SATURN Complaints

I WAS DRIVING IN MY SUBDIVISION AND THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS WENT OFF IN MY 2007 SATURN VUE HYBRID. I SWERVED AND RAN INTO A TREE CAUSING MASSIVE FRONTAL DAMAGE AND THE DRIVER-SIDE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. MY 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK PASSENGER CHILD CAR SEAT AND WAS OK BUT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHEST, KNEE, HIP, AND NOSE CONTUSIONS, STILL HEALING AFTER 4+ DAYS. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS PER ALLSTATE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS TO GO OFF BUT SEE ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM THERE ARE MANY AIRBAG ISSUES. VERY MAD AND DEMAND ATTENTION FROM GM SINCE SATURN IS DEFUNCT. *TR

AS I WAS HEADING HOME FROM WORK, ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY HOME ON THE FREEWAY THERE WAS A LOUD "BANG" AND A JOLT IN THE CAR THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A HIGH PITCH "SQUEALING" SOUND. I GOT OFF AT THE NEAREST EXIT AND TOOK OTHER ROADS HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE SQUEALING CONTINUED THE ENTIRE WAY HOME, BUT WOULD STOP WHEN I HAD TO STOP AT LIGHTS. AS I WAS TURNING ONTO MY STREET, A BATTERY LIGHT ERROR CAME ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY CAR SIMPLY SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START. I WAS TOWED HOME AND DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO THE CAR FOR 3 DAYS. ON THE 3RD DAY I ATTEMPTED TO JUMP THE CAR WITH ANOTHER CAR AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO START, BUT IMMEDIATELY A DIFFERENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A DIFFERENT LOUD SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE NEW SOUND WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL SQUEALING. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD, I FOUND A LARGE METAL "CHUNK" WAS LYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE COVER AND A HOLE HAD BEEN MADE FROM WHERE IT CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE BAY FROM. THE ONLY THING I CAN GATHER IS THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A TIMING CHAIN FAILURE, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING PRECEDING THE INCIDENT WAS A VERY FAINT CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM SOMEWHERE BENEATH THE HOOD. *TR

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING TO SEE FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING. ABOUT 100 MILES INTO THE TRIP THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR CAME ON THE DASH AND A BEEP SOUNDED. I WAS TRAVELING ON A INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN VA GOING ABOUT 70 MPH. I WAS STILL ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS CONCERNED. I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY SON, PREGNANT WIFE, AND GRANDMOTHER. I AM GLAD THE ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AS MY WIFE OR GRANDMOTHER MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS WELL TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN IF A FULL RECALL IS NOT DONE. I BELIEVE THE AUTOMAKER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THOSE VEHICLE THAT HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE. OUR SATURN ION IS A 2007 AND WAS BOUGHT USED IN 2009. THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE STEERING UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2013. *TR

APPROACHING CURVE IN ROAD WHEN STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN TO THE RIGHT. IT FELT COMPLETELY LOCKED, NOT JUST LOSS OF POWER STEERING, TO ME. I WAS ABLE TO STOP ON THE SHOULDER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD (FACING THE WRONG WAY) AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE STEERING WORKED NORMALLY AGAIN. SINCE THAT TIME, IT HAS COME AND GONE A FEW TIMES, SOMETIMES WHEN I START THE CAR, IT FEELS LIKE THE MECHANICAL STEERING LOCK IS STILL ENGAGED, BUT AFTER SHAKING AND WIGGLING FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT USUALLY BEGINS TO WORK. SOMETIMES I CAN TURN ONE WAY, BUT NOT THE OTHER. IT SEEMS TO BE RANDOM WHETHER IT FAILS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. THERE IS POSSIBLE CORRELATION TO LOW TEMPERATURES, BUT I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO BE CERTAIN OF THIS YET. *TR

