SATURN Complaints

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND DISAPPEARED WHILE AT A RED LIGHT IN A PERIOD OF ABOUT ~1 MINUTE. AFTER PASSENGER SAT IN THE CAR, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND OFF AGAIN. PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATOR AT THE TIME WHEN ALERT CAME ON WAS NOTED AS OFF STATE, ALL OTHER TIME WHEN PASSENGER IS PRESENT, INDICATOR IS NOTED AS ON STATE. AFTER DRIVING A WHILE ~20MINUTES, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THIS TIME IT STAYED ON, PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR IS IN OFF STATE. UPON RESTARTING THE CAR/ENGINE. WARNING LIGHT DISAPPEARED HOWEVER, AFTER SHORT MINUTES IT CAME BACK ON, AND NOW THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR OVER 3 DAYS. PASSENGER IN OR NOT, INDICATOR IS IN OFF STATE. AFTER VIEWING FORUMS AND POSTS ABOUT RECURRING PROBLEM EFFECTED BY SIMILAR CARS SUCH AS THE PONTIAC SOLSTICE, PONTIAC SOLSTICE GPX, AND SATURN SKY, PLEASE TAKE CONSIDERATION IN LOOKING INTO OUR AIR BAG SYSTEM. THANK YOU! *TR

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE COMING OUT OF THE FUEL PUMP. I SEE ONLINE THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT GM SAYS MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED. EVEN THOUGH IT IS FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM THE RECALL ADDRESSES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.

MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR WITH JUST A HAIR UNDER 80K MILES ON IT AND WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR SO WE HAVE STARTED HAVING SOME WEIRD TRANSMISSION ISSUES RELATED TO SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO ?SLIP? MOMENTARILY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV MID SHIFT. IT ALSO SEEMS TO ?CLUNK? VERY HARD BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH (OVERDRIVE). OCCASIONALLY, BETWEEN OTHER GEARS IT SEEMS TO SHIFT ROUGHLY, TOO. I HAVE DOUBLE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS WHICH ARE WITHIN TOLERANCES, BUT SEEM TO SMELL HOT TO ME. ONE OTHER THING I HAVE NOTICED, IS THAT WHEN BRAKING OR PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SEEM TO FULLY DISENGAGE PROPERLY AS NOTICED BY THE ENGINE SEEMINGLY ?LURCHING?. WE ARE THE SECOND OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVING ONLY HAD IT ROUGHLY TWO YEARS. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP UNDER WARRANTY, AND HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL FOR VARIOUS ISSUES AT LEAST TWICE. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING CAUSED NEAR CRASH SITUATION. GM NOT READY TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

MY SATURN ION 2007 POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING RESULTING IN NEAR CRASH SITUATION AS STEERING ALL-MOST JAMMED . COMPANY IS NOT READY TO FIX THE POWER STEERING ISSUE IN-SPITE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY ON POWER STEERING. *TR

CAME HOME AND ATTEMPTED TO PARK IN DRIVEWAY. UPON ATTEMPTING TO PARK, CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT ALL THE WAY INTO PARK INITIALLY. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS CAR SEEMED TO BE IN PARK. AT THIS POINT I EXITED THE VEHICLE. UPON RETURNING TO MY DRIVE WAY I FOUND THE CAR HAD DRIFTED INTO MY GARAGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY BUMPER AND MY RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. CAR WILL NOT START UNLESS ITS IN NEUTRAL. GEAR SHIFT WILL MOVE TO PARK BUT THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK. SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA. SPOKE WITH GM AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION UNTIL A RECALL IS ISSUED. SO I HAVE TO PAY FOR DAMAGES NOT CAUSED BY DRIVING, BUT BY GM'S DEFECT AS WELL AS PAY GM TO HAVE CAR FIXED SINCE THE CAR STILL WILL NOT STAY IN PARK CAUSING A DRIVING HAZARD. *TR

CPSC#20121128. 2004 SATURN L300. CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL PUMP CRACKED, RELEASE FUEL AND HEAVY GAS SMELL INTO CAR MAKING CAR UNDRIVEABLE. *LN THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 350.

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, WATER LEAK THROUGH SEAL ON DASH. SHORTED OUT FUSE PANEL ALLOWING THE CAR TO RUN WITH KEY TURNED OFF AND LOSING FUNCTION OF PASSENGER AIR BAG CONTROL. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER COST $1300.00. *TR

STEERING SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING BECAME VERY STIFF. UNABLE TO COMPLETE TURN. HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. FORCED TO URGENTLY REPLACE POWER STEERING UNIT AT GREAT EXPENSE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED WITH POTENTIAL FOR RECALL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT EXPENSE. *TR