There are 6 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2007 Saturn Outlookin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
ON TWO OCCASIONS MY CAR STOPPED DRIVING WHILE GOING AROUND 40 TO 55 MPH. I WAS DRIVING SOMETIME THE END OF JULY 2015 WHEN THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE GOING ABOUT 45 MPH. THE DASH LIGHTS WERE ON BUT ALL PANELS WERE ON 0. IT MADE A COUPLE OF THRUSTS THEN STOPPED. AFTER A MINUTE I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE CAR RESUMED DRIVING. ON AUGUST 8TH WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IT GOING ABOUT 55 MPH THE CAR STOPPED AGAIN WITH NO WARNING BUT FINALLY A WARNING CAME ON INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE STABILITRAK AND THEN HE WAS ABLE TO PRESS THE GAS AND THE CAR STARTED MOVING AGAIN. WE WILL BE MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT FROM MY RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND US BOTH TIMES OR SOMEONE COULD OF BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE DOES DIE.
I WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH ON AUG. 11, 2013 WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD AND 11 YEAR OLD NIECE AND NEPHEW. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. WENT DOWN A HILL AND THE CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND I WAS TURNING RIGHT. THE RPMS WENT UP LIKE I WAS GOING REALLY FAST AND THEN REALIZED I WAS NOT GETTING THE GAS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GETTING. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH A CAR BEHIND ME AND TURN AROUND. I WAS SO NERVOUS I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER CAR WAS COMING BECAUSE I COULD BARELY GO IN REVERSE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR BACK HOME BY GOING 40 MPH WITH THE RPMS BETWEEN 4 AND 5. IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME SAFELY. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC OR THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 133,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO DECELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,363.
VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN LEAVING A DRIVEWAY I ACCELERATED UP TO SPEED, THEN EASED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO START COASTING UP TO THE INTERSECTION AHEAD. VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING, BUT AFTER A SECOND OR TWO, IT STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AGAIN. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND COULD SLOW THE VEHICLE A BIT. THE ACCELERATION LASTED ABOUT 5 SECONDS. *TR
VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN - THIS HAS HAPPEN 4 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED. ON AUG 14, 2011, ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC JAM, WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHILE I HAD THE BRAKE PRESSED. OTHER TIME HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE ACCELERATED, HAD TO PRESS BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE UNTIL ACCELERATION STOPPED. ANOTHER TIME THIS HAPPEN WHILE DECELERATING ON A FREEWAY OFF-RAMP. ANOTHER TIME WAS ON A SECONDARY ROAD. EACH TIME THE ACCELERATION LASTED ABOUT 3 TO 5 SECONDS. PRESSING THE BRAKE DID NOT STOP THE ACCELERATION. *TR
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 26, 2026