SATURN Complaints

WHILE ENTERING I-880 @ 45 MPH INCREASED SPEED TO 60 MPH TO GET INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. CAR ACCELERATED TO 70-80 MPH. ATTEMPTS TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN BY STEPPING ON BRAKE DID NOT WORK BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO 80-85 MPH. I HAD TO SWITCH LANES TO NOT HIT CAR IN FRONT. ALL ATTEMPTS TO BRAKE DID NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN. STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDDLE NUMEROUS TIMES FINALLY ALLOWED THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN. INITIALLY BELIEVING CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL I DID NOTHING. THIS HAPPEN 3 MORE TIMES WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE TO PASS A CAR ON THE FREEWAY AND ONCE ON A PRIVATE ROAD. THE LATTER WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY, LATE AT NIGHT, TO ASSURE MY MIND IT WAS REALLY HAPPENING. CAR IS IN THE DEALER NOW AND THEY ARE TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WHEN A DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES A LOT OF LIVES SEEM TO BE AT RISK INCLUDING MY OWN. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PLACE TO FILE THIS INFORMATION SINCE DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER COMPLAINT CANNOT BE FILED SINCE SATURN NO LONGER MAKES VEHICLES. AS I STATED TO DEALER SATURN IS COVERED UNDER GMC. *TR

THE SUNROOF IS LEAKING WATER. HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY SAY THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS FIXED. THIS ISSUE OF LEAKING SUNROOFS/ MOON ROOFS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS IN THE SAME MAKE/MODEL VEHICLES AND THE LEAKS CAUSED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MOLD ETC. IN THESE VEHICLES. I WILL NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE ON DAYS IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT RAIN FOR FEAR IT WILL LEAK AGAIN. AS I UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE "FIXED" AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MINE LEAKS AGAIN. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPX 36000 MILES ON IT. I SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF DRIVING MY VEHICLE. I WANT MY MONEY BACK. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTING JERKING AND LUNGING AT LOW SPEEDS. VEHICLE'S ENGINE STARTED REVVING IN BETWEEN SHIFTING GEARS AND WOULD THEN JERK INTO GEAR. AT TIMES VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THIRD, FIFTH AND REVERSE GEARS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE AIR BAGS SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED. NO KNOWN CAUSE- POSSIBLY BAD SENSORS. IT BROKE MY THUMB AND BURNED MY ARM. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY UNIT ON MY 2007 SATURN ION HAS CRACKED AND DEVELOPED A LEAK CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT FIRE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT THAT LEAD TO THE CRACK, JUST A FAULTY PART. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT IT DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE STATE IN WHICH I RESIDE. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN I WENT TO PASS A CAR THE CAR HESITATED THE ENGINE REVVED UP. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WAS ALMOST HIT BY THE TRUCK BEHIND ME. ONCE I GOT IN A SAFE LOCATION DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN THIS PROBLEM WILL CAUSE SOMEONE TO GET HURT OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN LS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A POP AND THE VEHICLE POWERED OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL NUMBER: 07V519000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,116 UPDATED 04/30/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TWICE. THE TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONER BROKE. ALSO, FOUR INTAKE VALVES WERE BENT, AND TWO EXHAUST VALVES WERE BENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, A CLICK WAS HEARD WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I WAS JUST INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN ON MY 2007 SATURN AURA NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAS ONLY ABOUT 72,000 MILES ON IT. THIS SEEMS HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE WAVE PLATE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 74,000.