2009 Saturn Outlook electrical complaints

Filed Aug 25, 2010 · Electrical, Lights · 45,000 miles · WA · fire

Passenger headlamp went out. On my 2009 saturn outlook. Took the vehicle to the gm dealership for repair and found there was a fire in the wiring harness that controls the headlamps.

Filed Aug 17, 2010 · Electrical · 23,234 miles · TX

First occurrence: june 21, 2010--battery dead, key stuck in ignition. Charged battery overnight. Drove to dealership on june 22, 2010. Dealership stated "battery failed load test, replaced battery." second occurrence: august 11, 2010--battery dead, key stuck in ignition, unable to place in neutral. Charged battery overnight (unsuccessful). Towed to dealership on august 12, 2010. Dealership stated "trouble shoot starter and charged system. Battery failed test, replaced battery." I was told by dealership advisor that it was just a bad battery. (this is the second time to just be a bad battery.) advisor said they ran a parasitic test on the battery to make sure nothing was drawing too much from the battery. That test came back normal.

Filed Mar 15, 2010 · Electrical · 16,000 miles · LA

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 saturn outlook. The contact turned the ignition off. The engine failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and it started on the first attempt. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the entire instrument panel became nonfunctional. The gauges displayed a zero reading. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the instrument cluster was replaced; however, after the vehicle was repaired, the instrument panel intermittently malfunctioned. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact that the failure would be investigated. The vehicle has not been repaired. The vehicle identification number was unavailable. The current mileage was 18,000. The failure mileage was 16,000.

Filed Dec 8, 2009 · Electrical · 10,043 miles · CT

I bought a new 2009 outlook in august 2009 three times since buying the car, the battery has gone completely dead. The dealer has checked the car thoroughly and found no problems. They say that gm has put out a bulletin for an "intermittent parasitic draw", but no solution has been found to date. They are sympathetic to my problem, but can not do anything until gm finds the solution.