SATURN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN RELAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND ONCE RESTARTED, RESUMED NORMALLY FOR A HALF A MILE BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONNECTOR HARNESS TO THE FUEL PUMP WAS REWIRED AND REPLACED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER THE SECOND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,652.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V047000 (AIR BAGS , ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITH THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FUSE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE . THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS MILEAGE 170,000. *TR

AFTER DRIVING MY VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES, I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED THE KEY BACK TO TURN THE VEHICLE ENGINE OFF. THE KEY TURNED BACK AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN OFF. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LOCK CYLINDER, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY NOT UNDER WARRANTY, BUT COULD BE RELATED TO THE RECALL THAT GM IS NOW ISSUING, REVOLVING AROUND THE FAULTY IGNITION. DURING THIS VISIT, THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED TO SEE WHY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE VALVE ASSEMBLY AT FAULT IN THE SECONDARY AIR SYSTEM. COULD THIS HAVE BEEN CAUSED FROM THE FAULTY IGNITION AND HAVING TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO STOP THE ENGINE, WHICH IN TURN THROUGH THE ENTIRE COMPUTER OFF IN THE VEHICLE? WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, MY BILL FOR PARTS, LABOR AND TAX WAS $916.98. LESS THAN SIX MONTHS LATER, THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. DUE TO IT BEING LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, I WAS NOT CHARGED FOR THIS REPLACEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING AS IN THE CURRENT 2014 RECALL, COULD THIS STILL BE RELATED TO THE SAME FAULTY IGNITION SITUATION? *TR

MY GRANDDAUGHTER ENTERED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY SATURN SKY WITH HER KNEES FIRST ON THE SEAT AND THE AIR BAG WARNING IS NOW LIT. I SEE ON LINE HUNDREDS OF THESE SAME COMPLAINTS AND YET NO RECALLS. MORE OFF OUR GOVERNMENT NOT PROTECTING ITS CITIZENS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND BLINKING. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF BUT AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AND BLINK. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH OR WITHOUT A PASSENGER SEATED IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,106. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON RT 95 CAR STALLED AND IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO RESTART. HAVE A TERRIBLE TIME STARTING THE CAR IN MORNING AND ITS NOT THE BATTERY AS ITS ABOUT YEAR OLD. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE COLD WEATHER BUT SOMETIMES IT STARTS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. I NEVER KNOW WHETHER ITS GOING TO START. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT SOUNDS DEAD. I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. HAVE TALKED TO OTHER SATURN OWNERS WHO HAVE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY SAID A RELAY SWITCH CURED THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON MARCH 1ST, 2014 WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO "LOCK UP" FOR A SECOND, WHEN IT LOOSENED IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. FIRST THOUGHT WAS PS FLUID, DID SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT IT IS ALL ELECTRICAL AND THAT THE SAME ISSUE WAS HAPPENING IN AROUND THE SAME YEAR CHEVY COBALTS AND PONTIAC G5'S (ALL SAME CAR PRETTY MUCH). WHEN I DROVE HOME THAT EVENING THE POWER STEERING WAS BACK ON, UNTIL I GOT 2-3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I HEARD THE BEEPING FOLLOWED BY "PWR STR" SHOWING UP ON THE ODOMETER AND THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT. I HAD A FEELING IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SO MY SPEED WAS NO WHERE NEAR WHAT IT WAS GOING TO WORK. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE WERE DRIVING I55 SOUTH NEAR BATESVILLE,MS. AT ABOUT 7:30PM WHEN THE LIGHTS STARTED DIMMING AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH LITE UP AIRBAGS,CHECK ENGINE ETC. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF AT THE BATESVILLE,MS. EXIT AND HEADED EAST TO THE WALMART..THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE BATTERY AND DECODED THE SUV AND SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE WIRING HARNESSES WHICH REST ON TOP OF THE BATTERY.THE MAIN BRAIN OF THE SUV LITERALLY REST ON TOP OF THE BATTERY.THE MECHANIC SHOOK THE HARNESS AND THE SUV CRANKED BUT THE LIGHTS WERE DIM AND WE DROVE IT HOME.I LOOKED AT IT THE NEXT DAY AND THE HARNESS IS FASTENED TO THE TOP OF THE BATTERY AND IT WASN'T COMPLETELY FASTENED.WHEN THE PERSON INSTALLED THE NEW BATTERY AT AUTOZONE IT MUST HAVE NOT GOTTEN COMPLETELY FASTENED.I LOOKED FURTHER AND NOTICED THAT THE CONDUIT ON ALL THREE BRANCHES HAD DISINTEGRATED AND WIRES WERE EXPOSED.THERE WAS A WIRE TIE THAT WAS CLIPPED BELOW TO THE BATTERY BOX AND SINCE THE CONDUIT DISINTEGRATED THIS CAUSES THE WIRES TO PULL OUT FROM THE BRAIN OF THE SUV.I PULLED THE WIRES BACK UP AND WRAPPED THESE THREE BRANCHES WITH TAPE SEPARATELY.AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE THREE WENT TOGETHER,I PUT EXTRA TAPE AND ANOTHER WIRE TIE TO THE BATTERY CASING.IT STILL JARS LOOSE ON OCCASION AND I CAN TELL WHEN THE LIGHT DIMS AT THE ODOMETER.I GENERALLY RAISE THE HOOD AND PUSH ON THE FIRST HARNESS UNTIL THE LIGHT STOPS DIMMING ON THE ODOMETER.I WON'T DRIVE THIS SUV OUT OF TOWN.I THINK THIS WAS A POOR DESIGN AND GM COULD HAVE PUT THE BRAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE.I RETIRED FROM GM'S DELPHI PACKARD ELECTRIC DIVISION AND USED TO CHECK FIRST PIECE SAMPLE WIRING HARNESSES.I AM THINKING THEY PROBABLY USED THE WRONG CONDUITS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HEAT RESISTANT,BUT THESE WIRES SHOULDN'T SHAKE LOOSE UNLESS THEY ARE UNSEATED OR BROKEN.THESE THREE CONNECTIONS CAN COMPLETELY SHUT THE SUV OFF EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IF THEY COME LOOSE. *TR

AFTER STOPPING WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO PASS I TURNED TO PULL INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND ENGINE STALLED CAUSING ME TO GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BLOCKING TRAFFIC. CAR GAVE NO INDICATION ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL IT JUST STALLED IN THE ROAD. NO NOISES OR ROUGH RUNNING OR ANYTHING! VALVES WERE DESTROYED AND ENGINE IS JUNK. FOUND OUT LATER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR AND SYSTEM AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE INCLUDED MY YEAR CAR I HAVE NOT YET CALLED DEALER TO SEE IF THEY WILL HELP IN ANY WAY! BUT WITH ONLY 80500 MILES ON THIS CAR I AM REALLY UNHAPPY THAT I NOW NEED. *TR