SATURN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START BUT THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT TWO POWER FUSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED WHEN THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED IT CAUSED AN OVERALL COMPUTER FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. HE THEN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ONCE THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY THE DEALER NOR REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 64,000. UPDATED 08/31/11*LJ THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 09/12/11

2006 SATURN ION POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND GM SAY THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT BUT EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY FIXED SOME CARS BUT NEVER SENT OUT A RECALL LETTER. AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE CARE OF IT THE BEST I NO HOW AND ALSO THE GAS GET STUCK I WAS DRIVING AND HIT THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR KEPT GOING LUCKY NO ONE WAS HURT MY SISTER WAS IN FRONT OF ME I WAS TRAILING HER JUST BUMP HER A LITTLE. PLEASE HELP IM OUT OF WORK AND NOW NO CAR WITCH I STILL PAYING ON IF I HAD KNOWN I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED A GM CAR. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN L200 EQUIPPED WITH BRIGDGESTONE/FIRESTONE MATRIX TIRES, TIRE SIZE 195/65/R15. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SIDE WALL ON THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER TIRES EXHIBITED PLY SEPARATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE CENTER WHERE BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH NEW TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS 47,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS MOST LIKELY BURNED OUT AND MELTED AS MANY OTHER 08' SATURN OUTLOOK'S HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DOCUMENTED CASES WHERE FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING HAVE BEEN KNOW TO CAUSE VEHICLE FIRES. THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CREATE FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY IN ORDER TO INITIATE A RECALL GIVEN THE HISTORY OF KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CAR WAS PARKED WITH NOBODY INSIDE IT AND THE, KEYS REMOVED, IN A PARKING LOT WITH A VERY SLIGHT INCLINE. WHILE MY WIFE WAS INSIDE A STORE THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD 100 FEET ONLY TO BE STOPPED BY A PARKING BLOCK. THE PRNDL STILL SHOWED THE VEHICLE AS BEING IN PARK. *TT

FIRST, MY POWER STEERING WOULD GO OUT. I WOULD TURN OF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WOULD BE BACK FOR A SHORT TIME. I TOOK IT IN AND IT WAS FIXED A WEEK OR TWO AGO. NOW, THE IGNITION KEY IS LOCKED IN THE ON POSITION. TO TURN IT OFF I HAVE TO DISCONNECT FUSE 16 AND DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE POWER CABLE. TO TURN IT ON I HAVE TO RECONNECT THE NEGATIVE POWER CABLE AND REINSERT THE FUSE. I WAS ADVISED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SATURN IONS AND NOT RELATED TO THE RECENT WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THE CAR. *TT

HEADLIGHTS OF ONE SIDE KEEPS FLICKERING ON AND OFF. SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. OCCURS EVERYNIGHT. WE JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM STEVEN TOYOTA ON THIS PAST SATURDAY, 06/17/11, WHERE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP US. *TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. LUCKILY IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT HAD SOME LIGHTING THAT GAVE ME TIME TO REACT DUE TO THERE BEING HEAVY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP CAUSING A FAIRLY LARGE ACCIDENT. HAVING TO DRIVE HOME WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON THE REMAINING 60 MILES TO HOME AND THEN INSPECTING THE BULBS WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, I NOTICED THAT THE HARNESSES WERE MELTED NEAR THE CONNECTORS. I INSPECTED THE BULBS AND THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BULBS AND NOT HIGH WATTAGE REPLACEMENTS THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED A DEVIATION FROM WHAT THE HARNESSES WERE INTENDED FOR. *TR

PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, AND WIRING WAS FOUND TO BE MELTED, REPAIRED AND NOW 4 MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS NOW AGAIN OUT. GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AFTER MULTIPLE FAILURES,, AND NOW WONDERING IF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE AS IT COULD CATCH FIRE( WIRES GETTING HOT ENOUGH TO MEL IN TO) ='S NOT SAFE ,, THANKS GM *TR