Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / ION / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005094625 Incident Date: May, 14 2005
Consumer's City: ALTON Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ION Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8AW12F23Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 16 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Frequent inability to start vehicle due to ignition cylinder wear. saturn claims security system is activated due to internal ignition switch not being able to "read" chip in saturn vehicle key. failure of such process results in operator of vehicle having to wait until security system "resets" (10-15 mins.) saturn will not honor the fact that this may be a design flaw, and holds owner responsible for $200 repair. this owner is just glad the steering wheel hasn't fallen off the dashboard yet. good car ! *jb