Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / ION / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006090189 Incident Date: Dec, 28 2006
Consumer's City: HARMONY Consumer's State: RI
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: ION Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8AZ52FX3Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 29 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2003 saturn ion. this car will not start in the cold weather. if the temperature is below 32 degrees f for an extended period of time, the car will stall. this will be a recall item once we get together and sue saturn for this obvious negligent behavior. this problem is well known and is continual. perhaps when some unfortunate soul is stranded in the wilderness and dies, then the manufacturer will pay attention to this cold weather start problem. the public is well aware of the problem and so is saturn. it would be well worth it for the corporate office to crunch the numbers and decide to recall the vehicle for this problem. i have read that the difficultly may have to do with a type of lubricant on the starter, which hardens in the cold weather. the car stalls as a result, and then the passlock kicks in. after 8 minutes, the car may start, or one may have to wait an additional 8 minutes (or more) for the ignition switch to loosen up enough to start the engine. however, the car may stall yet again---and set off the passlock system yet again. saturn is negligent at the very least--and criminally negligent if they know of this problem---the potential dangers of it---and do nothing. *nm