SATURN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AND LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE IN ORDER TO PARK IN HIS DRIVEWAY BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE IN THE REVERSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I TOOK MY 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK XE TO THE GM SERVICE CENTER YESTERDAY ONLY TO FIND OUT AT 45000 MY STEERING RACK AND PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT $1300 +. ALSO, MY TIMING CHAIN IS GONE. MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR FOR THE SECOND TIME AND LASTLY WHEN I TURN ON MY DEFROST IT COMES OUT AT MY FEET. THE AIR AND THE DEFROST I AM STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. HOW CAN GM GET AWAY WITH THIS. I HAVEN'T EVEN REACHED 50000 MILES AND MY CAR NEEDS CLOSE TO $5000 IN REPAIRS. GM NEED TO STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES AND PUT OUT A RECALL ON THE STEERING RACK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. PLEASE, SOMEONE DO SOMETHING. *JS

ENGINE DIED AT 89,000 MILES ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY FELL APART BOTH OF THEM VALVE WAS BENT, TIMING CHAIN CAME LOOSE JUST WENT TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START TOWED IN TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND FOUND IT TO BE ENGINE I TRIED TO GO THROUGH GM TO HELP WITH THIS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOTHING ELSE HAS WENT WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE EVER AND I HAVE HAD OIL CHANGES NO REASON FOR IT TO FALL APART AND 4800 DOLLARS LATER I FEEL IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE ITSELF I HAVE READ OTHER DEFECTS ON THIS 2.2 LITRE ENGINE OF COARSE NO HELP FROM MANUFACTURER EVEN THOUGH ITS A 2007 CAR THE ENGINE IS MADE SEPARATE FROM WHEN A CAR IS MADE I HAVE NOT HEARD OF TOO MANY VEHICLES WITH A DEAD ENGINE THIS EARLY...

EVERYTIME I START MY VEHICLE I GET THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES ON THE CONTROL PANEL. SERVICE AIRBAG, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, ESC OFF/DISABLED. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENTS ON THE VEHICLE BUT LACK OF ESC MAKES CONTROLLING THE RWD PERFORMANCE VEHICLE DIFFICULT, IN ADDITION THE SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE IS FURTHER REASON FOR CONCERN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN SKY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE AIR BAG OFF INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ALTHOUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,500. UPDATED 12/04/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER COVERED 30% OF THE REPAIR BILL. THE CONSUMER FOUND OTHER REPORTS OF AIRBAG FAILURE ON THE INTERNET. UPDATED 12/5/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION II. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

2008 SATURN VUE WITH 87,000 MILES. OUT OF NOWHERE I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. 80% OF THE MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES ALSO. TRANSMISSION NOW SLIPS WHEN GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. EARLIER TODAY WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE SO WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS THE ENGINE SIMPLY REVVED LIKE I WAS IN NEUTRAL. MY ISSUES SEEM SIMILAR TO MANY OTHERS HERE. DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST.

COULD NOT SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR AND THE CAR JUMPS/SHAKES WHEN SHIFTING. GOING ON 3RD REPAIR, ITS JUST COSTING ME TO MUCH MONEY TO FIX AND STILL NEED TO DRIVE THE CAR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THEN SLAMMED INTO GEAR WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF SPEED AND CONTROL. TRANSMISSION FAILED MORE PRECISELY WAS THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TR