Saturn Ion Complaints

4,344 consumer complaints on file.

#10108642January 21, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE THERE WAS A PULSING WHICH WOULD MAKE IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN LINE. THE BRAKES WERE USELESS. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106522January 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I LIVE IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA AND HAVE HAD MY ION FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH. THAT IS UNTIL THIS WINTER. 4 TIMES I HAVE CAME OUT OF WORK AT NIGHT ON COLD NIGHTS TO START MY CAR ONLY TO HAVE IT NOT START. AFTER ABOUT 15 - 25 MINUTES OF TRYING MY CAR FINALLY STARTS UP. AFTER I HAVE SAT IN THE COLD. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY IT DECIDES NOT TO START. ANYWAY I NEVER LEFT ANYTHING ON , NO DOORS WERE LEFT OPEN,NOTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BATTERY BEING LOCATED IN THE TRUNK OF THE CAR OR NOT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FINE AND IT RUNS FINE AFTER I DO GET IT TO START. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME COLD DAYS AHEAD WERE IN LIVE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. WE I LEAVE WORK EVERYONE AROUND ME HAS NO PROBLEM STARTING UP THERE CAR DIFFERENT MAKES AND YEARS NO PROBLEM. I WILL BE GIVING MY DEALERSHIP A CALL TOMORROW TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP BUT I AM SURE AS MOST DEALERSHIPS ARE THEY WON'T. ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106560January 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
OVER THE PAST 2 AND 1/2 WEEKS WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM STARTING OUR 2003 SATURN ION. THE CAR WOULD NOT START LEADING ONE TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY. THEN A FEW HOURS LATER THE CAR STARTED AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME AND WENT VERY QUICKLY. A WEEK LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THE CAR STARTED UP AGAIN LATER WITH NO PROBLEM. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE LOCAL SATURN SERVICE TECH ADVISED US THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN SEEN WITH OTHER IONS AND THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106435January 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN
ALMOST FROM DAY ONE, THE TRACTION CONTROL DOES NOT TURN OFF. THE DEALER SAYS THEY HOOKED UP A COMPUTER TO SEE IF IT TURNED OFF AND THEY SAID IT DOES, BUT, AS SOON AS I LEFT THE DEALER, I HIT THE BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND I SPUN THE TIRES AND THE TRACTION CONTROL KICKED ON AND THE CAR HAD NO POWER PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. YET THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106266January 13, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I HAVE A 2003 SATURN ION COUPE. WHEN I WOULD DRIVE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND LET THE CAR WARM UP, THERE ARE INTERMITTENT OCCASIONS WHERE I WILL SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHANGING OF A STOP LIGHT, AND WHEN I EITHER COME TO THE STOP OR WHEN I ACCELERATE AGAIN, THE CAR WOULD IN ESSENCE STALL OUT AND TURN OFF. HOWEVER THE CAR WOULD START RIGHT BACK UP WHEN I PUT IT BACK IN PARK. IT HAPPENED ONCE, MAYBE TWICE B4 I HAD A CHANCE TO REALIZE IT WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ON THE 12TH OF JANUARY IT STALLED AS I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HANG TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND BECAUSE OF THIS, I LOST POWER STEERING AND HIT THE MEDIAN AND A ROCK BED ON THE MEDIAN. THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND IT IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SHOP. I DO NOT KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE EXACT REASON FOR THE STALL. JUST THAT I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT TAKE GOOD CARE OF THIS CAR AND SEE NO REASON FOR IT DO THIS. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105756January 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE ON LOCAL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE SATURN ION 3 QUAD COUPE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE RPMS REACHED ABOUT 6,000 WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED AND PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF FULL STOP (WHILE IN DRIVE), THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED PROPERLY AND DID NOT SLIP. UPON TAKING THE NEXT EXIT, THE CAR WAS PLACED INTO PARK AND WAS IDLING. EXITING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A STRONG BURNING SMELL WHICH WAS QUITE SIMILAR TO A CLUTCH SLIPPING IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. NO FLUIDS WERE SEEN DRIPPING AND THERE WAS NO COSMETIC DAMAGE. THE CAR WOULD NOT RETURN TO DRIVE. DESPITE PRESSING THE BRAKE AS REQUIRED, THE CAR WAS 'LOCKED' INTO PARK. A STRANGE CLICK WAS HEARD FROM THE AREA NEAR THE TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON. THIS WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL CLICK THAT IS HEARD WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED IN PARK. HE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. THE CAR WOULD PROPERLY ENTER DRIVE AND THE ABNORMAL CLICK WAS NOT PRESENT.THE LOCAL SATURN DEALER REPLACED THE "INPUT" AND "OUTPUT" FILTERS IN THE TRANSMISSION PER DIRECTION OF SATURN CORPORATION. TRANSMISSION HAS NOT SLIPPED AGAIN SINCE THIS REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105626January 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 04 ION2 IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER MY PURCHASE I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WOULD DOWNSHIFT WHILE BRAKING DOWNHILLS, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE RPMS TO ACCELERATE EXTREMELY HIGH. THE CAR WOULD THE JERK ITSELF BACK INTO THE GEAR IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE IN. THIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS AND IS STILL OCCURING. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR TO SATURN OF SPRINGFIELD COUNTLESS TIMES. AT ONE POINT I WAS IN THERE MUTLIPLE TIMES IN ONE WEEK. NOT ONLY DID IS ACCELERATE GOING DOWNHILL BUT IT WON'T SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR GOING UP HILL, AND TO TOP IT OFF WHEN I ENTER THE HIGHWAY THE CAR WONT SHIFT INTO 5 GEAR WHEN I AM ACCELERATING, I HAVE TO REMOVE MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL TO ALLOW THE CAR TO SHIFT. SATURN HAS TOLD ME COUNTLESS TIMES THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. I ONLY AVERAGE ABOUT 16 MILES TO THE GALLON NO MATTER IF IT IS THE HIGHWAY OR CITY. I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WERE SATURN CALLS ME THE NEXT DAY AFTER EVERY SERVICE CALL. OH AND I JUST HAD TO HAVE MY POSTIVE BATTERY CABLE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T STAY ATTACHED TO THE BATTERY WHICH WOULD'T ALLOW THE CAR TO START.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105464December 28, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING,THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE FILL IN FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109682December 27, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S TRUNK OPENED. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT SET. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS WORKING WITHIN FACTORY SPECS. *TC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104585December 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. MY PARENTS BOUGHT A SATURN ION 2, IT IS ONLY ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR TO THEIR LOCATION AND TURNING IT OFF, THEY CAME BACK TO THE CAR (MAYBE 2 HOURS LATER), TO START THE CAR AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO PUSH THE UNLOCK BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES ON THE REMOTE. AFTER ABOUT 20 PUSHES THE CAR WAS FINIALLY ABLE TO BE STARTED. THEY BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED ONLY TO HAVE SOMEONE TELL THEM THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG AND DON'T KNOW WHY IT DID NOT START. ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, THEY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, SPOKE WITH SOMEONE IN THE SHOP AREA AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T HELP THEM OUT BUT IF THEY BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE SHOP, IT WOULD HAVE TO LEFT OVER NIGHT TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND ANY PROBLEMS. WE TRIED TO PUSH THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE REMOTE AS WE WERE TOLD LAST TIME TO DO THIS - IT DIDN'T WORK THIS TIME. AFTER SITTING IN THE CAR FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, THE CAR FINIALLY DID START. ALSO ON TWO OTHER SEPARATE OCCASSIONS, ON THE DASH PANEL, THE MILEAGE WOULD DISSAPPEAR AND WORDS WOULD APPEAR. I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT, BUT WHEN THIS WAS MENTIONED TO THE SHOP THEY SAID NOT TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND THAT IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT DIRECTLY TO THEM. ON BOTH OF THESE OCCASSIONS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT. WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND STARTED AGAIN, THE WORDS DISAPPEAR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS LIKE THIS? