SATURN Complaints

IGNITION SWITCH IS DIFFICULT TO OPERATE, ADDED GRAPHITE LUBRICANT BUT ONLY PARTIAL RELIEF. OTHER MODELS OF SAME YEAR HAVING SAME PROBLEMS. GM SHOULD RECALL AND REPLACE SWITCH. *TR

2004 SATURN ION WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE CAR STOPPED MOVING IN DRIVE WHILE TURNING ONTO THE FREEWAY. CAR WAS TOWED TO A SATURN DEALER WHICH THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD. NOTHING WAS DONE BECAUSE THEY WANT $5,000 TO FIX THE CAR. FOUND OUT THROUGH THE INTERNET NHTSA#10032327, STATES THAT SATURN GM WILL PAY 50% OF COST OF REPLACEMENT, SATURN DEALER WILL NOT HONOR SERVICE BULLETIN. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE TAKING OUR 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IN FOR THE 5TH TIME, YES I SAID 5TH TIME, TO GET THE HEADLIGHT FIXED. THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS HAD A BULB REPLACED AS WELL AS THE WIRING HARNESS REPLACED...SAME WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT AND WE HAVE OWNED IT LESS THAN A YEAR. WE ARE LUCKY THAT OUR DEALERSHIP IS TAKING PITY ON US, AND FIXING IT FOR FREE BECAUSE OUR WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. PLEASE RECALL THIS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD FRACTURED AND THE VALVES WERE BENT ABNORMALLY. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

2007 OUTLOOK XR AWD - FRONT RIGHT LOW BEAM WIRING HARNESS AND BULB CONNECTOR MELTED AFTER 47,000 MILES. DEALER REPLACED AT COST TO OWNER. A FEW DAYS LATER FRONT LEFT LOW BEAM GOES OUT. SAME PROBLEM. *TR

SEVERE PROBLEM WITH HYBRID / ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPAIRING SAFETY, USE AND VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. BEGAN WITH ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN AND RESTARTING ITSELF - LURCHING FORWARD WHEN IT DOES - DESPITE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE. AT A LATER DATE NOTICED A STRONG ODOR CONSISTENT WITH AN ELECTRICAL FIRE INSIDE THE VEHICLE CABIN. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN LOSING ALL POWER AND VEHICLE FUNCTIONALITY - INCLUDING POWER STEERING AND OTHER VEHICLE SYSTEMS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, RESTARTED ITSELF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON YET AGAIN. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO SHUTDOWN AGAIN THREE MORE TIMES WHILE ENROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE ATTEMPTED REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE FEBRUARY 2010, THE HYBRID BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THE ECM REPROGRAMMED THREE TIMES, THE STARTER GENERATOR / ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE STARTER GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE RELAY HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WITH THE HYBRID / ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN ISOLATED OR RESOLVED - DESPITE AN EIGHT YEAR, 100,000 MILE WARRANTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND NOW ASSUMED BY GENERAL MOTORS. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE SATURN AND GM DEALERS FOR SERVICE ON THE HYBRID / ELECTRICAL SYSTEM A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES IN THE PAST 10 MONTHS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE NOW FOR THE LAST 26 DAYS AND IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP TRYING TO BE REPAIRED. *TR

THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHILE TRYING TO TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF. FINALLY THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE TURNED OFF. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE KEY COMES OUT WHILE THE CAR IS STILL RUNNING AND IN THE ON POSITION AND THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK. AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS, THE IGNITION HOUSING CONTINUES TO FAIL. THE CAR CAN EASILY ROLL OFF AS THE KEY COMES OUT AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN PARK, THE KEY EVEN COMES OUT WHILE THE CAR IS DRIVING OR IN DRIVE. THE ONLY WAY TO SHUT THE CAR OFF IS TO MANUALLY REMOVE THE WIRE HARNESS FROM THE BATTERY LOCATED UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

THE KEY STICKS IN THE IGNITION WHENEVER I TRY TO TURN THE CAR OFF. IT TAKES AWHILE BEFORE I AM ABLE TO GET IT OUT, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BATTERY ALREADY. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH A VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR ION OWNERS. WITH IT BEING SO COMMON I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN DONE. I COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED SOMEWHERE BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS ATTACHMENT TO THE LIGHT BULB HAS BURNED ON BOTH SIDES OF MY VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE LIGHT TO GO OUT AND MELT THE INSULATION NEAR THE COUPLING. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SATURN ION AND YESTERDAY MY KEY GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO GET MY KEY OUT OR MY CAR OFF, SO I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER AND IT COST $430. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE SATURNS AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL THROUGH SATURN, SO I WANTED TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. *TR