SATURN Complaints

WAS DRIVING AND CAME TO STOP. AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE CAR DID NOT EXCEED 25 MILES PER HOUR. VEHICLES STARTED GOING AROUND ME. GOT HOME AND CHECKED FLUID LEVELS RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY... ADDED FLUID TEST DROVE CAR, STILL NOT GO OVER 25 MILES PER HOUR, TOOK TO DEALER. HAD JUST PURCHASED VEHICLE 8/31/12. DEALER STATES IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL CHARGE $500 TO TAKE OUT TRANSMISSION AND DO DIAGNOSTIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN L-200. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN AND ADVISED HIM OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V519000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE I HEARD A LOUD SNAP/THUNK SOUND FROM UNDER MY SEAT.. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SEAT STARTED LEANING TO THE RIGHT.. AFTER I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED AT IT I FOUND A WELD ON THE METAL BAR UNDER THE SEAT HAD SNAPPED.. THE CAR IS NOT REALLY SAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO IT LEANING TO THE RIGHT AND EVERYTIME YOU BRAKE OR HIT THE GAS OR TURN YOU CONSTANTLY LEAN AND BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH.. I HAVE NOW SEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT ASKED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V419000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP), BUT WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AS THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,900.

IN JUNE OF 2011 MY SATURN SUDDENLY STARTED STICKING IN 2ND GEAR ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE 37000 MILES N THIS VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT AND MAKE IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BROKEN 3-5WAVE PLATE WHICH WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW 15 MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVVED TO 5000RPM AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND THE CONTROL MODULE AND SOLENOID VALVE NEED REPLACEMENT. THERE ARE NOW 52500 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND GM HAS MADE NO PLAN TO RECALL THE VEHICLE FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES STARTED TO EMITT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 01/14/13 *BF UPDATED 1/16/2013 *JS

THE POWER STEERING LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES IN MY VEHICLE. IT THEN LOSES POWER STEERING. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT WORKS AGAIN. I HAVE CALLED AROUND AND BEEN TOLD THE PART IN MY CAR IS THE SAME PART THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE CHEVY COBALT. *TR

OUR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON 20 JULY 2012. IT WAS UNDER A 5YR/ 100,000 MILES WARRANTY. IT HAD 87000 MILES AT THAT TIME. IT WAS 2 MONTHS PAST THE 5 YR PART OF THE WARRANTY. GM WAS NO HELP IN THE REPAIR BECAUSE OF THIS. THEY KNOW THIS TRANSMISSION IS A KNOWN PROBLEM YET REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I FEEL IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PUSHED, THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, TO A GAS STATION. IT WAS LATER TOWED TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *TR