SATURN Complaints

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT, AND I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. DEALER ADVISED FLUID PRESSURE SWITCH/TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ONE YEAR PREVIOUS, TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING A DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY 4 YEAR OLD SON HOME FROM DAYCARE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. ABOUT 28000 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING AGAIN. WE NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 4305 /B12 TIRES (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. AS THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER, THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BUT IT WAS STILL ABLE TO HOLD AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO POWER THE VEHICLE OFF. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY COULD INTERMITTENTLY BE REMOVED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD REMAIN POWERED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

MY TRANSMISSION WENT ON MY WELL MAINTAINED 07 SATURN OUTLOOK ONE WEEK AFTER RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE. . INITIALLY GM TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. AT THIS TIME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY . THEY DECIDED INSTEAD TO REPAIR IT. THIS DECEMBER THE TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN, THIS TIME IT WAS THREE MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY SO GM WILL DO NOTHING . I FEEL IT IS RELATED TO THE INITIAL REPAIR . A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED RECOGNIZING A FAULTY TRANSMISSION PLATE WHICH WHEN IT BREAKS CAN DAMAGE OTHER PARTS . THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR. *TR

UNDER CRUISE CONTROL AT SPEED, HILL PROMPTED A DOWNSHIFT AND ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STALLED. WOULD NOT RESTART. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON A STEEP HILL GOIN UP. ALMOST WAS REAR-ENDED. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. 1/4/2013, NEW TRANSMISSION FAILED @ 135000 MILES. ONLY LASTED 44000 MILES AND 1YEAR AND HALF. FAILED GOING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE, HAD TO PULL OVER PASS SPEEDING TRAFFIC, ALMOST GOT NAILED BY SEMI-TRUCK. GM NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT SORRY YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK! NICE SERVICE. GLAD WE BAILED THEM OUT. *TR

2002 SATURN L200. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A STRONG FUEL SMELL IN VEHICLE. *TGW ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE INVOICE, THE DEALER FOUND THE SUPPLY LINE AT THE FRONT OF THE FUEL FILTER LEAKING FUEL. THE FILTER AND SUPPLY LINE WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, LATER THAT EVENING, THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO SMELL THE SAME STRONG ODOR OF GAS. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND WAS INFORMED THAT FURTHER REPAIR WAS NEEDED AND IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $ 900. THE TECHNICIAN DROPPED THE FUEL TANK AND FOUND FUEL AROUND THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL WAS COMING OUT OF THE PORES OF THE PLASTIC AT THE TOP PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND SLIPPED GOING INTO 3RD GEAR AND REVVED, WOULD NOT SHIFT UP TO 4TH GEAR AND WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY. HAD TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND CHECK THINGS OUT. PARKED AND CHECKED IT OUT. ONCE WE WERE DONE TRIED TO BACK OUT AND NO REVERSE ALSO. TOOK IT TO GET THE ERROR CODES READ AND FOUND P0776 (3-5-R WAVE PLATE). *TR

POWER STEERING GOES OUT AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. VERY HARD TO STEER AND MAKE TURNS. HAVE CALLED ABOUT HAVING IT FIXED, THERE IS NO RECALL LISTED, BUT OVER 800 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING. *TR