SATURN Complaints

TURNED ON THE A/C AND IT DID NOT PRODUCE ANY COOL AIR. FAULTY A/C COMPRESSOR CLUTCH. DEALER WANTED $1165 TO REPAIR. *TT

CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. NO WARNING. FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. REPLACED AT A COST OF $365. *TT

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK AND LEAVING MY STREET TO TURN ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. I LIFTED THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER TO INDICATE MY TURN AND THE BLINKER DID NOT WORK. I TRIED THE OTHER TURN SIGNAL DIRECTION AND THAT DID NOT WORK EITHER. THE HAZARD BUTTON DID WORK. I INSTINCTIVELY USE THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAVE HEARD A BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD, NEAR THE HAZARD BUTTON/SWITCH. BLINKERS WORK IF I PRESS THE HAZARD WARNING LIGHT, USE THE TURN SIGNAL AND THEN DEPRESS THE HAZARD BUTTON. UPON RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS THAT THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH MAY BE THE CULPRIT. I'VE CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO NOTIFY THEM OF THIS PROBLEM AND AM WAITING FOR THEIR REPLY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PART FOR THE 2000 SATURN LS BUT NOT FOR MY MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THE STEERING SEEMED LOOSE. MY MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE SUB FRAME (ENGINE CRADLE) WAS CRACKED. THE SUB FRAME, RACK AND PINION, FRONT STRUTS, AND OUTER TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. THE CAR NOW DRIVES WELL. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH A CRACKED SUB FRAME. *TT

THE WELD AT THE LEFT REAR BRACKET ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT SHEARED. THE DRIVER COULD BE LAUNCHED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD IN AN ACCIDENT IF THE REMAINING WELDS FAIL. 8TT

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK AND LEAVING MY STREET TO TURN ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. I LIFTED THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER TO INDICATE MY TURN AND THE BLINKER DID NOT WORK. I TRIED THE OTHER TURN SIGNAL DIRECTION AND THAT DID NOT WORK EITHER. THE HAZARD BUTTON DID WORK. I INSTINCTIVELY USE THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAVE HEARD A BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM THE CENTER OF THE DASHBOARD, NEAR THE HAZARD BUTTON/SWITCH. BLINKERS WORK IF I PRESS THE HAZARD WARNING LIGHT, USE THE TURN SIGNAL AND THEN DEPRESS THE HAZARD BUTTON. UPON RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS THAT THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH MAY BE THE CULPRIT. I'VE CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO NOTIFY THEM OF THIS PROBLEM AND AM WAITING FOR THEIR REPLY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PART FOR THE 2000 SATURN LS BUT NOT FOR MY MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AROUND 6 P.M. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD IN THE BACK SEAT WHEN SUDDLENLY I FELT MY STEERING WHEEL JERK. I QUICKLY REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG SO I EXITED THE ROAD AND WENT TO A NEARBY GAS STATION. I SAW THAT MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IA A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND GM WAS UNWILLING TO FIX THE ISSUE. I HAVE A 100 THOUSAND MILE POWER TRAIN WARRENTY YET THEY SAY THIS PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE FUEL PUMP. WHY HAS THIS PROBLEM NOT BEEN ADDRESSED? I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESCOURCES THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, SO WHY IS THIS DAINGEROUS PROBLEM NOT BEEN DISCLOSED TO GM'S CUSTOMERS? *TT

BOUGHT THE VUE IN APRIL 2011 AND WHEN I STARTED USING MY AC IN MAY IT WOULD BARELY BLOW COOL AIR, TOOK IT IN AND THE SEALS WERE BAD AND COMPRESSER WAS CRACKED AND FREON ALMOST GONE. THEY FIXED IT BUT IT STILL DIDNT BLOW COLD LIKE IT SHOULD. TOOK IT BACK IN JULY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT BLOWING EVEN COOL AIR. THEY SAID THE AIR INLET DOOR WASNT OPEN AND I GUESS THEY OPENED IT. BLEW COLD AIR BUT STILL ONLY IF I HAD IT GOING FULL BLAST. AND STILL NOT AS COOL AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. BUT AT LEAST IT WAS A BIT COOLER. FALL CAME AND MY TRANSMISSION CROAKED ON ME..TOOK IT BACK AND THEY FIXED IT, SO FAR SO GOOD. BUT NOW ITS HOT AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN MY AC IS NOT DOING THE JOB IT SHOULD BE. MY DEALERSHIP IS 100 MILES AWAY SO HAVIING TO TAKE IT BACK AND FORTH IS NUTS. CAN THEY JUST PUT ON A NEW AC UNIT..ITS UNDER WARRENTY BUT THEY TOLD ME NEXT TIME IT WAS GOING TO COST ME A 100 DOLLAR DEDUCTABLE..THIS IS BS. I WISH I HAD NEVER BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE. *TT

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND TROUBLE LIGHT CAME ON. WORKED FINE AFTER TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN. COULD STILL STEER BUT VERY HARD WHEN POWER STEERING FAILED. *TT

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN MY CONSUL READ THE PHRASE "PWR STR" MEANING THAT MY POWER STEERING WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND NO LONGER WORKED UNTIL I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND THAT RESET THE POWER STEERING. THIS NOW HAPPENS ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR. *TR