SATURN Complaints

TRAVELLING ON 580EB IN TRAFFIC. CAME TO A STOP, VEHICLE BEHIND ME DID NOT. HE WAS TRAVELLING AT APPROX 50MPH AND DEMOLISHED MY VEHICLE. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SEAT BENT BACK TO FULLY RECLINED POSITION. I SUSTAINED NECK AND UPPER BACK INJURIES. *TR

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LAMP. THE FIRST TIME IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS THEN WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD IT CHANGED AND IT LASTED ABOUT 10 DAYS THAT TIME. THIS LAST TIME IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 6 HOURS BEFORE IT BURNED OUT AGAIN. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HWY. AT 60 MPH WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND THEN WHEN I CAME TO STOPLIGHT AND TOOK OFF, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH.AND WOULD JERK AND THEN AS I CONTINUED TO TRY TO GET SPEED BECAUSE OF OTHERS BEHIND ME-IT WOULD NOT GO. HAD TO DRIVE 30 MPH FOR TWO HOURS TO GET ONLY 40 MILES. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND GM IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THIS IS A HAZARD AND THERE ARE SOOO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH PROBLEMS JUST LIKE THIS AND NO RECALL YET-REALLY-SO WILL ONE BE MADE WHEN SOMEONE IS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN THIS BEGAN I HAD A 1/2 TANK OF GAS, WHEN I GOT TO DEALERSHIP-2 HOURS LATER-THE CAR WAS ON E!!!!!!!! HORRIBLE GAS MILEAGE ON THIS TOO NOW. PASSENGER AIRBAG SAYS NEEDS TO BE SERVICED-WAS LIKE THIS WHEN WE PURCHASED AND DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FIX-NEVER DID AND THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT MEANS THE PASSENGER IS NOT SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEN AGAIN, NONE OF US ARE BECAUSE OF GM-AM GOING TO BEGIN PROCESS WITH SMALL CLAIMS COURT REGARDING ALL OF THESE ISSUES. HORRIBLE VEHICLE AND GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED-NO WONDER I ALWAYS BOUGHT NON AMERICAN MADE CARS-SHAME ON US FOR THINKING GM WOULD BE GOOD SINCE IT WAS MADE IN USA. *TR

SATURN 2008 OUTLOOK STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. FEELS LIKE GOING INTO 3RD GEAR IS THE PROBLEM AND SOMETIMES IN REVERSE. SOUNDS LIKE A REV OF THE ENGINE AND THEN A HARD SHIFT INTO THE GEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY POSTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS AND UNFORTUNATELY GM IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH HOW THEY RESOLVE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A COURTESY FIX OR RECALL. *TR

WE WERE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT FULL RPM'S. WE SLOWED AND PULLED OVER ACROSS TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ENGAGE FOR A SECOND BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE MORE THAN A FEW FEET. *TR

KEY BECAME STUCK IN IGNITION. COULD NOT REMOVE, CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. EMERGENCY IGNITION RELEASE DID NOT WORK. TOOK CAR TO AUTHORIZED GM DEALER, WAS TOLD THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND HOUSING HAD FALLEN APART AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT IT IS FREQUENTLY SEEN WITH THIS CAR MODEL. TOTAL REPAIR COST $569.97. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. STAYS ON FOR DAYS AT TIMES ,SOMETIMES ONLY 15 _ 30 MINUTES. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ,THEN STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY. *TR

I HAD JUST PULLED MY CAR FORWARD TO HELP A FRIEND JUMP HER CAR. ONCE I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO MOVE MY CAR, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. *TR

PURCHASED PRE-OWED 2008 OUTLOOK IN NOV OF 2009. FIRST SUNROOF/MOONROOF LEAKS NOTICED IN SPRING OF 2010. DRAINS WERE "FIXED", BUT CONTINUE TO HAVE MOLDY MUSTY SMELL TO VEHICLE AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND DRIVER SEAT FEELS WET. OTHER PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH VEHICLE HAVE BEEN ENGINE CONTINUING TO RUN WITH KEY OUT, AIR BAG LIGHT ON, POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE, REAR SPEAKERS ARE WATER DAMAGED, REAR AC HAS ALWAYS MALFUNCTIONED, MAIN AC IS NOW MALFUNCTIONING. NOT TO MENTION ALLERGIES SUFFERED FROM MOLD EXPOSURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000. *TR