Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | |||
| 08/15/2010 | 96000 | ||
| My 2007 saturn ion's ignition lock cylinder is broken. apparently this is a very common problem with saturns, and fixing the problem once is not a garentee that it will not need to be replaced again. when i arrived home, my car would not turn off. the key would not turn back, however, we could completely remove the key, and we could turn the key to the on postion. my husband was able to turn off the car by pulling a fuse from the under the hood of the car after a little bit of research and a lot of wasted gas. we purchased a new ignition lock cylinder from the closest dealership, but that did not resolve the problem. we have now learned we also need to relace the ignition starter switch. there is no reason that this many saturns should be having the exact same problem. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/saturn_ignition_lock.html has over 50 pages of people complaining about the exact same problem! this needs to be recalled! | |||
| 11/12/2010 | 140000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 saturn ion. the driver side and both rear passenger doors locks have failed. the doors will unlock themselves while you are driving. the vehicle was taken to a mechanic shop where they will replaced the latch mechanism on the door. (part name unknown) the manufacturer was call but offered no other assistance. thelatched have not been repaired. the failure mileage was 140,000....mw | |||
| 08/01/2007 | 4500 | ||
| Problems with 2007 saturn ion ignition cylinder and park/lock interface. vehicle frequently can not be turned off. park/lock interface will not unlock door, when ignition turned off. key cannot be removed from ignition. | |||
| 05/18/2010 | 57000 | ||
| I drive a 2007 saturn ion, and from what i can tell online this is a huge problem that gm has and it has not been resolved or recalled. i got home from work and went to turn the key off and it would not turn off. the key was stuck. i have talked to several gm dealers and they all say it's a well known problem but still expect me to pay around 500 dollars to fix it. i would understand if this was normal wear and tear but it's not. this is something that is defective and known about. gm either made these intentionally this way to scam in money or really screwed up and should fix it. this could of gone a lot differetntly what if the car would of locked up while driving and locked out the steering wheel? something needs to be done about this and i don't know if it is all saturns or just the ion model but it seems to be something that has gone on for sometime. as tax payers we bailed them out of financial problems and this is how we are repayed and treated. please make gm do a recall on the saturn ignitions immediately. i have a 10 month old and stuff like this scares me. | |||