2007 Saturn Ion Powertrain & Transmission Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN PROMPTED. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE CLUTCH TO START THE VEHICLE AND ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000.

2007 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION KEY ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE IGNITION SWITCH AND SHIFTER WERE REPLACED. *JB

HAD VEHICLE TAKEN IN FOR IGNITION SWITCH RECALL PER NOTICE. AFTER REPAIRS FOR WHICH MY VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP FOR ALMOST 30 DAYS, I WAS GIVEN VEHICLE BACK. AFTER 2 WEEKS THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD STILL STICK AND NOT ALLOW FOR THE KEY TO BE RETURNED TO THE OFF SWITCH AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. I JUST HAVE DEALT WITH THIS FOR AWHILE NOW, BUT NOT IT IS BECOMING MORE OF AN ISSUE AND I FEEL THE RECALL PARTS ARE NOT WORKING.

WHEN TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, THE KEY GETS STUCK AND CANNOT MOVE KEY BACK TO PARK POSITION. MOVING THE SHIFTER BACK AND FORTH AND REPARKING HAD TEMPORARILY ALLOWED ME TO PULL THE KEY OUT. MONTHS LATER, WE CANNOT PULL KEY OUT OF IGNITION IT IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I WAS TOLD WE NEED A NEW SHIFTER BY THE DEALER. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SHIFT CABLE ASSEMBLY AND MOUNTING BRACKET, BUT OF COURSE, NOT FOR THE SATURN ION 2007 MODEL. GM STINKS!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, THE KEY REMAINED IN THE ON POSITION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 7/9/15*CN

NOVEMBER 10TH AT 4:50 PM I LEFT THE GROCERY STORE I PULLED INTO GARAGE AT 5PM PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND THE KEY WOULD NOT MOVE IN THE IGNITION SO THE CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I OPENED MANUAL TO PAGE 105-106 AND TRIED THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE AND THAT DID NOT WORK. I CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY CLOSED AND WERE GOING TO BE CLOSED THE NEXT DAY ON VETERANS DAY. SO I PLACED A CALL TO AAA AND THEY HAD TO SEND OUT A LOCK SMITH TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND REPLACE THE IGNITION. 3 HOURS AND $275 DOLLARS LATER BECAUSE AAA COVERS $100 OF IT MY CAR WAS FIXED. THIS IS NOT A SAFE THING TO OCCUR IN A VEHICLE. I GOOGLED THIS AND SAW THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. *TR

2007 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR IGNITION DEFECT REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER FROM DAY ONE, SHE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE SERVICE INVOICE STATED THE SHIFTER WAS REPLACED. GM DENIED THE CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT. ACCORDING TO THE LETTER FROM GM, THE REPAIR THAT WAS PERFORMED WAS NOT THE REPAIR COVERED BY THE RECALL. *JB

AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG A CITY STREET LAST AUTUMN, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING WITH A NOTICEABLE JERK EACH TIME IT WENT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. WHEN I PUT THE CAR BACK INTO GEAR, THERE WAS AN EVEN STRONGER JERK. THE JERKING KEPT ON EACH TIME THE CAR SHIFTED. AT THE NEXT LIGHT I TURNED THE CAR OFF DURING THE RED LIGHT AND THEN TURNED IT ON WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, SO I WENT STRAIGHT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THEY WERE BUSY SO I HAD TO WAIT AWHILE, AND THEN IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE TECHNICIAN WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, THE PROBLEM WAS GONE. ISN'T THAT SOOOO TYPICAL. THIS LAST SUMMER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS TIME I WENT HOME AND LET THE CAR SIT THERE FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES. THE PROBLEM WAS GONE AGAIN. MY FEAR IS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN THEN. *TR

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN COMPLETELY OFF OUT OF THE "ACC" POSITION WHEN STOPPED. THE GEAR SHIFTER HAS TO BE "PLAYED WITH" FOR A WHILE AND THEN MAYBE IT WILL ENGAGE. OTHERWISE THE CAR WILL STAY IN THE ACC POSITION . OF COURSE THE DOORS CANNOT BE LOCKED BECAUSE THE CAR WON'T SHUT OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HESITATE AND RESPONDED AS THOUGH IT WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION CENTER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION INNER SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,800.

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. *TR

2007 SATURN ION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION / SHIFTER PROBLEMS AND REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER HAD THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AND SOLENOID REPLACED, PRIOR TO THE RECALL, BECAUSE THE KEY WAS GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION. ALSO, THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THE KEY CONTINUED TO GET STUCK. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE TIMES, WHERE SHE COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF, BECAUSE THE KEY WAS STUCK. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN AURA XE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE IGNITION OFF, IT STARTED TO ROLL BACK IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE SHIFT CABLE WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A BRACKET FOR THE SHIFT CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS MILEAGE 67,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DISENGAGE THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF FIFTH GEAR. APPROXIMATELY 5-6 SECONDS LATER, THE GEAR SHIFTER DISENGAGED. AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,700.