SATURN Complaints

WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 35 MILE PER HOUR AND STRUGGLE TO GO UP AN INCLINE INTO THE DRIVEWAY, REVVING AT 2000 RPM. AFTER AN EXAMINATION BY A MECHANIC, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE WAS CRACKED, FAILING TO PRODUCE ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR A GEAR CHANGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN PARK. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SHIFT CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V460000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACK UP ONCE YOU HAVE STOPPED AND TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON; IT HAD NEVER STALLED OR JERKED. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAR, THIS IS A COMMON FLAW. ANOTHER OWNER LEFT THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER 12V460000 ON THE INTERNET. I DON'T KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS NUMBER. I DO KNOW THAT MANY OWNERS ARE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AT 100,000 MILES OR 6 YEARS AFTER OWNERSHIP. THIS IS A $4,000.00 REPAIR. MOST ALL CONCERNED HAVE TWO YEARS OF CAR PAYMENTS LEFT OWING ON THEIR CARS. GM HAS SELECTIVELY CHOSEN SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL OWNERS AND REPAIRED THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR KIT, A BLOWN FUSE, THE HARNESS CONNECTORS AND THE POWER CONNECTOR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

STARTING UP SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN CAR LOST SPEED, THEN STARTED MOVING AGAIN BUT WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH AT 4000RPMS. PULLED INTO SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY SAID TRANY GONE . NOW ONLY HAVE FIRST GEAR. NEEDS NEW ONE BUT COST IS 5,500. *TR

TRANSMISSION TOTALLY DESTROYED AS PER TOWING COMPANY. AS MANY CLAIMANTS BEFORE THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM OF THIS YEAR CAR. I THINK A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED WITH GENERAL MOTORS. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20MPH AND WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE AT ALL. ACCORDING TO REPAIR FACILITY, ALSO SLIPPING IN FORWARD GEARS. THIS IS DUE TO THE 35R CLUTCH BEING DAMAGED BY THE WAVE PLATE WHICH NEEDS REPLACING AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS (DIFFERENT DATES, MOST RECENT WERE 1-26-2014 & 2-19-2014) ENGINE REVVED AND CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF WITHOUT GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED. MOST SERIOUS OCCURRENCE, CAR ACCELERATED, BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT (PUSHED TO THE FLOOR), RAN RED LIGHT, WENT OFF ROAD, SLAMMED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK TO STOP. SHUT OFF CAR, THEN STARTED IT AGAIN, AND IT RAN NORMAL. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC. NO COMPUTER CODES. NOTHING MECHANICAL WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE INEVITABILITY OF A COLLISION WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. *TR

I STARTED TO NOTICE THE SMELL OF GAS COMING FROM MY CAR, BUT I COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHERE THE LEAK WAS. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE IDENTIFIED THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, PRESSURE LINE, RETURN LINE, AND SENDING UNIT ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TO AND THE ENTIRE GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. PARTS ALONE COST $793.53 WHILE THE LABOR WAS $382.00 FOR A TOTAL AFTER TAX AND SHOP SUPPLIES OF $1257.28. IT WAS PRETTY SHOCKING TO ME HOW THIS CAR NEEDED TO HAVE A FUEL PUMP REPLACED AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE BUT I DID NOT WANT TO RISK A CAR FIRE OR EXPLOSION. THERE IS ANOTHER COMPLAINT ON THIS WEBSITE THAT ALSO MENTIONS THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

I GET VERY POOR MILEAGE ON MY TIRES AND I INEVITABLE GET CUPPING IN MY REAR TIRES. THIS CAUSES A SOUND IN MY CAR THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE TIRE IS FLAT WHEN I AM DRIVING WHEN IN FACT IT IS DUE TO CUPPING. I READ ON ALLDATADIY THAT A SPACER NEEDS TO BE PLACED BETWEEN THE REAR SUSPENSION SUPPORT AND THE VEHICLE BODY DURING ALIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. TIRES ARE EXPENSIVE AND IT CAUSES ME TO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR TOO FAR. *TR