2007 Saturn Outlook complaints

THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD DEAL JUST PURCHASED ON 11/4/13. WITH A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. YEAH RIGHT HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE I DROVE IT. AND THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED ALL THE PROBLEMS. TODAY IS THE 13TH THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT OUT OF TOWN ON MY PLANNED TRIP AND SEE HOW IT DOES.THE FARTHER WE DROVE THE WORSE THE TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING. SO ON THE 12TH I TOOK IT BACK IN AND THE SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME THEY ARE LIMITED ON WHAT THEY CAN FIX ON A USED CAR EVEN UNDER WARRANTY. AND MY AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEY COULDN'T FIX THAT TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD FIX THAT OUT OF MY POCKET COST. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS SERIOUSLY HURT! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME WHAT CAN I DO.. *TR

VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO INTO PARK ALTHOUGH THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK. THE PIECE UNDER THE HOOD COULD BE MOVED TO KNOCK IT OUT OF GEAR EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF WHICH IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE SHIFT CABLE THAT NEEDED REPLACING. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL IN A 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK ( RECALL # 09041) BUT THE 2007 OUTLOOK WAS NOT INCLUDED WHICH IS THE VEHICLE I HAVE. I CALLED GM AND TOLD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN ON GOING SAFETY PROBLEM! *TR

SERVICE PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW. TOOK IT DEALER BUT THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. ON OCT 11, 2013 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION JUST GAVE OUT. CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP SPEED UP. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. GOT TOWED TO CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP (MOTOR CITY) IN BAKERSFIELD AND WAS TOLD THAT MY SATURN OUTLOOK 2007 NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO OPERATE IN REVERSE BUT THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESUME IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,752.

DURING THE CAR BEING SERVICED THEY DID A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE CAR THAT WAS TO REPROGRAM THE ECM COMPUTER IN THE CAR FOR A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. AFTER THE SERVICE THE GAS MILEAGE WENT DOWN AND NOTICED THE CHANGE OIL CALCULATOR WENT DOWN FASTER. NOT A BIG DEAL I CHANGE MY OIL AT 5,000 MILES WITH SYNTHETIC BLEND. WIFE TOO CAR AND AFTER SHOPPING THE CAR WOULD NOT START. FOUND OUT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED AND BROKE NUMEROUS PIECES IN THE ENGINE. FOUND OUT AFTER TAKING TO THE MECHANIC THAT THE REPROGRAM ACTUAL ALLOWED MORE STRETCH IN THE TIMING CHAIN THEN THE FACTORY SETTING. SO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH THE ISSUE OUT PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD. NEVER WAS TOLD AT DEALER WHAT THE REPROGRAM DID OR THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. NOTHING IN MANUAL STATING TO CHANGE TIMING CHAIN AT ANY POINT. FOUND OUT AFTER THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AND GM BASICALLY SAYS IT MY FAULT I SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE OIL MORE. THIS COULD BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENS. *TR

THE AIRBAG SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSIDERING THEY DID A RECALL ALREADY WITH THIS EXACT ISSUE, BUT THE FIX WAS REPROGRAMMING THE SDM COMPUTER MODULE. THIS SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE SENSOR AS WELL BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS MORE THAN A REPROGRAM. IT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX, AND AIR BAGS SENSORS SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 78K. PLEASE REFERENCE: NHTSA 07V062000. *TR

2007 SATURN OUTLOOK WITH APPROXIMATELY 35670 MILES ON IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO JERK WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER INTO A STORE PARKING SPACE AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO MOVE THE CAR. HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT SO THAT I COULD FORWARD. GMC DEALER DISCOVERED IT WAS A BROKEN 3.5R WAVE PLATE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I'VE DISCOVERED THIS EXACT PROBLEM IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN GM IS LETTING ON (LINKS BELOW). GM IS STILL NOT WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTENT OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS AFFECTING THE SATURN OUTLOOK, THE GMC ACADIA AND POSSIBLY OTHER GM VEHICLES. NOTE: GM DID COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE COST FOR THIS AFTER 3 WEEKS OF "NEGOTIATION" HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FOR RECALL POTENTIAL. HTTP://WWW.SATURNOUTLOOKFORUM.NET/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=2396.0;ALL HTTP://WWW.TIGERDROPPINGS.COM/RANT/P/35400391/2008-GMC-ACADIA-WAVE-PLATE-BROKEN.ASPX HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F171273?@GUEST@ HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F171273/364 HTTP://WWW.EDMUNDS.COM/SATURN/OUTLOOK/2008/CONSUMER-DISCUSSIONS.HTML. *TR

