SATURN Complaints

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, I STARTED SMELLING GAS EACH TIME I SHUT OFF MY CAR. ON FRIDAY, MY SON NOTICED GAS POURING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. MY STEPSON WORKS FOR GMC. HE REMOVED THE TANK AND INFORMED ME LEAKAGE WAS FROM FUEL PUMP. HE ALSO INFORMED ME OF A RECALL RELATED TO THIS MATTER. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THE RECALL WAS VIN SPECIFIC AND MY VEHICLE HAD NO RECALL FOR SAME. I SPOKE WITH GMC AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. I WAS ADVISED TO HAVE DIAGNOSTICS RAN BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, JEFF WYLER GMC, BUICK, PONTIAC. I WAS TOLD THE COST WOULD BE $93.00 UNTIL I MADE THE APPOINTMENT. THEREAFTER I WAS INFORMED I WOULD BE CHARGED HOURLY AND THE COST WOULD BE MORE THAN $93 IF THE GAS TANK HAD TO BE REMOVED. I COULD HAVE THE CAR FIXED FOR THE COST OF THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE! I WAS FURTHER INFORMED EVEN IF THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR WAS RELATED TO RECALL #090226, GMC WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING COST OF REPAIRS AS THE RECALL WAS NOT FOR MY CAR. I FURTHER NOTED THAT CARS FROM OTHERS STATES WHERE INCLUDED REGARDLESS; HOWEVER, KENTUCKY AND OHIO WERE NOT INCLUDED. I LIVE IN KY AND PURCHASED THE CAR IN OHIO. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED. I UNDERSTAND I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIR AND HAVE NO ISSUES DOING SAME. I JUST WANT A FAIR DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER MY CAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BASED ON CURRENT PROBLEMS AND NOT BASED ON A SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER. HOW CAN GMC DETERMINE MY CAR WOULD NOT/DOES NOT HAVE ISSUES WITH REGARD TO THIS RECALL SIMPLY BASED ON A VIN NUMBER? ANY INSIGHT INTO THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

OUT OF NOWHERE, WHEN I TURNED MY CAR OFF THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH 06 ION'S SEVERAL TIMES AND BELIEVE IT NEEDS INVESTIGATED. THANK YOU! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I LOST ALL POWER STEERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING . COMES BACK AFTER CAR IS SHUT OFF BUT RANDOMLY GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING . *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND I HEARD A CHIME NOISE AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT APPEARED, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND DIDN'T COME BACK ON. WELL DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THIS AFTERNOON, I HAD TO PULL OVER 3 TIMES TO GET THE LIGHT TO GO OFF BUT THE 3RD TIME IT DIDN'T GO OFF. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE MY CAR. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT THAT REALLY NEEDS THEIR VEHICLE. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE ASSIST ME WITH THIS MATTER. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE. HARD BRAKE PEDAL RESULTING IN THE BRAKES NOT HOLDING THE CAR AT A STOP. ON JULY 4, 2012 WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION THE BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD THE CAR INPLACE RESULTING IN THE CAR CREEPING INTO THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A JEEP WITH 6 PEOPLE AND AN INFANT HIT THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE CAR AND FLIPPED OVER. THE INFANT AND 2 OF THE PEOPLE IN THE JEEP ARE IN THE HOSPITAL. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HWY. 84 IN DALEVILLE, ALABAMA. *TR

I WAS GOING TO MY PART TIME JOB ON SUNDAY AND MY CAR "SHUT OFF" ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY A SEMI AND SIDSWIPED BY ANOTHER CAR TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER MY HAZARDS WHERE ON. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND THE UPPER END OF THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT/REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND THOSE YEAR SATURNS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAINS. I HAVE SINCE LOST MY JOB AND QUICKLY APROACHING EVICTION THE ONLY REASON IAM NOT HOMELESS IS BECAUSE MY PRIMARY JOB IS 6.8 MILES AWAY BIKING DISTANCE .I STILL OWE MONEY ON THE CAR SO IAM NOW PAYING $5,000 FOR A CAR THAT NEEDS $2,000 REPAIR I CANNOT AFFORD. I HAVE OWNED 2 SATURNS IN THE PAST AND THEY WHERE AWESOME. *TR

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STUCK IGNITION SWITCH ON TO START THE ENGINE. IS MORE OF A PROBLEM IN HOT WEATHER. *TR

MY 2007 AURA XR 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION JUST STARTED NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. IT IS HUNTING FOR 3RD AND 5TH GEAR. THE RPM IS FLUCTUATING DURING SHIFTS AND NOT SHIFTING UP, THEN DEPENDING ON THE POINT IT DECIDES TO SHIFT IT SLAMS INTO GEAR. THE MORE ACCELERATION THE CAR IS UNDER THE WORSE IT GETS AS THE RPM CLIMBS QUITE HIGH. *TR

I HAD BEEN RUNNING ERRANDS AND HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR ALL DAY UNTIL ABOUT 8PM. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT AND TRIED TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK AND IT WOULD NOT GO, JUST KEPT ROLLING BACK. I HAD MORE ERRANDS TO RUN BUT FIGURED IT WOULD BE BEST TO GO HOME BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED AT THAT POINT SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG. ONCE I GOT HOME AND PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK, THEN I TRIED TO PLACE THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. AT THAT POINT THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT SEEM TO GO INTO ANY GEAR AND I HAD TO JUST SHUT THE CAR OFF AND PUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON SO THE CAR WOULDN'T ROLL. NOW THE CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL, I ASSUME SINCE IT'S NOT IN PARK! I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND CAN'T TELL IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE SHIFTER CABLE/BRACKET BUT THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE. MY CAR IS NOT STUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC TO BE FIXED. I HAD TO FIND AN ALTERNATE RIDE TO DROP MY SON OFF AT DAYCARE AND DROP ME OFF TO WORK TODAY WHICH IS NOT VERY CONVENIENT!. *TR

DOES NOT SHIFT INTO INTENDED GEAR. DOES NOT SHIFT INTO MANUAL SHIFT MODE. TOOK TO THE DEALER NOW I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SOMETIMES DOES NOT SHIFT PASSED 2ND GEAR. *TR