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105188December 22, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE CONSUMER SLID ON A PATCH OF ICE WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. THIS RESULTED IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE HITTING THE CURB. UPON IMPACT THE TIRE FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER'S HOME. THE CONSUMER JACKED THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE UP AND NOTICED THAT THE METAL PIECE THAT THE HUB WAS MOUNTED TO ALONG WITH THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAD CAME APART AND FOLDED DOWN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103735December 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE SHUT OFF, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK WHEN VEHICLE TRAVELED OVER ROAD BUMPS. TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR TESTING, BUT THE RESULTS SHOWED NO APPARENT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103765December 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION: WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE FROZE. CONSUMER COULD NOT GO BACKWARD OR FORWARD. SHE HAD THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST. CONTACTED THE DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108852December 10, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
SATURN ION CONTAINED SIDE AND FRONT AIR BAGS, AND NEITHER DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *BF *SC (LAWYER ILIANA RUIZ REPRESENTING MARCIAL GARCIA, CONSUMER) WHEN THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE THAT RAN A STOP SIGN, THE CONSUMER SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES AND ENDED UP STRIKING A FENCE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10103398November 30, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS AND DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS ON SATURN ION. *BF *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100559November 26, 2004
AIR BAGS, SEATS
PROBLEMS: A. AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY . B. DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSE AND DENT REAR-ENDED WHILE STOPPED AT A RAILROAD CROSSING. UPON IMPACT SEAT FLEW BACK, HIT BACK SEAT AND DENTED. OUR STOPPED CAR WAS THEN PUSHED INTO THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT. OUR CAR WAS SMASHED AT FRONT AND BACK AND NEITHER FRONT NOR SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. NO SKID MARKS REPORTED AND NO BRAKES APPLIED BY OFFENDING CAR SO OUR 2004 SATURN ION TOOK THE FULL IMPACT AND WAS SANDWICHED BETWEEN A CAMRY FROM BEHIND AND A GMC JIMMY IN FRONT. WOMAN IN JIMMY TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL SINCE SHE WAS PREGNANT. MY SON DRIVING THE SATURN HAD HIS WIFE PICK HIM UP AND PROCEEDED TO E/R WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL STRAIN. DRIVER OF CAMRY HAD HER HUSBAND PICK HER UP. ALL 3 VEHICLES WERE TOWED. OUR SATURN WILL MOST LIKELY BE TOTALED. WE TOOK PICTURES AS DID THE POLICE IN SPOKANE, WA.. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10101643November 24, 2004
SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE HARD TO MANEUVER. THE BRAKES SHOOK ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101030November 16, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VEHICLE VIBRATED/SHOOK DURING BRAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO NOTICED RUST ON THE LEFT ROTOR, WHICH WAS TURNED, AND BOTH REAR BRAKES WERE CLEANED AND READJUSTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098905November 15, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CAR HEAD-ON IN MY SATURN IN (2003). THE FRONT OF MY CAR WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED UP TO THE WINDSHIELD, YET THE AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. IT WAS CRUSHED SO BAD THAT THE INSURANCE CO. TOTALLED MY CAR,YET WITH A WRECK SO BAD THE AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE??*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10098861November 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
INTERIOR ROOF AROUND SUN ROOF - VERY LOSS AND WIRES ARE EXPOSED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND FAILED TO FIX ISSUE. POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH WIRES EXPOSED TO GETTING WET. CEILING HAS STARTED TO HANG LOWER BECAUSE THE MATERIAL/GLUE HOLDING IT IN PLACE IS NOT WORKING RIGHT. POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF CEILING SHOULD BE DONE BUT COMPANY HAS NOT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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