SATURN Complaints

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY LEFT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. IT WAS REPAIRED AND WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD IT REPAIRED YET AGAIN AND IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS IT BLEW AGAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER THE RIGHT ONE BLEW. LAST WEEK BOTH HARNESSES WERE REPLACED. WE LEARNED FROM THE DEALER THAT THIS IN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE HARNESS WAS REMODELED DUE TO THE ONGOING PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY I'VE HAD NO CRASHES DUE TO THIS, BUT HAVING A HEADLIGHT BLOW ESPECIALLY WHEN ONLY ONE IS OPERATIONAL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ME AS I TRAVEL OFTEN AT NIGHT. *TR

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT, LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED BULB AND LIGHT STILL DIDN'T WORK. WHILE REINSTALLING LIGHT FLICKERED AND I NOTICED THERE IS A SHORT WITHIN THE HARNESS. *TR

THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE LOW BEAM HAS MELTED TWICE. IT WAS LAST REPLACED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND HAS SINCE GONE OUT AGAIN, I SUSPECT THAT IT HAS MELTED AGAIN BUT WILL NOT KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL I TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE SHOP. WHY ARE THESE HARNESS MELTING AND WHY HASN'T GM MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

2003 AWD 4 CYLINDER SATURN VUE, CAR BEGAN TO LURCH AT STOPS AT 63K MILES. CAR RPMS BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE WILDLY EVEN ON HIGHWAY. CAR BEGAN TO STALL OUT ON 35MPH ROAD, AS THOUGH IT COULD NOT STAY IN GEAR. THIS WAS ONE TRIP THAT TURNED INTO A ONE-WAY TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

WE HAVE A SATURN ION 2006 WHICH IS NOW EXPERIENCING IGNITION ISSUES. FIRST THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP RUNNING (HAZARD!) IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS DUE TO THE KEY BEING STUCK IN THE ON POSITION IN THE IGNITION! WE HAD TO ALLOW IT TO RUN OUT OF GAS PRIOR TO FINDING THE EMERGENCY KEY RELEASE THAT SATURN HAS NOTED. NOW THE CAR WILL NOT EVEN START AND WHEN I CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, THE RESPONSE WAS HARDLY COMFORTING. LOOKING ONLINE IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS LOGGING THIS ISSUE. IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST SATURN/GM AS THERE HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO INVESTIGATIONS, RECALLS, OR EVEN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SAID ISSUE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE IGNITION HAS CAUSED US ISSUES, BUT LOOKING AT THE ONLINE COMPLAINTS, IT WON'T BE THE LAST. WHEN WILL IT BE INVESTIGATED? WILL IT BE INVESTIGATED AFTER AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS PERHAPS WITH MY 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR? WILL IT BE CLASSIFIED AS AN URGENT ISSUE THEN? SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE ISSUE BELOW VIA THE LINK EMBEDDED. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/SATURN.HTM. *TR

MY 2007 SATURN ION'S POWER STEERING HAS BEGUN TO SHUT ITSELF OFF AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THE FEW TIMES IT HAS I HAVE EITHER BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE OR DRIVING ON WINDING ROADS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO EASILY TURN. ALSO, THE KEY LOCKS UP IN THE IGNITION AND I HAVE TO TURN IT ON, MOVE THE VEHICLE AND TURN IT OFF AGAIN FOR IT TO ALLOW ME TO FULLY TURN OFF AND PULL OUT THE KEY. ALSO THE WHEEL BEARING HAVE BEGUN TO MAKE A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. *TR

SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE APPEARS. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN LAST TWO WEEKS. FIRST TIME, PASSENGER WAS IN SEAT AND ABOUT 2 MINUTES AFTER AIR BAG WAS "ON", THE CHIME AND MESSAGE THAT IT WAS NEEDING SERVICE. SECOND TIME, IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSENGER EXITED CAR, THE CHIME AND MESSAGE, MESSAGE REMAINED ON FOR THE REMAINING 20 MINUTES OF DRIVE. THIRD TIME, AFTER CAR WAS IN MOTION, MO PASSENGER. TOOK THAT CAR TO A GM DEALER FOR REPAIR, WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT A COVERED REPAIR. I DID NOT GET IT REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT COME OUT OF MY POCKET TO REPAIR IT. *TR

DAYTIME RUNNING HEADLIGHTS AND NIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. LUCKY FOR ME I HAVE AUXILIARY LIGHTING TO USE. RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT QUIT WORKING ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND FOUND THE WIRING CONNECTOR WAS MELTED. REMOVED CONNECTOR AND MADE A NEW ONE. NOW BOTH LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING AND NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. OUT OF WARRANTY NOW AND WILL PAY. SOMETHING DOESN'T MATCH UP AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING IS A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE AND PROBABLY ANY OTHER OUTLOOK OWNER. *TR

SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING IN MY SATURN AURA 2007 CAR. PLANNING TO TAKE IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT HAVE TRIP SCHEDULED MONDAY OCT 4, 2010. *TR

POWER STEERING IN 2004 SATURN ION INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT UNEXPECTEDLY AND STAYS OFF UNTIL CAR IS TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. I AM A SMALL PERSON, I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR SAFELY WHEN THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THIS CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF ROADS TO RESTART CAR, OR I WILL EVEN RESTART THE CAR AT A STOPLIGHT IF I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE COSTLY REPAIRS I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IN MY RESEARCH I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT MANY MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS EXACT PROBLEM WITH THEIR SATURN ION POWER STEERING. *TR