SATURN Complaints

NORMAL DRIVING. POWER STEERING QUITS WORKING, CAR BECOMES HARD TO STEER. STOPPED CAR, SHUT CAR OFF, RESTARTED CAR, PROBLEM GOES AWAY FOR A WHILE. *TR

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILS WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY HIT A CAR WHEN IT WENT OUT AND WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER. STARTED HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES LAST YEAR (2009). PULL CAR OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT OFF THEN TURN ON AND POWER STEERING IS BACK ON. THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN ROAD. NOW WE HAVE 53,000 MILES (JUNE 2010) AND IT IS HAPPENING ALMOST EVERY TIME WE ARE DRIVING THE CAR. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY. SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

I HAVE A SATURN ION 2006 AND RANDOMLY MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT. IF I RESTART MY CAR IT COMES BACK ON BUT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN AGAIN. IT IS RARE THAT IT HAPPENS IN THE MORNING HOURS. MY CAR MODEL IS ALL ELECTRIC, NO POWER STEERING FLUID. I FIGURE IT ISN'T A FUSE BC IT WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. THE COBALT HAS THE SAME RECALL OUT, YET SATURN HAS YET TO ISSUE ONE. I FEAR THEY ARE HOPING NOT TO FIX THIS WHILE THEY ARE STILL AROUND AS I HEAR THEY WILL BE NO LONGER IN A YEAR OR 2. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE. SPORADIC LURCHING LEFT OR RIGHT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. UNSAFE CONDITION. *TR

DROVE THE CAR IN THE MORNING AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. STOPPED AND THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE KEY WOULD COME OUT WITHOUT TURNING BACKWARDS, BUT THE CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN. IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REMOVED AND A "PLUG" WAS DISCONNECTED. IN ORDER TO START THE CAR, THIS PROCESS WAS DONE IN REVERSE AND THE KEY REPLACED AND TURNED THE LITTLE BIT OF SPACE IT HAD LEFT. THE IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK IS BEING REPLACED AND I WILL REQUEST THE OLD PART. *TR

KEY FIT IN IGNITION BUT WOULD NOT TURN, TRIED TURNING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH IN LOCKED POSITION WHILE TURNING KEY BUT TO NO AVAIL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES KEY WOULD FINALLY TURN AND ALLOW ME TO START VEHICLE BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT TIME I TRIED TO START THE CAR. *TR

2006 SATURN ION LOSS OF POWER STEERING. BOTH MY SELF AND MY SISTERS CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1000.00 AFTER READING THE INTERNET THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF SATURN OWNERS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2003. THIS SITUATION ALMOST KILLED MYSELF AND MY TWO CHILDREN WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT DOING 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

ACCELERATOR STICKS ON 2007 SATURN VUE GREENLINE HYBRID AFTER ACCELERATING HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE IT IN. *TR

4 CYLINDER SHOT, ENGINE SHOT.THIS 2000 LS2 V-6 HAD THE WHOLE 100,000 MILE MAINTENANCE DONE, TIMING CHAIN BLA BLA BLA.ELECTRIC WINDOWS,4 WAYS HAZARDS, TURN SIGNALS,ENGINE,A/C-HEATER,BLOWER MOTOR,HANDLES BROKE-INTERIOR ONLY,CAR RAN GOOD WHEN IT RAN BUT WHEN IT STOPPED IT ALWAYS COSTS MONEY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN VUE. SHE STATED WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND REFERRED HER TO HER DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD FIRST NEED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BEFORE DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, AT HER EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000.