SATURN Complaints

2007 SATURN AURA, TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILED THIS MORNING.WON'T START--NOT PROPERLY ENGAGED IN PARK.THE CABLE APPEARS TO BE NOT IN THE CORRECT POSITION AND DOES NOT COORDINATE WITH POSITION ON DRIVE SHIFT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UPHILL WHEN THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

I RECENTLY HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN MY 2006 SATURN ION. THIS HAS RANDOMLY OCCURRED FOUR TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. SUDDENLY, THE WARNING MESSAGE "PWR STR" WILL APPEAR IN PLACE OF MY DIGITAL ODOMETER READING AND THE CAR WILL IMMEDIATELY LOSE POWER STEERING AND BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I HAVE FOUND THAT AM ABLE TO "RESET" THE STEERING BY PULLING OVER AND TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM PRIOR TO TWO WEEKS AGO. THE CAR HAS APPROX 185K MILES ON IT. AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE TODAY (THE FOURTH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED), I DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND LEARNED THAT NHTSA IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING SATURN IONS FOR THIS ISSUE (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : RQ10004), TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER GM CARS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS COMPLAINT IN YOUR INVESTIGATION. *TR

2004 SATURN ION. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH FAULTY IGNITION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE, WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TEN MINUTES OR LONGER, BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START. *JB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED AN IGNITION HOUSING PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH HER VEHICLE. UPDATED 06/23/11

RETURNED HOME AND TRIED TO TURN OFF CAR BUT KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THE CAR OFF WAS TO REMOVE A FUSE AND UNHOOK THE BATTERY. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND ON THIS WEBSITE, I FIND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SATURN IONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION LEVEL 2. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,967.

HAVE A 2006 SATURN ION 2 AND WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN THE WARNING CHIME WENT OFF AND DISPLAYED "PWR STG" IN THE DASH DISPLAY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CHIME THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE VEHICLE. STARTED CAR THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES LATER, I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN. CAR IS NOW SITTING IN DRIVEWAY UNUSED. TAKING CAR INTO GM DEALERSHIP TOMORROW FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG BEFORE LOOKING AT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION LEVEL. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT WOULD POWER THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT TO ALLOW THE POWER STEERING TO RESET INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

POWER STEERING FAILURE, AND THE PWR STR WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. HAVE TO STOP VEHICLE AND RESTART TO GET HOME. *TR

DRIVER WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN GOING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH. AS DRIVER SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE INTO THE GRASS WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER SITTING THERE A FEW MINUTES, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET CAR BACK ON ROAD AND DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE TO A NEARBY RELATIVE'S HOUSE. HAD DRIVER BEEN GOING FASTER, IT IS ALARMING TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.