2003 Saturn Ion acceleration problems

Filed Apr 10, 2017 · Acceleration, Airbags · 170,000 miles · TN · crash · 2 injuries

Driving on staight on the highway hit a bump in the road my car started spinning out of control steering wheel locked up which made my driver side crash into a cement wall, my airbags did not deploy even thought the car hit the wall so hard that it cracked my radiator, my car then shut off then turned back on

Filed May 9, 2016 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 114,575 miles · OH

Takata recalls..I have a 2003 saturn ion I was driving fine hit cruise control button once I was at 55 an my car made a clicking sound started jerking like the cruise control keeps coming on...I've turned car off hit brakes which should reset it but it still happens..the car feels like its down shifting an trying to accelerate on its on the rpms hump real high wen this happens..you be driving doing 50 MPH an all the sudden car jerks like its trying to stop u feel I t in gas pedal also...

Filed Jan 21, 2016 · Acceleration · 171,127 miles · IN

Accelerator car speeds up on its on when I am driving on it's own. Rps getting to the highest level cant hardly stop car

Filed Feb 21, 2015 · Acceleration, Brakes · 144,000 miles · MI

I was driving my saturn tonight and noticed that even when I would let off the brake, the car would accelerate and rpms would stay elevated. I was driving at about 35-40mph. I was coming up to an intersection and it simply didn't feel right, like it was pulling forward. The traffic light turns red and I start to apply pressure to the brakes. It felt like the brakes were resisting and it was taking a lot more pressure than usual to slow down. My car would not come to a complete stop and I was going ~5mph right up to the crosswalk. The car started violently lurching forward and still, wasn't coming to a stop. The rpms were revving and I was able to react in time to put the car in neutral, keep braking, and turn the engine off right before things would have ended very badly. I kept my car in park and turned it on, and it would shoot up immediately to 4000 RPM. I didn't trust the car at all at this point and sat in -18 degree weather processing what had just happened and what to do next. After about 5 minutes I heard what can be described as the acceleration pedal releasing or popping back up in place. There was nothing it could have been caught on to cause it to stick. Terrifying.

Filed Jan 14, 2015 · Acceleration, Steering · 136,000 miles · MI

Coming to a stop in heavy traffic alarms and lights went off, the car lost powering and wouldn't go into gear finally when the gear engaged it would only stay in first gear. Luckily we were able to pull off the busy highway and get safely to the side of the road with no accidents or injuries.

Filed Nov 17, 2014 · Acceleration · 111,000 miles · IL

This has happened numerous times and is really scary! The gas pedal sticking it gets really stiff and doesnt want to stop . The one time I was going 25 MPH and it wouldn't stop so I had to slam it in park and the rpms got up to 4 . It seems to happen more when it gets cold out . It is not letting up and I am scared for my safety.

Filed Apr 22, 2014 · Acceleration, Steering · 78,000 miles · CA

I was driving along the highway when my car began to accelerate and shift gears strangely. The check engine light came on and then a warning about the power steering. It did feel a little bit harder to drive. Took it to a mechanic who said something about the transmission had come up instead of power steering. Took it to another place who said it was a computer control module. Once checked, engine light turned off and car drove normally. Happened again in march, lost power steering for a few miles before it came back. Engine light came on, stayed on for a day, and then turned off. Searched online for other instances of this happening and found other saturn ion owners complaining of same thing, only it applied to 2004 and later. My 2003 is having the same issue as their's.

Filed Mar 30, 2014 · Acceleration · 86,000 miles · MI

The throttle position switch failed on this vehicle while it was being driven. This caused the engine to quit. It would not restart. Replacing the tps cured the problem.

Filed Mar 18, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 87,000 miles · NY · crash

I was driving down a boulevard, I was doing 40 MPH there was a police car in front and there was maybe about 2 car length distance from him. The light hit yellow and I saw him brake so I started braking as well but my car would not brake. The acceleration continued increasing, I didn't know what to do. I was slamming on the brakes but my car did not stop. My car slammed into the police car within seconds. My car was destroyed. My hood was bent in half, my front bumper scratched & peeled. The bumper stood on the car only because I kept trying to brake and the car went in an angle where it went under the cops car. Both my side fenders cracked and my front light was destroyed. The whole car frame is destroyed and I was held at fault of this accident. My insurance went up, I didn't get no money to help fix my car nor check the problem. If there is way I can get any type of help I would truly appreciate it. 5 months later the same situation happened again thank god I was not driving my vehicle it was parked. It was just accelerating on its own, I didn't know what to do. I left it parked for a week and when I turned it on it was fine. Im scared that this will happen again, please help me out.

Filed Mar 17, 2014 · Acceleration · 163,000 miles · IN

I have owned this vehicle for 4 yrs and have has multiple instances of the vehicle revving and speeding up without ever hitting the gas. When this occurs I have reached speeds over 25mph without ever hitting the gas pedal when taking off from a stopped position. Usually this happens when I start the vehicle initially but has occurred while driving also. The RPM's will go high and if I put in gear the car will just take off. It sometimes will rev down after idling for a few minutes or if I shut off and restart after a couple minutes. When it happens while driving I have had to put in neutral and coast to a stop and shut car down. This is just a very unsafe situation altogether, and from what I have seen there are many more who have experienced this same issue.