SATURN Complaints

THE HEADLIGHT KEEPS FLASHING ON AND OFF. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, ONE HEADLIGHT DOES NOT COME ON UNTIL ~5 MINUTES LATER. THE BULB IS OK. THE WIRING HARNESS IS NOT OK. I'VE TALKED TO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SATURN OUTLOOK AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME INSTANCES. THE ROOT CAUSE IS A BAD WIRING HARNESS. THEY ARE OVERHEATING AND MELTING! MY OUTLOOK IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS. I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE. IT IS STILL NOT FIXED. I AM NOT PAYING FOR A POORLY EXECUTED DESIGN ISSUE. THE ENGINEERS NEED TO RESEARCH MORE BEFORE THEY PLACE A PRODUCT IN A VEHICLE OF WHICH CAN NOT WITHSTAND THE CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. *TR

WHEN STARTING THE SATURN ON A COLD MORNING, THE IGNITION FAILS TO START THE CAR. I GET A SERVICE MESSAGE. AFTER WAITING ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE CAR WILL START AS IF THE SECURITY WAS RESETTING ITSELF. I'VE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. GM WILL NOT OWN UP TO A FAULTY PRODUCT THAT LEAVES 100S OF PEOPLE STRANDED. AS TIME GOES BY THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT RANDOM TIMES, EVEN ON WARM DAYS. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL APPROVED FOR THIS MASSIVE SAFETY PROBLEM. IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IN AN EMERGENCY OUR CARS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SIT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MINUTES OR STALL US IN A POTENTIALLY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO CORRECT ITSELF AFTER THIS IGNITION SWITCH INSIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED BASED ON HUNDREDS OF TESTAMENTS. I WANT TO ADD THAT MY SATURN WHEN IT WAS NEW HAD OTHER RECALL ISSUES LIKE THE AUTOMATIC LIGHT SENSOR. ALSO, ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS A PASSENGER IN THE 1998 SATURN SL1, WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION "TWO CARS BEHIND THE LEAD CAR ABOUT TO GO THROUGH INTERSECTION" THE DRIVER IN THE ON-COMING LANE DECIDE LAST MINUTE TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT THE INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF THE LEAD CAR IN ARE LANE. WHICH CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION OF ACCIDENTS. WHILE THE 1998 SATURN SL WAS INDEED THE LAST CAR TO HIT THE "PILE UP" UPON IMPACT I EXHALED AND TRIED TO RELAX MY BODY FOR IMPACT "LIKE I OBSERVED ON DISCOVERY'S MYTH BUSTERS" AFTER IMPACT AS I WAS ASKING MY FRIEND "DRIVER" IF SHE WAS OK. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED LATE! ... IF THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ME A 300PD GROWN MAN ID HATE TO SEE THE OUT COME IF A PERSON NOT OF MY MASS HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM. I FEEL AS IF THEY WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD... LIFE THREATENING INJURY'S WOULD OF MOST CERTAINLY OCCURRED. *TR

2006 SATURN VUE. FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON EVEN WITH A HEAVY PERSON. I WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE SEAT WARMER. BAD DESIGN! WILL COST $900.00 TO FIX. *TR

MY CAR IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE OTHER REPORTS HAVE MENTIONED. I HAVE NOTICED IT OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND IT IS GETTING WORSE. YESTERDAY I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND IT KEPT ROLLING BACKWARDS LIKE IT WAS IN REVERSE. THE LOCKS ON THE CAR WILL UNLOCK WHEN THE CAR IS SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THAT CLEARLY DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR WAS IN PARK. IT TOOK ME SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET IT TO ACTUALLY SHIFT INTO PARK. ANOTHER TIME I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY CAR INTO PARK, IT DIDN'T SHIFT, AND I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO GET OUT. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER, MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I THEN HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL AND START IT THAT WAY. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS IMMEDIATELY. *TR

FIRST OFF THE CAR STARTED SPUTTERING, WHEN STOPPED TO FILL WITH GAS WONT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, HAS JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC FOR NO REASON. MAIN CONCERN NOW IS THE CONSTANT LOSS OF POWER STEERING, FIRST HAPPENED TO MY WIFE ON THE INTERSTATE WITH OUR 2 YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR, IT JUST QUIT WORKING SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF HER SHE HAS 3 HEART ATTACKS ALREADY AND AM VERY SURPRISED IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN!!! IT HAS BEEN GETTING MORE AND MORE CONSTANT AS OF LATE, EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES IF YOUR LUCKY SOMETIMES A LOT QUICKER, YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF THEN IT WOKS HOWEVER MANY MINUTES THEN MAKES A CLICKING NOISE THEN THE ALARM CHIMES AND BOOM NO STEERING AGAIN. THE CHEVY COBALT (SAME STEERING UNIT AND PONTIAC G6) HAVE HAD RECALLS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM SO WHY HASN'T GM STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND FIXED THESE CRAPPY ION 3'S. *TR

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

ON 9 MARCH 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 HOURS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, MY 2007 SATURN ION DISPLAYED THE WARNING MESSAGE/ERROR CODE "PWR STR" AND IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST. I WAS FORCED TO REDUCE SPEED AND, USING ALL MY UPPER BODY STRENGTH TO WRENCH THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, PULLED THE CAR TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WITHOUT POWER STEERING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, READ THROUGH MY OWNER'S MANUAL, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. IT RAN WITHOUT ISSUE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES BEFORE THE CODE AGAIN APPEARED AND I AGAIN LOST POWER STEERING. THIS SITUATION HAS RAPIDLY PROGRESSED TO A NIGHTMARE; THE CAR RUNS FOR 15 TO 30 MINUTES AND THEN LOSES POWER STEERING. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT; ONCE IT FIRST LOSES THE POWER STEERING, IT WILL NOT RUN FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES WITHOUT LOSING POWER STEERING AGAIN. GM INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NO OFFICIAL RECALL, AND THEREFORE I WOULD HAVE TO FUND THE REPAIRS MYSELF; THE ROUGH ESTIMATE WAS $1,000 IN PARTS AND LABOR. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT GM ALLEGEDLY SENT OUT A NOTICE REGARDING THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER I CAN HONESTLY ATTEST THAT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY SUCH NOTIFICATION, AND HAD THE STEERING NOT FAILED ON MY VEHICLE, I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AWARE OF IT. CURRENTLY, I CANNOT USE THE CAR AT ALL BECAUSE IT POSES A SERIOUS DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. AS AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES, THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND JEOPARDIZES MY CAREER. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LW1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT REAR FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,063.

I HAVE REPLACED MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. I HAVE READ ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS ON THESE VEHICLES, WHERE SOME HAVE MELTED. MINE DOES NOT APPEAR MELTED, OR AT LEAST WASN'T THE THIRD TIME I REPLACED IT, BUT NOW THIS MORNING THE HEADLAMP BURNED OUT AGAIN. WITHOUT CONFIDENCE IN MY HEADLAMPS, I AM HESITANT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. *JS