STABILITRAK TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF, WARNING BEEPS CAME WITH A MESSAGE SAYING OIL PRESSURE LOW, SHUT ENGINE OFF. THIS IS ONE OF MANY ISSUES I HAVE ENCOUNTERED, AMONG GETTING A NEW ENGINE AFTER BUYING IT IN 2010 6 MONTHS LATER, BECAUSE OF WAVE PLATE ISSUES, TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM, THE LIFT GATE NOT FUNCTIONING, MY HUSBAND SPENT $23K ON THE CAR AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE PUT THOUSANDS MORE INTO THE CAR TO HAVE IT FIXED. FEEL UNSAFE IN IT AN DISGUSTED AT HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO GET IT SERVICED. *TR

LEAKING FRONT SUNROOF OF SATURN OUTLOOK XE 2007. THIS HAS AFFECTED THE WIRING WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING OTHER ISSUES AS WELL AS THE WATER CONTINUES TO COME INTO THE VEHICLE. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM HAVE NOT SOLVED IT. *TR

CAR IS BUCKING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. SENT IT TO DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. COULD BE WAVE PLATE PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON ON THIS MODEL CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS AND WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THEN SLAMMED INTO GEAR WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF SPEED AND CONTROL. TRANSMISSION FAILED MORE PRECISELY WAS THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

SUNROOF IS LEAKING, I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED... *TR

9/20/2010 - MILEAGE - 77,245 - ENGINE WAS STRAINING; REQUESTED CHECKOUT BY DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE; DEALERSHIP INDICATED A BULLETIN FOR HESITATION IN TRANSMISSION, SO THEY REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM); REPAIRED UNDER OWNER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. 06/02/2011 - MILEAGE - 86,232 -- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS PROPERLY; VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP INDICATED CODE P0776 WAS DETECTED. DEALERSHIP FOUND FLUID WAS BURNT AND CONTAMINATED WITH METAL; REMOVED TRANSMISSION AND TEAR DOWN; FOUND 3/5/R WAVE PLATE BROKE AND DAMAGED SEVERAL HARD PARTS. REPLACED REACTION SUN SHELL AD END COVER. 3/5/R WAVE PLATE CLUTCH HOUSING; REMOVED DEBRIS AND REPLACED FILTER. REASSEMBLED WITH NEW PARTS, RESET TAPS, SET TOE FLUSHED COOLER LINES; VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER OWNER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. DEALER INDICATED REPAIR WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND $4,000 IF COSTS WERE OUT-OF-POCKET. 09/04/2013 - MILEAGE - 134,349 - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHT ONTO MAIN ROAD, ENGINE JOLTED; TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY INTO APPROPRIATE GEARS. SCHEDULED VEHICLE FOR APPOINTMENT AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP INDICATED CODES P0989, P0877, P0752, AND P0700 WERE SET ON VEHICLE. IN SHORT, TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE ISSUES. COST OF REPAIR $1,250. GM PROVIDED ASSISTANCE OF $450. COST TO OWNER IS $800 FOR REPAIR. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP BEING REPAIRED AS OF 09/11/201

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND ONE WEEK LATER HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A ROAD AND THE TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING. THE RPMS WOULD REV, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER. SINCE THEN THIS HAS BECOME A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, AND GM IS NOT WILLING TO HELP AT ALL. I'VE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVING PARTS REPLACED AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY CHILDREN IN THIS CAR ANYMORE.

WE HAD JUST LEFT CLEAR SPRINGS RECREATION AREA IN MISSISSIPPI AND WERE HEADING WEST ON HWY 84 AS WE SLOWED DOWN TO GET READY TO TURN ONTO SOUTH HWY 33 THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED, DOWNSHIFTED AND THEN THE ENGINE RPM'S SPIKED. SO DRASTIC WAS OUR DECREASE IN SPEED THAT CARS BEHIND US MAKING THE SAME TURN WERE SWERVING TO AVOID US AND EACH OTHER. AS WE MADE THE TURN SLOWLY AS WE DIDN'T KNOW AT FIRST WHAT WAS GOING EVERYTHING SEEMED TO GO BACK TO NORMAL, HOWEVER AS WE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD AND WE COULD NOT ABOVE 35 MPH WITHOUT RISKING THE ENGINE DUE TO HIGH RPMS. WE THEN MADE A VERY SLOW DRIVE HOME. AFTER READING UP ON VARIOUS FORUMS I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE GM LAMBDA MODELS AND FORUMS AND THEY HAVE HAD A FIX OUT FOR IT FOR SOME TIME. THE FORUMS ARE LITTERED WITH STORIES VERY SIMILAR TO OURS. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS AND GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS TO AN UNSUSPECTING FAMILY LIKE OURS. *JS

