SATURN Complaints

WHEN DRIVING MY 2005 SATURN ION THE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON AND THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND STARTING AGAIN WILL FIX POWER STEERING FOR A SHORT TIME. GM HAS RECALL ON OTHER MAKES AND MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, WHY NOT THE SATURN. IF IT WOULD GO OUT AS YOUR MAKING A TURN, COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY POWER STEERING ALARM ON MY DASH CAME ON AND MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. UPON RESTARTING THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES WITHIN 30 MINUTES. IT HAPPENED AGAIN SEVERAL HOURS LATER AND AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER. I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I AM WAITING TO TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2006 SATURN ION SUDDENLY TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION CAUSING THE CAR'S ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN A 2 DAY PERIOD. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. COST WAS $200. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, AND THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT ON MY 2004 SATURN ION. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL INTO A PARKING LOT. SUPRISINGLY, WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM CAME ON AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME, BUT I ALMOST CRASHED. NO WARNING. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ONLINE, AND HAVE FOUND THAT OTHER 2004 ION USERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, AND WHILE GM RECALLED THIS ISSUE ON COBALTS, IT'S IGNORING THE SATURN 2004 SAME ISSUE. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAS FAILED. CAR HAS 26K MILES. LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT FOR 2-3 WEEKS THEN TOTALLY FAILED. *TR

I WANT TO REPORT A PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 SATURN ION. I LIVE IN VIRGINIA AND MY VEHICLE HAD A FUEL SYSTEM LEAK LIKE THE ONE DESCRIBED IN YOUR SAFETY RECALL 09V419000. MY VEHICLE WAS ACTUALLY DRIPPING FUEL FROM THE SKID PLATE COVERING THE FUEL TANK. GM WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BACK IN DECEMBER 2009, BUT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 7000 MILES OUT OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY SATURN/GM REFUSED TO HELP. I COMPARED THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP AND THE NEW ONE PURCHASED FROM GM AND FIND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED INDICATING THAT GM KNOWS THAT THE OEM FUEL PUMP IS DEFECTIVE. I WAS SURPRISED THAT GM REFUSED TO HELP SINCE THIS CAR HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS FROM MARCH TO MAY 2009 WITH FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT DURING THE TIME I WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM MY DAUGHTER WAS CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING OF HEADACHES. EVER SINCE I HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED SHE HAS NOT HAD ANY HEADACHES AFTER RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. I FEEL ALL 2006-2007 SATURN IONS AND CHEVROLET COBALTS ARE SAFETY HAZARDS. I HOPE YOU CAN INVESTIGATE AND MAKE GM ISSUE A NATIONWIDE RECALL ON THESE MODELS AND NOT JUST THE STATES CURRENTLY LISTED ON YOUR RECALL. I FEEL GM HAS SUPPRESSED THIS INFORMATION AND NOT MADE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THIS SEVERE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THEIR EXPENSE TO REPAIR THESE VEHICLES. *TR

FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS COMPLETELY MISSING WITH 52,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE WHEELS CAN MOVE UP TO THREE INCHES UNCONTROLLABLY. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF THESE BUSHINGS. MY DEALER INFORMED ME THEY'VE REPLACED A HUGE AMOUNT OF THESE BUSHINGS...AND KEEP MANY IN STOCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEEDS OF 5 MPH THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT FOUND THERE WAS LIMITED STEERING POWER. THE CONTACT FOUND IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE DEALER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED AND THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

DRIVING MY 2005 ION AT ABOUT 40 MPH A DING WENT OFF AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WHEN ON. IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER STOPPING FOR A FEW MINUTES, I STARTED THE CAR AND IT WORKED FINE, UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. FINALLY IT WOULD ONLY WORK FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AND THE LIGHT AND HARD STEERING STARTED. HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND HE PUT IN A ASSIST MOTOR AND COLUMN KIT. THE COST $1041.43. THE ONLY WAY WE GOT THE PART WAS THAT HE GOT IT FROM THE SHIPMENT MADE TO HIM FOR THE CHEVY COBALTS ON HIS LOT. THE PART WAS RECEIVED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AFTER HE TRIED TO ORDER THE PART SEVERAL TIMES. THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET THE PART, AS NO ONE WOULD SHIP IT TO HIM BECAUSE OF THE RECALL ON THE CHEVYS. *TR

POWER STEERING COMES AND GOES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. VERY SCARY WHEN IT GOES OUT ON A CURVE. TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND "27 POINT" INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP, CURIOUS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD NOTICE. THEY CHECKED IT OFF AS GOOD. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT 40,000 MILES. *TR