SATURN Complaints

MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK...THE LEFT HEADLAMP WOULD GO OUT AND THEN ON AND OUT,ETC. I TOOK THE SATURN TO THE SHOP WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. IT WAS THE WIRE HARNESS THAT WAS BAD SO THEY REPLACED THIS AND ALSO REPLACED THE HEADLAMP BULB. IT COST A TOTAL OF $148.38. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 52,000 MILES ON IT. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE OUTLOOK AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS. *TR

I OWN A SATURN ION 2004 AND I AM EXPERIENCING LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. GM RECALL SHOULD INCLUDE ALL SATURN IONS REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE, BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ISSUE. THE SATURN IONS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE HIGHWAYS BECAUSE OF THIS SAFETY RISK. *TR

I WILL BE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE (60 MPH OR MORE) AND THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE WILL COME ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE POWER STEERING WILL FAIL. IF YOU SWITCH OFF THE CAR IT WILL COME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE 2 YEARS AGO BUT THIS WEEK (MARCH 14-MARCH 17 - SO FAR) IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, EVERY DAY. LUCKILY SO FAR, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE CAR. I HOPE THAT I WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CALLED SATURN (SERVICE REQ # [XXX]) BUT THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK AND BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS AND ALL OF THE RELATED WIRING HAVE BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE THE WIRES MELTED. IN ALL MY YEARS, I'VE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT WIRING. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A STANDARD MAINTENANCE ITEM. SO I ASSUME THIS IS THE RESULT OF POOR MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN. I'VE HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT AN AUTHORIZED GM DEALERSHIP AND I'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $600 ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

2005 SATURN ION .88 K MILES.SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. FUSES REPLACED. RESETS ITSELF WITH RESTART BUT RECURS FREQUENTLY. VERY HARD TO STEER AND DANGEROUS WHEN OCCURS UNEXPECTEDLY. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLED BUT THEY DENY A GENERAL RECALL. NOT HELPFUL. THE VIN IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SATURN L200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND POSSIBLY THE ENGINE AS WELL. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

I HAVE A 2006 SATURN ION 3 THAT I PURCHASED FROM A SATURN DEALERSHIP IN 2009. TODAY THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THERE WAS NOT A WARNING OR ANY SIGNS. THE CAR WAS WORKING 100% AS NORMAL, UNTIL IT WAS NOT. FOR THE THIRD TIME TODAY I TURNED THE CAR ON AND DROVE TO A DESTINATION. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION I TURNED MY CAR OFF. I WENT IN TO THE STORE I WAS AT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE. THEY PULLED MY CAR INTO THE GARAGE AND THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE KEY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH (TUMBLER). THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I CAN NOT GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF WITHOUT OPENING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN REMOVING THE #19 FUSE FROM THE ENGINE FUSE BOX. THEN IN ORDER TO KILL THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TERMINALS. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS EVERY TIME I PLUG THE FUSE/BATTEY BACK UP. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT WHILE THERE ARE 100'S OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS (THAT I READ) AND WHILE SOME SERVICE DEPARTMENTS ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS A KNOWN ISSUE, GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I AM ABOUT TO DISH OUT $500 FOR REPAIRS THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ME? *TR

3 EXPLODED TIRES WITH ONLY 60,000MI ON THEM AND ALL WITHIN 6MOS. TOTAL BLOWOUTS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT TREADWEAR. TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED, TOTALING $348.61. ONE OF THE USED TIRES IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. NO WEAR OR WOBBLE OR ANY SIGNS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2007 SATURN AURA WHERE I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND THE WHOLE CONTROL PANEL GOES BLACK AND THE DOOR LOCKS WON'T OPEN. THEN I CAN'T RESTART THE CAR. I FOUND MYSELF STRANDED FOR 3 HOURS ON A DARK DESERTED STREET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN SOME PRETTY COLD WINTER WEATHER.I AM A SINGLE 67 YR. OLD WOMAN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I CALLED AAA AND THEY NEVER SHOWED UP SO MY SON CAME OUT AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO START THE CAR BY PRESSING DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE, TURNING THE IGNITION KEY AND MOVING THE SHIFT GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE CAR STARTED. THE CAR WOULD WORK FINE FOR AWHILE AND THEN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.YESTERDAY I HAD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I COULDN'T PRESS THE BRAKE DOWN AND IT WOULDN'T START IN NEUTRAL. EVEN WITH THE CAR IN PARK, IT WOULD ROLL. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE "SERVICE TRACTION" WARNING WENT ON AND IT ALSO KEPT DISPLAYING THE "ICE POSSIBLE" WARNING EVEN THO THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR GARAGE AND THEY FOUND THE SHIFTER CABLE SNAPPED. I AM PRESENTLY HAVING THIS REPLACED. THIS PART WAS RECALLED IN AURAS FOR 2008 & 2009 BUT NOT 2007 EVEN THO IT IS THE EXACT SAME PART. BEING STRANDED AND HAVING THE CAR ROLLING IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER. I ONLY HAVE 34,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH SINCE THE THIRD MONTH I OWNED IT. MOSTLY IT WAS BRAKE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST 2 YEARS - WARPED ROTORS AND EXCESSIVELY WORN PADS. I STILL ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. THE CAR STARTS, DRIVES OK, BUT AFTER I SHUT IT OFF, I CAN'T GET THE KEY OUT. AGAIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM AND ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. WHO CAN AFFORD TO LEAVE THEIR KEY IN THE IGNITION AND GO TO WORK??? THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND YET BEYOND THE TIME FRAME FOR THE LEMON LAW TO BE PURSUED. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT STARTED SHUTTING OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND LATER CONSTANT OFF. DETERMINED NOT TO BE A BULB FAILURE BUT HEAT DAMAGE TO THE WIRING HARNESS AT THE BULB CONNECTOR. TALKED TO GM DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TOLD THE WIRING HARNESS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR BOTH HEADLIGHTS DUE TO THIS DAMAGE. ALSO TOLD THAT THEY ARE SEEING THIS ON A NUMBER OF OUTLOOKS. THIS PROBLEM RENDERS LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS INOPERABLE. *TR