SATURN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CAUTIOUSLY AND THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT OPERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME AFTER THE RAIN SUBSIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 09/28/2011 *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION 3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY HAD BECOME STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN THE KEY BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN OR UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 96,000.

DRIVING WITH TRAFFIC, THE CAR DIES AND THE STEERING GETS VERY HARD TO TURN THEN BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON. CAR WILL RESTART WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. THIS WILL HAPPEN AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. TOOK TO THE DEALER THEY FIXED THE GAS TANK LEAK AND OTHER RECALL PARTS. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS THE STEERING OR ELECTRICAL. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED YOUR GOING OR IF YOUR GOING STRAIGHT OR TURNING. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED THE THERMOSTAT, CHECKED THE FUSE BOX CHECKED. THE DEALER CHECKED AND FIXED THE OTHER 3 THINGS FROM RECALL AS STATED. THE IGNITION SOMETIMES GETS STUCK WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT YOU CAN NOT GET THE KEY TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT HAS NO POWER THEN YOU CAN RESTART THE CAR. ALSO THE CAR HEAT GAUGE NEVER GOES ABOVE HALF WAY SO CAR IS NOT OVER HEATING.

LOW BEAM CONTINUES TO GO OUT AND THERE IS A CONTINUAL SMELL OF BURNING WIRES IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS BURNT. *TR

2005 SATURN RELAY 3: REPLACED ABS SENSOR IN WHEEL HUBS 5 TIMES BECAUSE OF AWD BEING DISABLED DUE TO ABS LIGHT COMING ON. CODE INDICATED BAD SENSOR WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS REALLY THE EBCM. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER SATURN RELAY OWNERS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. *TR

2007 SATURN AURA XE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY ON AND OFF WITH PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER STATES IT WILL COST $960. TO REPLACE THE PPS MODULE, THE SEAT COIL AND THE HEATER IN THE SEAT. THIS HAS OCCURRED SPORADICALLY SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CARE WITH 35000 MILES ON IT. AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS, IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

MY SATURN ION HAS DEVELOPED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND I CALLED GM AND RECEIVED A SPECIAL REQUEST NUMBER AND 48 HOURS LATER WAS CONTACTED AND AFTER ANSWERING A FEW QUESTIONS I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR DID NOT QUALIFY FOR ANYTHING. THE REASON THEY GAVE WAS BECAUSE THE CAR HAS A SALVAGE TITLE. I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY THE STATE OF MN AND NOW HAVE A PRIOR SALVAGE TITLE. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS COSMETIC AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POOR TRANSMISSION THAT GM SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. SINCE THEN I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS STORIES ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION--SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

A/C FAILS/WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. AT TIMES, THE VENTS BLOW A WHITE, VERY COLD "FOG" INTO THE VEHICLE. ONCE THIS OCCURS THE A/C WILL "FREEZE UP" AND NOT WORK PROPERLY. MY MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE/CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE JAN 2011. DURING THE EXTREME HEAT EXPERIENCED IN MO DURING THE SUMMER OF 2011; THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN AS THE HEAT INDEX ROSE TO OVER 100 DEGREES AND SUSTAINED FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. I HAVE A 6 YR & 8 YR OLD (WHO HAS HEAT TRIGGERED ASTHMA). FOR THIS HEALTH REASON I MAINTAIN A NEWER VEHICLE THAT SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE A/C. FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE, MILEAGE, AND COST OF THIS VEHICLE, I EXPECT THE MANUFACTURER TO ENSURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT FEATURE IS CAPABLE OF RUNNING CORRECTLY FOR THE FIRST 100,000 MILES; OR RECALL & FIX THIS A/C ISSUE THAT I HAVE FOUND IS PLAGUING MANY SATURN VUE OWNERS. AS A SINGLE MOTHER, I DO NOT HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OR INCOME TO BE WITHOUT MY VEHICLE WHILE IT IS SERVICED BY A DEALERSHIP AT DEALERSHIP COSTS. YET, IT IS NOW UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN TO TRAVEL ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS IN THIS VEHICLE.

2007 SATURN ION, BOUGHT USED 2 MONTHS AGO. 47K MILES. POWER STEERING FAILED MANY TIMES WHILE PARKING CAR, ESPECIALLY PARALLEL PARKING. LAST WEEK, AN AUDIBLE ALARM SOUNDED, AND THE MESSAGE READ "POWER STEER"OR "PWRSTEER", CANT REMEMBER WHICH, AND ALARMED (DINGED) ALL THE WAY HOME. HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER STEERING ON WINDING ROAD. MANUAL STATES TO HAVE REPAIR FACILITY CHECK AUTO. STEERING FLUID WAS FULL. NEXT TIME WE STARTED THE CAR TO DRIVE IT TO REPAIR FACILITY, ALARM DIDN'T SOUND AND STEERING SEEMED FINE. ION WAS CHECKED FOR "CODES" AND NONE WERE FOUND ON CODE READER,AND TECH WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH STEERING WHEN TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK. NO ALARM OR TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AGAIN, YET. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2003 SATURN VUE IN 2008 WITH 120,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAD A 3 MONTH POWER TAM WARRANTY. 1 MONTH AFTER THAT EXPIRED THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. FURIOUS, I CALLED THE SATURN DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE AMAZING. THEY UNDERSTOOD AND PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN, PAID FOR THE TOWING AND EVEN REIMBURSED ME FOR THE RENTAL CAR EXPENSE. THE NEW TRANSMISSION WENT OUT 3 YEARS LATER, AND I PUT LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE FROM GM BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. MILEAGE? I BOUGHT IT USED! NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT IS WORTH NOTHING BUT THE SPARE PARTS?! THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF THIS MODEL BLOWING OUT TRANSMISSION AND GM DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT!? THIS IS NOT AN OWNER'S PROBLEM, ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND THEY OFFER 0 BACK FOR A TRADE IN REBATE?! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE AND ONLY FURTHER PROVES THAT THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY CUTS CORNERS AS WELL AS SCAMS ITS CUSTOMERS. THIS IS A SHAMEFUL COMPANY, AND I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT IS HEARD. I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. *TR