Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/28/2011 | 56000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 saturn ion. the contact was driving 5 mph when the vehicle stalled. the check engine and power down warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. the vehicle was towed to both a private mechanic and the dealer. the dealer stated that the throttle body sensor needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 56,000 and the current mileage was 57,000. sm. | |||
| 01/28/2011 | 56000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 saturn ion. the contact was driving 5 mph when the vehicle stalled. the check engine and power down warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. the vehicle was towed to both a private mechanic and the dealer. the dealer confirmed the throttle body sensor needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 56,000 and the current mileage was 57,000. rds | |||
| 01/07/2012 | |||
| The car made a loud noise when i pressed on the gas. it would not accelerate fast enough for the highway and the speedometer was not working. i'm guessing the car could go at max, 20mph. the speedometer remained on 0 while the acceleration had to go up to 3 or 4 just to keep the car moving. the check engine light was on. i took the car to gm dealership/certified saturn service right then, and they charged me $360 to replace the transmission control module. the service guy told me that when mechanics first did the electrical diagnostic check, the car failed 32 markers, but when they did an electrical diagnostic check after replacing the transmission control module, the results confirmed that all the car's problems have been fixed. | |||
| 08/03/2011 | 111111 | ||
| I want to add my vehicle to the list of complainants that are having trouble with the faulty power steering issue on the 2004-2007 saturn ions. i have had this trouble since the beginning of august this year almost right at 100,000 miles. that makes my car ineligible for the reimbursement offer gm has. it is only good for 10 years and 100,000 miles i was just past that. however, if you are forcing them to issue a recall i don't see why they should not have to fix my car as well. the incidents, thankfully, have only occurred while i was driving, and i have been able to control the vehicle. i have been fortunate enough to not have it go out in mid turn yet, and i have not had it go out at low speeds in high traffic yet. these are the most dangerous times, i believe, for the loss of power steering. fortunately the unit has never failed while my wife was driving. in addition to being a touch physically weaker than i am she is terrified of driving anyway, and i fear if it happened to her she would absolutely have an accident as a result. i have also had problems with the cruise control not working since i purchased the vehicle on august 28, 2006. i took it in once under warranty to have it repaired and they said it was a well known loose wiring issue. it wasn't more than a month or so later that i was having the same issue. when i took it in for repair this time, they told me it was no longer covered under warranty and they wanted $600 to repair a known loose wiring issue i was understandably upset about that and chose to just have a finicky cruise control since then. | |||
| 11/08/2009 | 53000 | 1 | |
| Had a recall on 2007 saturn ion and was told that bennet motor company was not correcting the problem as saturn has closed what are we suppose to do also had a problem with the gas pedal on this car also it would not go as it was not getting gas. *tr | |||
| 03/10/2009 | 19650 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 saturn ion. the contact stated that the accelerator pedal was sticking and must be pulled in order for it to loosen. the pedal made a popping sound when this occurred. two months ago, the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repair and they stated that the pedal was faulty. currently, the pedal is sticking once again and the contact will call the manufacturer. the failure mileage was 19,650. | |||
| 04/14/2008 | 15000 | 1 | |
| I purchased a 2007 saturn ion 3 quad coup in 2006. in april of 2007 the car began to make loud noised when starting it. it would idle high at stops and would feel like i was rolling gravel when coming to a stop and accelerating from a stop. i made an appointment for service. saturn made me wait an entire week for an appointment. by time i brought my car in my check engine light was on. saturn said they found nothing wrong but just updated the computer chip. not even a week later the same problem occurred. i brought it in and this time they said the throttle body was broke. they claim to have replaced it. two weeks ago i had the same issues. loud noises, high idling, the car would literally jump back when i started it. i brought it in again, they said nothing was wrong and just updated the computer again. yesterday as i was driving my car just stopped. thank god no one was behind me because i would have been rear ended. i see no reason why their mechanics can't figure out what is wrong. are they cutting corners to be able to fix more cars in one day. i don't see why a two year old car should have all these issues. i see from many blogs and web pages that people are having a lot of problems with this model saturn. i think that gm should step up and do something about this, besides discontinue the make of the car which they already did. this is no longer an inconvenience, it's absolute frustration. i paid a lot of money for a car to be dependable and to get me from point a to point b safely. i do not want to be locked in my house because i'm afraid to get stranded somewhere. *tr | |||