SATURN Complaints

HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. FAULTY PRODUCT--OEM HEADLIGHTS. DEALER INDICATED HAS REPLACED MANY MELTED WIRING HARNESSES FOR THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE GMC ENVOY, SATURN OUTLOOK, AND THE BUICK ENCLAVE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. CONSUMERS NOT PROTECTED FOR SAFETY OR FINANCIALLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 30 MPH. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT; UPON RESTART, THE RPMS INCREASED RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED BEYOND REPAIR. I WAS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I HEARD A VERY LOUD THUMP UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER TO INVESTIGATE, WHEN A CAR PULLED BESIDE ME AND THE DRIVER TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR. THE FLAMES QUICKLY GREW AND HUGE BILLOWS OF BLACK SMOKE IMPAIRED VISIBILITY OF THE PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED, FROM THE STEERING WHEEL FORWARD, THE CAR WAS LARGELY ASH AND BLACKENED METAL. *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING DAY OR NIGHT AND WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON. MUST DRIVE WITH FOOT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR LIGHTS TO REMAIN OFF. THIS IS SERIOUS AS THE DRIVER BEHIND THINKS THAT I AM RIDING THE BRAKES AND THEN WHEN I DO NEED TO BRAKE THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. *TR

I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF THE TROUBLES THAT I AM HAVING WITH MY 2006 SATURN ION. MY SATURN DOESN'T ALWAYS START ON THE FIRST TRY (RADIO AND LIGHTS COME ON, BUT THE ENGINE DOES NOT TURN OVER). ON MOST MORNINGS, WHENEVER I TRY TO START THE CAR, IT DOESN'T START AND AN ICON SHOWING A CAR WITH LOCK SHOWS UP ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINUTES, THE CAR WILL START SOMETIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, I EVEN CALLED AAA THINKING IT WAS MY BATTERY AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PASS-LOCK SYSTEM (THE CAR THINKS I AM TRYING TO STEAL IT). ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH, I TOOK THE CAR TO NORTH SHORE CHEVROLET OF SMITHTOWN IN ST. JAMES, NY AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE A NEW IGNITION INSTALLED AND THAT SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I PICKED THE CAR UP ON THE AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29TH AND DROVE HOME. HOWEVER, ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30TH, WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. I TRIED STARTING THE CAR AT LEAST 5 TO 7 DIFFERENT TIMES FROM 8 ' 10:30AM BUT THE ENGINE WOULDN'T CRANK. FINALLY, AT AROUND 10:45 AM THE CAR STARTED, I WAITED APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AND DROVE IT BACK TO THE NORTH SHORE CHEVROLET OF SMITHTOWN IN ST. JAMES. THE NORTH SHORE CHEVROLET OF SMITHTOWN INFORMED ME THAT EACH TIME THEY ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD START; THEREFORE, THEY COULDN'T OR WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I PICKED THE CAR UP FROM NORTH SHORE CHEVROLET OF SMITHTOWN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 3RD AND HAD NO PROBLEMS GETTING TO AND FROM WORK ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 4TH. HOWEVER, ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, THE CAR WOULDN'T START, ONCE AGAIN. *TR

2007 SATURN ION. CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS STARTER WAS ABLE TO ALLOW WATER OR SALT BRINE INTO THE STARTER DURING WINTER CONDITIONS. HIS VEHICLE LEFT HIM AND HIS THREE YEAR OLD STRANDED IN COLD WEATHER BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *KB THE ENTRY OF WATER AND/OR SALT INTO THE STARTER STOPPED THE STARTER FROM ROTATING THE ENGINE.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY A PWR STEERING WARNING FLASHED AND SUDDENLY I WAS WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND HAD TO STEER MANUALLY WITHOUT POWER ASSIST. I TURNED OFF MY 2007 SATURN ION AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE POWER STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. FORTUNATELY I AM STRONG AND WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN. STEERING THE VEHICLE TOOK CONSIDERABLE STRENGTH. BOTH TIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED THERE WAS NO WARNING. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT VERY STRONG. I COULD SEE WHERE A PERSON COULD COMPLETELY LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM GM INFORMING ME OF THE PROBLEM AND DIRECTING ME TO THE NEAREST DEALER TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING REPLACED. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE INJURED BECAUSE I HAD THE STRENGTH TO STEER THE CAR MANUALLY. TO SUDDENLY BE WITHOUT POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FATAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 35 YEARS AND THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS AUTOMOTIVE DEFECT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. IT SEEMED THE RECALL LETTER WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. *TR

IN MARCH 2009 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SHIFT CABLE FOR THE 2008 AND 2009 SATURN AURA BUT NOT ON THE 2007. I OWN A 2007 AURA AND THE SHIFT CABLE RECENTLY SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING. MY CAR WAS LITERALLY STUCK IN DRIVE ON AN INCLINE. AFTER MY MECHANIC PURCHASED A NEW CABLE HE NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT WHICH LEAD ME TO RESEARCH THE RECALL ON THAT PART. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A PART CAN BE RECALLED BUT ONLY FOR CERTAIN YEARS AND NOT ALL 3 YEARS THE CAR WAS MADE. THIS PART IS EXACTLY THE SAME IN THE 2007 AND I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID NO WAY CAUSE THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

MY GIRLFRIEND AND I WERE IN AN AUTOMILE ACCIDENT BY HITTING A DEER HEAD ON THEN LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HITTING AND EMBANKMENT HEAD ON. WE HIT THE EMBANKMENT SO HARD THAT THE 2005 SATURN ION BOUNCED BACK OFF AND ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELT NEVER CAUGHT RESULTING MY GIRLFRIEND TO BE INJURED BY THE STEERING WHEEL WITH LACERATIONS TO HER CHIN AND HER TEETH WENT THROUGH THE BACK OF HER LIP AND ALSO NECK AND BACK INJURIES FROM THE HARD IMPACT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE FRONT FRAME AND UNDERNEATH DAMAGE IT CAUSE. SHE HIT SO HARD THAT THE WHOLE FRONT END WAS PUSHED INTO THE MOTOR AND THE MOTOR WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE FIREWALL. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER HAS BROKEN OFF AT THE BASE. NO SNOW IN AREA THAT WOULD OVERLOAD. I HAVE HEARD OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL. *TR