SATURN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

#1 (STEERING COLUMN) JARS OCCASIONALY WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS MAKING IT JAR THE WHOLE CAR AND ALSO MAKES IT HARD TO TURN. #2 (ELECTRICAL)POWER LOCKS ON EVERY DOOR BUT DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT WORK OCCASIONALY...AND PASSENGER DOOR SOMETIMES DOES NOT LATCH AND SOMETIMES WONT OPEN WHEN DOOR IS UNLOCKED AND CAR IS SETTING STILL AND OR MOVING.

TAKATA RECALL THE SEAT BELTS WHEN STOPPING SUDDENLY DO NOT ALWAYS LOCK UP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS. THE FUEL SYSTEM HAS BEEN PRODUCING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF FUELING UP. AND THE FUEL PUMP WILL KNOCK OCCASIONALLY EVEN AFTER IT'S BEEN CHANGED. THE SUSPENSION IS REALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS, RATTLING NOISE AND SHAKING.

CAR HAS LOST POWER ON DASH LIGHTS, RADIO WHEN OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY OR AROUND TOWN ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNIN THE STEERING WHEEL, LOOSES POWER, AND SHE WAS FORCED TO GET INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. KEY GETS STUCK IN INGNITION UPON STARTING CAR INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START WITHOUT JUMPING THE CAR OFF OR WITHOUT WIGGLING THE WIRES ON TOP OF THE BATTERY CONNECTING TO THE BRAIN. WE HAVE HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED. STABILITRACT LIGHT WAS ON AND WE HAD THE DEALER CHECK IT OUT THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE COMPUTER MODULE. RADIO WILL CUT OFF, DASH LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY.

THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT NO LONGER WORKS, AND BULB REPLACEMENT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC SAID THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

MY CAR HAS 106,000 MILES, AND ENGINE IS BAD, ALWAYS TOOK GREAT CARE OF MY CAR, AND HAD OIL CHANGES ON TIME ETC. WHY IS THERE NOT RECALLS WHEN THERE IS SO MANY ISSSUES WITH THERE ENGINES?

MY DOOR LOCKS DO NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK INTERMITTENTLY. IT MAY BE THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR UNLOCKS BUT NONE OF THE OTHERS AND AT TIMES NONE BUT THE REAR HATCH UNLOCK AND I HAVE TO CRAWL THRU THE SUV TO GET DOORS OPENED. WHEN NONE OF THE DOOR LOCKS OPEN, THE KEY WILL NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR EITHER. ALSO, ABOUT 1/3 OF THE TIME WHEN YOU USE THE CLICKER TO LOCK THE DOORS, THE HORN SOUNDS INDICATING IT LOCKED BUT WHEN I CHECK, SOME OR NONE LOCKED. WHEN I SHIFT INTO GEAR FROM PARK OR BACK TO PARK, THE LOCKS DO NOT ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE OR ONLY SOME DO. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID IT MIGHT BE THE LOCK ACTUATORS BUT HE SAID THAT IT COULDN'T BE IF THEY OPEN THE DOORS LOCKED OR UNLOCKED THE DOORS SOME OF THE TIME. HE SAID HE HAD ALSO HAD CUSTOMERS THAT OWNED GM CARS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF GM MODELS TO CORRECT IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW MY LOCKS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. I WON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CAR WHEN SHOPPING OR PARKED BECAUSE I CAN'T TRUST THAT THE DOORS LOCKED. IF I FELT UNSAFE FOR ANY REASON GOING TO MY CAR, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN I COME OUT, IF SOMEONE IS ALREADY IN MY CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SATURN AURA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING MOTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2006 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING. *LD *JS

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR USED NOW HAS UNDER 90,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE STARTED LEAKING FROM ALL SEALS. $2700 TO REPAIR THIS NOW THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO BE NOT WORKING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. NO INDICATION OF ANY LEAKS JUST NOTICES WHEN THE GRINDING STARTED THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID ON THE DIP STICK. I SEE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND GIVEN THE SAFETY ISSUE FEEL IT SHOULD BE RECALLED.