SATURN Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 MAJOR TRANSMISSION WARRANTY REPAIRS DONE TONE NHTSA # 10030729, TWO ENGINE WARRANTY REPAIRS (WATER PUMP, ENGINE SEALS) AND ONE ELECTRICAL RECALLS NHTSA # 08V44100 WIRE HARNESS WHICH IS A FIRE HAZARD AND ONE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER LINKAGE 08V410000 WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH

WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT DISPLAYED ON DASH AND POWER STEERING WAS NO LONGER WORKING. ONCE PARKING AND RESTARTING THE CAR, THE STEERING SEEMED TO BE WORKING AS WE DROVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN YET AGAIN LESS THAN .5 MILE LATER TRAVELING BETWEEN 10-15MPH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT AGAIN DISPLAYED ALONG THE DASH AND WAS NONEXISTENT ONCE AGAIN. *KB

ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH REAR WIPER AND HEATING ELEMENT(DEFOGGER) SYSTEM. PRESSING THE REAR DEFOGGER SWITCH TO TURN ON THE HEATING ELEMENT WOULD INSTEAD START DELIVERING WINDSHIELD WASHING FLUID CONTINUOUSLY. PRESSING THE REAR WIPER SWITCH WOULD START THE WIPER IN A VERY ERRATIC AND SCARY WAY. WHOLE SYSTEM WORKS IN A SPOOKY WAY. *KB

BATTERY COMPLETELY DEAD; THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT DRAWING POWER FROM THE BATTERY ALL THE TIME CAUSING IT TO DRAIN WITH NO START SITUATION. THIS COULD BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE CAR DOES NOT START IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN A PARKING LOT. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE ELECTRICAL DRAW COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. *KB

JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THE CAR 3/18/2011, USED AND WHEN DRIVING CAR, I HEARD 3 RINGS AND THEN WHERE THE ODOMETER IS IT LITE UP PWR STR. PULLED OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (TURNPIKE), SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND POWER STEERING WAS BACK. ONLY TO DRIVE 10 MILES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE CAR IS MANUAL AND I AM WOMAN WHO IS 5'0 AND WEIGHS 135LBS, TO STEER AND SHIFT THIS CAR WHEN THE PWR STR GOES OUT SO SUDDENLY. *KB

THIS HAPPENED VERY SUDDENLY. I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO ENTER THE RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT AND MADE A NOISE. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A BEARING OR BRAKE PROBLEM BUT I HAD NOT HAD ANY ISSUES BEFORE THAT SO I WENT ON SINCE IT SEAMED TO BE DRIVING OK. WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE I WENT TO GO INTO THE LEFT LANE AND REALIZED THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. I SLOWED DOWN AND GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY TO THE SHOP. I WAS TOLD THERE THE K FRAME HAD LESS THAN 1/2" BEFORE BREAKING COMPLETELY AND COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE IT HAS TO DO WITH STEERING. I HAVE REGULAR MAINT ON THE CAR AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. THE UNDERSIDE IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. I HAD THE FRAME REPLACED. I FEEL IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE FRAME. I'M SURE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO. *KB

SATURN ION 2005 IS LOOSING POWER STEERING. IT COMES BACK ON IF THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, BUT CONTINUES TO LOOSE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, RED FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION RESERVOIR AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FAULTY TRANS COOLER LINES. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH TRANS COOLER LINES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,942.

EPS WENT OUT WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT. I DROVE THE 5 MILES HOME WITHOUT POWER STEERING. UPON RESTARTING THE CAR, THE EPS RESUMED WORKING. *JS

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING ON OUR MAIN CITY ROAD, GOING 35-40MPH. WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE SEAT BELT ALARM WENT OFF A FEW TIMES, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE SAME DAY AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. IT SEEMS TO BE A SPORADIC ISSUE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN LAST NIGHT. NOT WANTING TO TAKE ANY CHANCES, I DROPPED THE CAR OFF AT MY LOCAL MECHANICS LAST NIGHT....JUST GOT THE CALL FROM HIM THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW STEERING MOTOR. THIS COULD BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS EVENT AND THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. I'M A 47 YR OLD WOMAN WITH MS AND IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TAKE A TURN WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS OUT. *JS