SATURN Complaints

FUEL LEAK AS A RESULT OF A CRACKED LINE AT FUEL PUMP MODULE. THIS IS THE IDENTICAL DEFECT WHICH A RECALL WAS ISSUED BY GM FOR SATURN ION'S REGISTERED IN STATES OTHER THAN NY. *TR

PROBLEMS WITH 2007 SATURN ION IGNITION CYLINDER AND PARK/LOCK INTERFACE. VEHICLE FREQUENTLY CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF. PARK/LOCK INTERFACE WILL NOT UNLOCK DOOR, WHEN IGNITION TURNED OFF. KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED ONLY ISSUES ALL YEAR WITH MY 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. IT HAS 55,000 MILES AND IN JUNE 2010 THE WIRING SHORT CIRCUITED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE THEFT SECURITY LOCK SYSTEM TO GO INTO EFFECT ASSUMING THE CAR WAS BEING HOT-WIRED. IT COST ME OVER $300 TO FIX AT THE DEALER AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THEN THE DEALER SAID MY INSIDE FUSE BOX WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED FROM WATER AND THEY WOULD NEED TO FIX THE LEAK MY SUNROOF WAS CAUSING. THE DEALER HAS MADE 6 ATTEMPTS TO FIX AND I JUST PICKED UP MY CAR THIS MORNING, HOPEFULLY AFTER THE FINAL ATTEMPT. NOW MY BREAKS ARE CAUSING ISSUES, THE BREAK PEDAL SOFTENS AND GOES DOWN TO ALMOST THE FLOOR WHEN PRESSED EVERY 4TH OR 5TH TIME AND IT IS DRINKING BRAKE FLUID, I NEED TO TAKE IT THIS WEEKEND TO CHECK FOR A LEAK. NOT TO MENTION MY POWER STEERING IS MAKING LOUD WHINING SOUNDS EVERY TIME THAT I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. OH, AND MY PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT A FEW TIMES AND MY HUSBAND HAS HAD TO ACCESS THE BACK OF IT TO REPLACE IT BUT IT CONTINUES TO GO OUT. OH, AND MY TRANSMISSION CAUSED PROBLEMS TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE DEALER FIXED IT UNDER MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.. 55,000 MILES AND THIS CAR IS GIVING ME ISSUES AS IF I'M OVER 200,000 MILES! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS STANDING AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND REACHING FOR AN OBJECT IN THE TRUNK WHEN THE REAR LIFTGATE CAME DOWN ABRUPTLY ON HER HEAD AND SHOULDERS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE LIFTGATE AND IT WOULD NOT REMAIN UP IN THE OPEN POSITION WITHOUT HOLDING ONTO THE LIFTGATE MANUALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF REPAIRS. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,300. UPDATED 12/23/10*LJ UPDATED 01/04/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD OVERHEATED AND MELTED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHTS AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

I HAVE A 2005 SATURN ION WHICH IS NOW OVER 100,00K MILES. THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING SIGNALS ON DASHBOARD. THERE IS NO FLUID RESERVOIR TO PUT THE FLUID AND THE CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF MILEAGE. I TRIED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN AND STILL NO LUCK. AFTER READING UP ON THE SATURN ISSUE, I LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH DIFFERENT MAKES AND YEAR OF THE SAME MODEL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE NO MONEY TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF SATURN (GM) IS GOING TO DO A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. IT COST OVER $900.00 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING SATURN DEALERS BUT OF COURSE THE COMPANY HAS BEEN SOLD. I HAVE CONTACTED A GM DEALERS REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY JUST TRY TO REPAIR THE ISSUE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP WITH WARRANTY ISSUES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A STORE, AND SHUT OFF MY CAR. I STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WORKED FINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK: DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT HARNESS MELTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. NOW PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HARNESS MELTED 1 MONTH AGO. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH VISIBILITY WITH MY 2008 SATURN AURA SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE INTERIOR WINDSHIELD PANEL. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME NUMEROUS WRECKS. IN ADDITION I HAVE HAD TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL 4 HEAD RESTS IN ORDER TO SEE. AFTER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING WITH NO ACCIDENTS OR CITATIONS, DUE TO THE SAME VISIBILITY PROBLEM, I WAS T-BONED CROSSING A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND MY SATURN HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR

DRIVERSIDE HEADLAMP ON LOW BEAM TURNED OFF, REPLACED BULB AND WENT OFF AGAIN WITHIN 3 WEEKS, HARNESS IS CAUSING A SHORT THEREFORE REPLACING THE BULB MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. *TR