WE PURCHASED THIS 2007 OUTLOOK BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE US A SHEET THAT PURPORTED TO INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE THROUGH A FULL INSPECTION AND WAS CLEAN. WE LIVE IN NORTH FLORIDA AND HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAIN LATELY. EVERY TIME IT RAINS, WATER GETS INTO THE DOORS AND INTO THE VEHICLE ITSELF - WE CAN HEAR IT SLOSHING AROUND IN THE DOORS AND IN THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE - AND THERE WILL BE WATER, AS MUCH AS HALF AN INCH, ON THE FLOORBOARDS OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS WREAKING HAVOC WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE THE SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. THE FANS, PARTICULARLY IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, ARE RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY; THERE IS A CRACKLING NOISE THAT COMES THROUGH THE RADIO SPEAKERS EVEN WHEN THE RADIO SYSTEM IS TURNED OFF, AND THERE IS SO MUCH MOISTURE IN THE VEHICLE THAT THE WINDOWS FOG, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE, AND THE FOG IS DIFFICULT TO CLEAR EVEN WITH THE DEFROST SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING CAUSED BY COOL TEMPERATURES BUT RATHER BY THE MOISTURE IN THE VEHICLE. YESTERDAY, I DROVE IT TO WALMART AND THEN HOME AFTER WORK WITH NO PROBLEMS, PARKED IT IN OUR DRIVEWAY, AND DIDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE THE REST OF THE DAY; THIS MORNING, WE WENT OUTSIDE, AND WHEN MY HUSBAND PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR, IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL, AND THEN HE COULDN'T GET HIS KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION; WE HAD TO LOCK THE DOORS MANUALLY AND LEAVE IT THERE WITH THE KEYS IN IT. BACK IN JUNE, ONE OF OUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS REPORTED ON A RECALL

TRANSMISSION ISSUE. ERRATIC SHIFTING, BUCKING, SURGING, DOWN SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR, HESITATION, HIGH ENGINE SOUNDS BECAUSE TRANNY TOTALLY DISENGAGED ITSELF, NO REVERSE, WILL NOT SHIFT BACK UP TO HIGHER OR NORMAL GEAR. I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND TWO MONTHS LATER TRANNY ISSUES BEGAN. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE FOR THREE HOURS THE NIGHT MY TRANNY BROKE DOWN. I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED AT HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME ISSUES I HAD. ( THOUSANDS ). I RESEARCHED THE GM SITE, EDMONDS SITE JUST GOOGLED IT AND I COULD SPEND DAYS PROVING THAT GM HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE DEFRAUDING THE PUBLIC TO COVER THEIR OWN ASS. THAT AND THIS ONLY PROVES THAT GM HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE IGNORING IT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, AN ACCIDENT WHERE SOMEONE OR SOMEONE'S CHILD WAS HURT OR KILLED. WHEN MY CAR STARTED BUCKING AND HESITATING, THE FIRST PLACED I LOOKED WAS IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS GOING TO SLAM INTO THE REAR. SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS AND IT WAS A CLOSE CALL. THEN WHEN SHE PASSED ME, SHE WAVED HER HANDS IN THE AIR AND GAVE ME THE FINGER. I`M NOT KIDDING. I`M ONLY GLAD THIS WAS ON A SLOWER STREET THAN A HIGHWAY CAUSE IT MAY HAVE TURNED INTO SOMETHING WORSE. THIS IS A GM PART THAT IS BEING PROVEN BY NUMEROUS OWNERS OF THE OUTLOOK, ACADIA, ENCLAVE AND TRAVERSE TO BE DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN AND QUALITY. MY RESEARCH HAS PROVEN TO ME ALSO THAT BETWEEN 35000 AND 80000 MILES, THESE TRANNYS WILL BREAKDOWN. HOPEFULLY, IF

