Tl*the contact owns a 2006 saturn ion. While driving approximately 55 MPH in rainy weather conditions, the front windshield wipers failed. The contact's visibility was significantly reduced. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that he needed to replace the windshield wiper transmission. The repair would cost over $300. The vehicle has not yet been repaired. The manufacturer stated that because there was no recall, they would not assume responsibility for the repair. The failure and current mileages were 40,000.
2006 Saturn Ion visibility complaints
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I have an 06 saturn ion that has had the ignition switch go out on it right as we have no warranty on it, of course. We contacted saturn head office and tried to explain to them that there seems to be a need for a recall on this vehicle. Not only has the ignition switch gone out the window to the driver side no longer will go up. We owned the car only two days when the same window fell off the track for no reason and they had to fix it. My father also owns the same year make and model car and the window on his driver side also went out just a couple of months ago. There seems to be several recurring issues with this vehicle that I see not only one person is having. They recalled the older model of this car for the same problem with the ignition. This vehicle is too new to have this many incidents occur.
Key cannot be removed from ignition after car is turned off. Have returned to the dealership 4 times for this problem. Each time they lubricate the system but it does not fix the problem. It began less than 6 months after we purchased the vehicle and still persists today. We cannot take any more time off from work to take it into the shop to be told they will not replace the ignition system or the transmission/gear shift mechanism that may be the actual problem. In addition, in the first 18 months we've owned the vehicle, the air conditioning coolant has run out and they cannot locate the leak, and the sunroof broke. Finally, on one occasion the car went over a bump at approximately 30 MPH and the electrical system acted as though the car had a wreck, cutting the motor and showing the airbag had deployed when it had not. After a few minutes, the car started up just fine with no adverse affects. The dealer says they've never heard of such a thing and can't think of how/why it happened.
In february/march of 2006 I started experiencing issues with the sunroof. The switch operating the sunroof was not working properly. I made an appointment for service and had this checked on 03/17/2006. The problem was confirmed and a replacement part was ordered.
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