2006 Saturn Ion: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Aug 15, 2017 · Body · 170,000 miles · AL

Door would not open from the inside, or the outside. Almost impossible for a person with chf and knee issues to exit. Not to mention, if there was an accident.

Filed Nov 11, 2016 · Body · 87,000 miles · MN

The drivers door will not open. Appears the latch is broken

Filed Aug 2, 2016 · Electrical · 51,000 miles · NC

When you turn the ignition key to the off position sometimes you can not remove the key and when you can not remove the key you can not open the doors because it has automatic door locks when you put the car in gear to move. When this happens you must restart the car until the ignition releases the key, which puts undo wear and tear on the starter and system. I have taken it to a shop three times to have it repaired but they say they can not find any problem. So they kept the car a week to try to find the problem. I just learned that the shop I am taking it to has all the appearance of a dealership but they are not a dealership.

Filed Jul 24, 2014 · Electrical · LA

When my car first started cutting itself off while driving on the interstate or roads, r when turning key to turn car off, the key wouldn't turn car off. You can remove the key but car is still on. The doors will not unlock till the starter switch locks itself into off. You can put car into park and key will not turn off. I strongly feel that this goes along with the problem of the key turning car off while you are driving. That recall was done but we still have the problem of not being able to turn car off with the key. If you remove the key car is still on, this is a problem as sometimes you can not sit there waiting on car to shut off and this worries me as to safety.

Filed May 13, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 122,650 miles · CA

Electrical problem with interior lighting also problem with electrical power door lock (driver side) and power windows, in which all riders feel they are suffocating.due to unattainable natural air.

Filed Apr 29, 2014 · Fuel system, Steering · 105,100 miles · WA · crash

Within an hour of bringing the vehicle home from getting the fuel pump replaced on april 25, 2014, I received a frantic call from my daughter, panicked she had just been involved in an accident. She states she was driving home in a residential area and the car started veering back and forth uncontrollably. The car careened into the curb damaging the front passenger side and tire. It hit with such force, the vehicle ricochet back into the middle of the road. My daughter then shifted it into park, turned it off and attempted to exit. The doors would not open and could not be unlocked, manually or with the key fob. 2 men driving by stopped and attempted to help her out of the vehicle, with no luck. As a last resort, she had to break out the driver side front window to escape. I then called dayl graves dealership, and was instructed to have the vehicle towed back to their dealership so they could evaluate the vehicle. It is currently still at their dealership. After kevin, the mechanic, looked at the vehicle, he determined it was an issue with the power steering motor & column. Updated 08/20/14

Filed Dec 12, 2013 · Body, Electrical · 59,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 saturn ion. The contact was making a right turn at 15 MPH when the driver's side door opened without being engaged. The contact also stated that he was unable to shut the engine off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where the contact was informed that the ignition barrel switch seized and was fractured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who confirmed the failure and also stated that the door latch was fractured. The ignition barrel switch was repaired but not the door latch failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 59,000.

Filed Oct 21, 2013 · Body, Locks · 72,500 miles · GA

I recently experienced a malfunctioning door latch actuator. On two separate occasions, driver was trapped in the car because neither the interior or exterior door handle would actuate the door latch, opening the door. Exterior, interior manual, interior power and remote power locks were repeatedly actuated to no avail. Eventually, the door finally opened after using a hangar through the window cavity to bump one of the linkage arms. If there were an accident, this could pose a serious threat to a successful evacuation.

Filed Aug 13, 2013 · Body · 88,000 miles · CA

Neither the external or internal door handles will allow one or more doors to open. My drivers side door just stopped working from the external/internal door handles. In the event of an emergency where I might need to get out of my car in a timely manner it will not be possible as I would have to climb over to the passenger side to get out. If something bad happened and both doors had the same problem around the same time someone might have to crawl out the cars windows in order to get out. In the extreme something happened to the electrical system and both doors at the same time you could be trapped in your car until rescue personal arrived. Seems to me that there should not be a single point of failure on a door handles that would cause both the external and internal handles to no longer function as required and cause the door to open. I have done web searches for this and it appears to be a common problem. The fix is you have to take it to someone that could spend upwards of 4 or more hours to get the door opened before they can even start to fix the problem. If gm/saturn can't correct the problem in an acceptable manner then should at least cover the cost of fixing the problem every time it happens.

Filed Dec 20, 2010 · 70,000 miles · SC

The ignition key would not turn off the vehicle. It was stuck in the on position with the car running. I had to drive to my mechanic and have him disconnect the battery to get it to stop. He rebuilt the ignition, but I continue to have problems with the key getting stuck after shut off. There has been another continuing ignition problem in my 2006 ion for a couple of years, before and after the key got stuck in the on position. The key continually gets stuck in the ignition after shut off and will not come out until I play with it (restarting the car, moving it a bit, playing with the door locks, etc.) for a couple of minutes.

Filed Aug 20, 2010 · Electrical · 85,700 miles · CA

I have a 2006 saturn ion quad coupe and my key got stuck in the ignition and my car wont turn off. The key does not turn and the "shift lock" instructions in the saturn user manual do not work. I took my car to 3 gm dealers and 2 of them could not fix it and say they have never seen anything like that. I do not know what triggered it, I have not had any other issues with my key or ignition before. I ended up having to leave my car at a gm dealership. They were already closed so one of the guys pulled the fuse that turns the ignition off, however the key is still inside so the car is still on, the doors wont lock and the gm dealership does not have gates to protect my car. In other words my battery will eventually die and there is a risk that my car will get stolen.

Filed Mar 31, 2010 · Electrical · 6,000 miles · CA

When turning ignition off sometimes the switch sticks and does not go into the lock position. The engine does stop. Also the electronic door locks do not release and I have to manually press the unlock switch on the door to release them. Some things that I have tried are restarting the engine, changing transmission from "park" to "drive" and back to "park". This works sometimes and then if not I wait for some period of time and wait to hear the doors unlock on their on at which time I am able to place the switch in the "lock" position and remove the key. This time is from a few seconds to a few minutes and there is no consistency. The dealer has replaced the ignition switch for ~$660.00 and it appeared to help for a couple of days but never resolved the issue. This car has less than 9000 miles on it and this problem started around 6000 miles. I believe that this problem should be classified as a "recall" as owners are unable to safely lock their cars. Your prompt response to this problem will be most welcome. Thank you