SATURN Complaints

MY POWER ASSIST STEERING WILL GO OUT SUDDENLY WHEN DRIVING. AT FIRST IT ONLY HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WILL COST OVER $1500 TO REPLACE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH IONS FROM THAT YEAR, BUT THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER MONTHS OF SMELLING GASOLINE FUEL IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL SPRAYED OUT OF THE PUMP EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN THE FAULTY FUEL PUMP AND NOTICED SEVERAL STRESS FRACTURES. AFTER RESEARCHING, HE WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT DUE TO MILEAGE THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,600 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS SHE NOTICED A LOUD HUMMING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WE BOUGHT A 2007 SATURN ION FOR MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST CAR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO SHE WAS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 5 GOING ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HER POWER STEERING SHUT OFF AND JERKED, CAUSING HER TO ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN THE NEXT LANE. NOW EVERY TIME SHE DRIVES HER CAR, ABOUT 12 OR SO MINUTES IN, THE POWER STEERING WILL SHUT OFF AGAIN. IF YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT, IT'S FINE FOR A WHILE, UNTIL IT SHUTS OFF AGAIN. IT DOES THIS EVERY TIME SHE DRIVES, WITHOUT FAIL. SHE'S SCARED TO DRIVE HER CAR LONG DISTANCES, FEARING THAT IT WILL TURN OFF AGAIN AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. UPON RESEARCHING I DISCOVERED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS DESCRIBING EXACTLY THE SAME RESULTS WITH 2007 SATURN IONS. I'M AFRAID THAT, BEING A NEW DRIVER, MY DAUGHTER'S SAFETY, AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS, IS IN JEOPARDY. *TR

I STARTED MY CAR, PULLED FORWARD THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, DIDN'T REVERSE. HEADED DOWN WESTHEIMER AT ABOUT APPROX. 35 MPH. I DROVE ABOUT ONE MILE WHEN I HEARD THE WARNING CHIME AND MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT. LUCKILY I WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE ROAD BEING IT WAS ABOUT 1 AM. I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION TURNED MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON SUDDENLY IT WAS BACK. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN I-70 AT 70MPH AND POWER STEERING MESSAGE CAME ON AND CHIMED A FEW TIMES. THEN, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP AND HARD TO TURN. PULLED INTO GAS STATION TO CHECK UNDER HOOD, BUT DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING. THEN GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND TURNED IT ON AND THE STEERING WAS FINE. PURCHASED SATURN ION IN OCTOBER 2007 AND STILL HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. WILL GM COVER POWER STEERING ISSUE? THANK YOU! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH PARTS OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. THIS INCLUDED THE SPEEDOMETER, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL AND DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. RESTARTING THE VEHICLE DID NOT CORRECT THE CONDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY A MILE TO HOME AND SHUT OFF. STARTING THE VEHICLE LATER RESULTED IN THE COMPONENTS WORKING PROPERLY. NOTE THAT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS THE DIC (DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER) HAS RESET ITSELF. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS MAINTAINED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED TO LUNGE FORWARD IN A STOPPED POSITION. WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR OTHER GEARS. NO DASH WARNINGS APPEARED. 2 MONTHS OVER THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY UNDER THE 100,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN OVERPOWERING GASOLINE FUEL SMELL BEING EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,277 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

MY DAUGHTER'S CAR STARTED TO LEAK FUEL. WE TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND WERE TOLD IT IS A "FREQUENT" PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMPS ON SATURNS. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED WHICH REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. UPON A "GOOGLE" SEARCH I FOUND AN EXISTING RECALL BUT ONLY FOR CERTAIN STATES???? WE LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WERE NOT A STATE THAT IS COVERED BY THE RECALL. OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM AND THE RECALL SHOULD BE REVISED TO SUCH. *TR