IS HAPPENING. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN THE MORNINGS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE VEHICLE WILL START AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS. THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED EVERY DAY OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION RELATED TO NTHSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,127. RG

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 SATURN SL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING ASSIST, VEHICLE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS (I AM A 6'-1" MALE IN GOOD PHYSICAL SHAPE). NEARLY CAUSED CRASH DUE TO INABILITY TO TURN AT LOW SPEED. EXTREMELY CONCERNED WITH SAFETY AS NORMAL DRIVER IS MY WIFE WITH OUR 2 KIDS IN THE VEHICLE, I AM CERTAIN SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE GIVEN THE DIFFICULTY I HAD TO TURN THE WHEEL. TOOK TO NEARBY TRUSTED, LICENSED MECHANIC, AFTER DIAGNOSIS FOUND THAT NEEDED NEW POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK AND LEARNED THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK IN THIS AND "SISTER" GM VEHICLES. I VERIFIED THIS BY FINDING NUMEROUS SIMILAR POSTS IN ON-LINE FORUMS. MECHANIC REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK AT A COST OF $1,100. I FEEL LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT, AND NOW UPSET THAT THERE IS SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OUT THERE THAT COULD CAUSE INJURIES AND IS COSTING CONSUMERS BIG $ TO REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN L-SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY INCREASED ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FORCEFULLY IN COMBINATION TO SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSES. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN OF THE FAULTY PART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER, I CALLED ROAD SIDE IN HOPES THAT THE BATTERY JUST NEEDED A JUMP, BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED I FOUND OUT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT TURNING OVER BECAUSE OF ANOTHER REASON. MY FRIENDS CAME OVER AND WE POPPED THE CLUTCH AND DROVE IT TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK, I WAS THINKING EITHER THE STARTER OR THE ALTERNATOR. HE CALLED ME LAST NIGHT TO TELL ME TO CONTACT GM ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION IS BAD AND WILL NOT TURN THE CAR OVER. *TR

AFTER I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND TRYING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE FROM PARKING LOT THE CHIME SOUND CAME AND IT DISPLAYED PWR STEERING IN THE DISPLAY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. THE SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE AFTER THAT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GM SERVICE AND THEY WONT TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE AS MY CAR GOT A REBUILT TITLE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND GM WONT HONOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AS THE CAR GOT A REBUILD TITLE. THEY SAID THAT IF IT WAS A RECALL THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT AND THE CHARGE FOR THE REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1000. GM IS TRYING TO RIP ME OFF FOR THEIR FAULT ONLY BECAUSE MY CAR HAVE A REBUILD TITLE. *TR

IN MARCH 2011 PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR FAILED. NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT. $700.00 TO REPLACE. NOW, MARCH 2014: MILEAGE 44,000. AGAIN NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT. AIRBAG SENSOR AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE FAILURE. IT WILL BE $821.00 TO REPLACE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY POWER STEERING SENSOR CAME ON AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. *TR

I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS WITH MY CAR NOT WANTING TO START. I HAD THIS TO MANY GARAGES AND EVEN THE SATURN DEALER AND NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM. FINALLY THE CAR JUST STOPPED STARTING, AND THEN I REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THIS SEEMED TO WORK FOR 2 DAYS AND THEN MY CAR JUST DIED ELECTRICALLY ON FEBRUARY 21ST AND ON THE 26TH THE GARAGE REPAIRED THIS WHICH COST ME $309.00. THE VERY NEXT DAY THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS ANNOUNCED. WILL YOU REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR? THIS SEEMS APPROPRIATE SINCE THIS WAS ULTIMATELY THE FAULT OF THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH AND I AM JUST FORTUNATE THAT AN ACCIDENT WAS NOT INVOLVED SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE 2005. *TR