2007 SATURN SKY REDLINE SITTING AT AN IDLE PASSENGER SAT DOWN IN THE SEAT AND SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIC SHOWED "SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM", PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED OFF. UPON TAKING TO DEALER PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM (PPS) SENSOR FAILED. THE SENSOR FAILED DO TO THE FLEXING OF THE SENSOR AS PASSENGERS GOT IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE NOT FROM NEGLECT BY THE OWNER. THE TOTAL IS $1125.00 WITH PART SHIPPING INSTALL AND ZEROING OF NEW THE SENSOR. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN SKY AND PONTIAC SOLSTICE, THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF THE REPLACEMENT SENSORS FAILING IN AS LITTLE AS A YEAR. WHEN THIS PART FAILS THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE POTENTIAL INJURY OF THE PASSENGER DURING A CRASH. WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF THIS PROBLEM IT AN OBVIOUS DEFECT OF THE PART THE ONLY WAY AN OWNER CAN STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING IS TO NOT HAVE ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT TO AVOID FLEXING OF THE SENSOR. THE PRICE FOR THE REPAIR, THE POTENTIAL INJURY AND HOW OFTEN THIS IS HAPPENING, I BELIEVE IS A VALID REASON FOR A SAFETY RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SENSOR BY THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER. *TR

I PARKED THE VEHICLE AT THE AIRPORT IN HONOLULU HI. PLACED THE SHIFTER IN PARK, REMOVED THE KEY AND STARTED TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. I JUMPED BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IT NOW WILL NOT SHIFT INTO PARK OR REVERSE. ALSO THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START WITHOUT DISCONNECTING THE SHIFTER IN ORDER TO PLACE IT IN PARK. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 19, 2013 AS I WAS IN MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A WEIRD NOISE AND AS I KEPT DRIVING I FELT A JERK ON THE CAR AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, HAD TO TURN BACK HOME. I WAS NOT GOING TO DRIVE THE CAR AND GET STRANDED SOMEWHERE ON THE ROAD. I CALL CARL BLACK CHEVROLET AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO HAVE IT SERVICE. ON FRIDAY I PICKED UP THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THE FIXED THE PROBLEM WHICH WAS THE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT. THEY FOUND FLUID PRESSURE SWITCHES DAMAGED, REPLACED TCM AND SOL ASSEMBLY. ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2013 I PICKED UP MY CAR AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, BUT ON NOVEMBER 25, 2013 AS I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN, GOING ABOUT 35 MILES THE CAR JERKED BACK SO BAD THAT I ALMOST HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. I THANK GOD THERE WAS NOBODY BEHIND ME BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME BUT NOT BEFORE THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN AND THERE WAS NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AGAIN TO CARL BLACK CHEVROLET AND IS AT THEIR SERVICE CENTER TODAY, I WANT A NEW TRANSMISSION ON MY CAR NOT JUST REPLACE SOME PARTS AND SENDING ME ON MY WAY WITH A CAR THAT I CAN HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH AND POSSIBLE GET HURT OR HURT OTHERS. ALL THIS PROBLEMS HAVE CAUSED ME TO MISSED WORK AND SPEND MONEY I DON'T HAVE, I DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE AVOIDED. THIS IS A VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION FOR ME, PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIX. *TR

WAS DRIVING ONE DAY, AND I NOTICED THAT IT WAS RUNNING DIFFERENT. WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP, THEN PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE. IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. IT RAN LIKE THAT THE FIRST DAY. THE NEXT DAY WHEN LEAVING MY HOME, IT WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR. IT FINALLY MOVED AFTER TRYING A FEW TIMES, THEN STOPPED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM. TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY RIGHT TURN SIGNAL FLASHES FAST AND WILL NOT WORK. I CHANGED THE BULB THE SAME PROBLEM NOBODY SEEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS , FROM THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS I THINK G M NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR STARTED TO MOVE AND IMMEDIATELY DIED. I TURNED THE KEY IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES; THE CAR ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT IMMEDIATELY DIE. I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I CALLED 911 FOR HELP SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AND NOT GET HIT BY ONCOMING CARS. POLICE RESPONDED AND MOVED MY CAR; I THEN WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK, AND HAD CAR TOWED. AT THE REPAIR SHOP, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD FUEL PUMP. UPON REPLACEMENT OF FUEL PUMP, CAR WOULD NOT START; ACCORDING TO INVOICE REPORT, THEY THEN REMOVED GAS TANK AND FOUND "NO POWER TO FUEL PUMP MODULE" AND THEN "INSPECTED HARNESS" AND FOUND "INTERNAL OPEN WIRES AT POWER SIDE" AND "NEED TO REPLACE UPPER FUEL PUMP" AS WELL. *TR