| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006057993 | Incident Date: Feb, 19 2006 |
| Consumer's City: LENEXA | Consumer's State: KS |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: ION | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8AN12F94Z | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 03 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 18 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Starter failure saturn ion in cold weather. half hour to 45 minutes to crank - backfiring in a closed system with fuel injection occasionally, twice blowing lid off of air-filter compartment - not a joy. "service engine" light goes on - late to work - common problem - lots of online complaints. replaced batteries believing this to be problem. new batteries with higher cranking amps does not solve. not a battery problem. date given is most recent occurrence, with only one event on that date. it also occurred on 2/19/06, many times in 01/06, a few times in 12/05, and several times in 12/04, 01/05, and 02/05. it did not happen when i bought the car in 02/04 - but that was a much milder winter than years that followed. treatment of gasoline with "heat" does not solve. car runs like a dream when warmer weather - utterly inconvenient and embarrassing ("what? this is a saturn? new and won't start? less than 16,000 miles on it?") when cold. bad advertising for the company too. *jb |
