SATURN Complaints

THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WENT OUT. WE REPLACED IT THEN 2 WEEKS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND HE SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SOCKET BECAUSE IT WAS BURNED OUT AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE NOT YET CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE $750.00 TO REPAIR IT. *TR

I WAS TAKING COMING OFF A RAMP AT 40 MPH WHEN THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. DEALER SAYS THE MODULE IS BEGINNING TO FAIL. *TR

OWN A 2006 SATURN ION , THE POWER STEERING QUITS WORKING AND A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARS WHERE THE ODOMETER IS MESSAGE IS CK PWR STEER. CAR IS BASED IN LAS VEGAS WARMER TEMPS CAUSE IT TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN. I AM A FEMALE OF MEDIUM BUILD AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY HARD TO TURN. WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT SEAMS TO RESET AND OPERATE OK. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDS A COMPLETE STEERING COLUMN . I DID HEAR OF A RECALL ON OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME CONCERN. IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THOSE CARS WHY NOT THIS MODEL AND YEAR? *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN ION ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY TWO GRANDCHILDREN, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, THE STEERING WHEEL WENT TIGHT AND IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND TURN THE CAR BACK ON. THE POWER STEERING WAS RESET AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN. WITHIN MINUTES THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN, I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, STARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR IN FEAR THAT THE POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT AGAIN AND LOCK UP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2003 SATURN VUE IS SHUTTING DOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR NOTICE EVEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONE DAY AND WENT OUT AND SINCE THEN MY CAR WILL SHUT OFF AND NOT START BACK UP. THE CAR WILL ATTEMPT TO TURN OVER BUT NOT RUN AS IF IT IS NOT GETTING ANY GAS. I HAD TO BE PUSHED INTO A CVS PAKING LOT BECAUSE I WAS IN THE RIGHT TURNING LANE. AFTER WAITING 15 TO 20 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR STARTED UP, I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT SHUTS DOWN AGAIN. IT TOOK ME 30 MINUTES TO GO 2.5 MILES BECAUSE THE CAR CONSTANTLY SHUT DOWN FOUR TIMES. THE TOTAL TIME IT TOOK ME TO GO 10 MILES FROM MY HOME, TO MY DESTINATION, AND BACK WAS 3 HOURS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP; TEST REVEALED THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT IT COULD BE A BAD CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, OR AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND THE APPROXIMATE COST WOULD BE OVER $600 DEPENDING ON THE PROBLEM. A CAR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND TO OTHERS. I AM LITERALLY AFRAID OF DRIVING MY OWN CAR NOW DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. WHILE RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE IT APPEARS THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING FREQUENTLY AND A RECALL SHOULD BE IN ORDER. *TR

MY 2007 SATURN ION'S POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING EVERYTIME IT'S IN USE. BEING THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION FOR ME AND MY TWO KIDS, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. SEEMS LIKE ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE RECALLED?? *TR

"ENGINE RUNS HOT & ENGINE OIL MIXED WITH COOLANT RESERVOIR (REPLACE CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY)" THAT'S WHAT IT STATES ON SERVICE BULLETIN 96-T-65B. FROM WHAT I'VE READ THIS HAPPENS A LOT ON 91-97 SATURNS. OUR SATURN STARTED OFF BY HAVING CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE COLORED FOAMY-NESS IN THE COOLANT RESERVOIR (IT'S HAD THAT SINCE WE GOT IT 2 YEARS AGO SO NOT SURE HOW LONG IT'S HAD THIS), THEN IT OVER HEATED, THEN THE LOW COOLANT & COOLANT TEMP LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, THEN THE 2ND SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT 3 TIMES NOW (IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS)! IF SATURN KNOWS ABOUT THIS WHY HAVE THEY NOT RECALLED IT??? WE HAVE GOT THE SPARK PLUG REPAIRED NOW 3 TIMES & NOT SURE WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. *TR

IN FEB 2010 I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR BEEPED AND THE PWR STRNG WARNING CAME ON. NO PLACE TO STOP OR PULL OVER AND WAS DARK. I SLOWED DOWN, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE STEERING SEEMED OK, SO I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, IT JUST SCARED ME. I CONTINUED ON TO MY OFF RAMP WITH NO PROBLEMS, BUT WHEN I TRIED TO MAKE THE TURN ONTO THE SIDE RODE, IT WAS LIKE STEERING AN OLD TRUCK. VERY DIFFICULT. IF IT HAD BEEN NECESSARY TO MAKE A SHARP SWERVE ON THE FREEWAY, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT, THUS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. HAVE HAD DIAGNOSTICS RUN ON IT, BUT "NO CODES" SHOWS. WHEN YOU RESTART THE ENGINE, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME I WAS ON THE FREEWAY, IT REENGAGES THE POWER STEERING. IT HAS GONE OUT AT LEAST 10 TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AND I CONSIDER IT A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

KEEP BLOWING FUSES ON THE POWER STEERING. FUSES BLOW ABOUT EVERY FEW MONTHS AND ARE REPLACED. LOOSENESS IN THE POWER STEERING AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN WORKING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SATURN ION. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY A CHIME SOUND. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING SOON AFTER. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; THE POWER STEERING THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFERRED HIM TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. UPDATED 11/05/10. *LJ