SATURN Complaints

THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT (LITERALLY) THE DAY I TOOK IT HOME I MADE IT HALF WAY THERE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON !! IT WAS RAINING. SO I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG RESET THE LIGHT AND SENT MEN HOME. IT DROVE OKAY FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS (NOT RAINING OUTSIDE) UNTIL THE THIRD DAY (AGAIN RAINING) I STARTED IT UP AND DROVE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND IT RAN REALLY ROUGH, SO AGAIN I GO BACK TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND AGAIN RESET THE LIGHT AND SAID HAVE A NICE DAY. I THEN PROCEEDED TO MY NEAREST AUTO PARTS STORE AND PICKED UP MY OWN SCANNER AND CHECKED IT MYSELF AND FOUND IT TO BE THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THEY COULD FIX IT OR KEEP IT AS I WASN'T GOING TO LIVE WITH THIS LIGHT IN MY DASH. THEY DID FIX IT AFTER A HEATED ARGUMENT AND A CALL TO GENERAL MOTORS CANADA. WAY TO GO GUYS !! NO WONDER YOU WENT BANKRUPT. *TR

HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT AT ABOUT 23,000 MILES. I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE READ OF MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND I THINK GM SHOULD REPLACE ALL OF THE HARNESSES ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE - MY BEST DESCRIPTION - ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CLICKS AS THOUGH A RELAY IS PREVENTING AN OVER VOLT OR POWER SURGE, AND THEN THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING HAS FAILED MAKING STEERING MORE DIFFICULT AT ALL SPEEDS, SPECIALLY SLOW SPEEDS - DIAL ON DASH SAYS "PWR STR" STATED HAPPENING ON 1/7/2011 AND NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I START THE CAR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AFTER RUNNING. *LN

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN. I REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB, AND USED THE CORRECT "BULB GREASE" IN THE SOCKET, BUT THE WIRE HARNESS THAT POWERS THE LIGHT BULB LOOKS TO BE TOO LIGHT IN GAUGE TO POWER THE HEADLIGHT. THE BULB WILL LIGHT SOMETIMES, BUT THEN GO OUT FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, INDICATING A SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE WIRING HARNESS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT HAS INCREASED INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME. THE PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO, WHILE THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 34000 MILES ON IT, AND I HAD ASSUMED IT WAS A FAULTY LIGHT BULB. I NOW HAVE OVER 39000 MILES ON THE TRUCK, AND AM READING OF A SIMILAR PROBLEM THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE ARE EXPERIENCING. I AM AFRAID THAT IF I BEGIN EXPERIENCING THE SAME LIGHT FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, I WILL LOSE ALL VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. WITH 39000 MILES NOW ON THE TRUCK, I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, AND DREAD SEEING THE COST OF A REPLACEMENT WIRE HARNESS, AFTER HAVING REPLACED THE BULB THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL. *LN

OVERHEATING OF LOW BEAM HEADLAMP WIRING CAUSING MELTING OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS. HEADLAMPS WILL LOOSE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND ALL LAMP LIGHT WILL BE LOST. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT TRIED TURNING THE IGNITION ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSES THE FAILURE TO BE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE POWER OF STEERING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE HAS TO APPLY MORE FORCE IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 54,935. PM

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK. I HAVE HAD IT FOR A LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS AND THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT BULB AND WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT CHANGED ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THE HARNESS WAS MELTED AND THE NEW BULB WOULDN'T WORK. I SAW WHERE QUITE A FEW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE POSTED THE SAME COMPLAINT. I DON'T KNOW HOW LIKELY IT IS THAT THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IF SOMETHING IS CAUSING ENOUGH HEAT TO MELT THE HARNESS THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT TO CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON BUT THE POWER STEERING CONTINUED TO MALFUNCTION WHICH MADE THE STEERING WHEEL DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

THE FRONT RIGHT HID LOW BEAM WENT OUT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 6 MONTHS. THE WIRING HARNES MELTED AGAIN DESTROYING AN EXPENSIVE BULB. *TR