2007 SATURN OUTLOOK- I HAVE HAD THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE REPLACED ONCE. AND LIGHT REPLACED ON PASSENGER SIDE REPLACED ONCE. NOW, I DO NOT HAVE ANY LIGHTS IN FRONT ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEED MY LAMP BASE REPAIRED. $570!! AFTER SPENDING $300 ON NEW DRL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH ON AUG. 11, 2013 WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD AND 11 YEAR OLD NIECE AND NEPHEW. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. WENT DOWN A HILL AND THE CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND I WAS TURNING RIGHT. THE RPMS WENT UP LIKE I WAS GOING REALLY FAST AND THEN REALIZED I WAS NOT GETTING THE GAS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GETTING. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH A CAR BEHIND ME AND TURN AROUND. I WAS SO NERVOUS I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER CAR WAS COMING BECAUSE I COULD BARELY GO IN REVERSE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR BACK HOME BY GOING 40 MPH WITH THE RPMS BETWEEN 4 AND 5. IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME SAFELY. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I WENT OUT OF TOWN WITH THIS VEHICLE AND HAD TO STOP AT SOME PLACE I DIDN'T KNOW. THEY HOOKED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A CYLINDER MISFIRE. WITHIN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN FOUND IT OUT WAS A CYLINDER MISFIRE I TRIED CALLING THE DEALERSHIP AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CAR. THE PLACE THAT CHECKED CLEARED THE SERVICE LIGHT. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT CHECK IT BECAUSE THE LIGHT WASN'T ON. IN JULY, A FEW MONTHS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE THAN I HAD THE STABILITY TRACK COME ON AS WELL AS THE BRAKE LIGHT. WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED AND TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS HALF EMPTY. THEY PUT SOME BRAKE FLUID IN VEHICLE AND TOLD ME TO GO TO GM. GM TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE MASTER BOOSTER CYLINDER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE LIKE ALMOST $700 TO FIX IT. SO LESS THAN TWO WEEKS GO BY AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BEFORE THIS WITH THE CAR GETTING SOME GAS. BEGINNING OF AUG, I START DRIVING IT TO CHURCH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS BARELY MOVING. IT WAS IN RPMS OF 4-5 AND I WAS ONLY GOING 60 MPH, TRYING TOO. I HAD MY NIECE AND NEPHEW IN THE CAR AND THEY NEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD BARELY GO IN REVERSE AT THIS TIME. NOW THE CAR WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE AT ALL. THE CAR HAS ONLY 55,654 MILES ON IT.

CONSTANT SUNROOF LEAK INTO PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, MULTIPLE REPAIRS. THE RAIN RUNS DOWN INTO VEHICLE LEAVING MASSIVE PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. IT APPEARS TO RUN DOWN ON FAR RIGHT SIDE UNDER THE GLOVE BOX AREA INTO THE VEHICLE. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TOWELS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR TO PROTECT THE CARPET, HOWEVER THE CARPET IS NOW PERMANENTLY DAMAGED AND SMELLS MOLDY. THE STATE IN WHICH I LIVE RAINS ALL WINTER LONG, SO THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL BOX AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILING! GM DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNHELPFUL AND WANT TO CHARGE ANYWHERE FROM $300 TO $500 TO REPLACE THE TUBING EVERY YEAR. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS, BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE, ON MY 2007 OUTLOOK HAVE STARTED EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT OPERATION. ONE OR BOTH SIDES WOULD GO OUT UNDER JUST ABOUT ANY CONDITION; PARKED, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ETC. THE FAILURE COMES AND GOES. IF A HEADLIGHT GOES OFF IT CAN BE MADE TO COME BACK ON BY CYCLING THE HEADLIGHT CONTROL SWITCH SO THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN. YOU CAN ALSO GET THE HEADLIGHT TO COME BACK ON BY PLACING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN MANUAL ON. LEAVING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN MANUAL ON DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM GOING OFF. LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING AT DUSK AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAS TURNED FROM A MAJOR ANNOYANCE TO A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. MY LOCAL DEALER SAYS THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THREE MECHANICS, ALL OF WHOM COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. *TR

WAS GETTING ON I 80 IN SOUTH BEND IN.,WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED,ON MY WAY HOME FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, I LIVE IN PA, ALMOST GOT HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER,,DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS GM MODEL ,7 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY,HAD THE HOLE FAMILY WITH ,WHAT A NIGHTMARE. *TR

NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND SOMETIMES COMPLETELY GO OUT. NEVER BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, BUT BOTH SIDES HAVE DONE THIS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY ARE IN AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL MODE. THEY CAN BE BROUGHT BACK ON BY TURNING THEM OFF AND ON OR CYCLING FROM MANUAL MODE TO AUTOMATIC OR VICE VERSA, BUT THAT IS NOT A FIX. THAT IS ANOTHER SAFETY HAZARD HAVING TO CYCLE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY GM. THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE SATURN OUTLOOK LINE OF VEHICLES AMONG OTHER VEHICLES THEY PRODUCE. *TR

THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS OFF AND ON AND THEN MIGHT SHUT TOTALLY OFF. *TR

MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTING SHUTTERING DURING ACCELERATION. THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE WITHOUT VEHICLE ACCELERATIONS AND SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK WITH ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OPERATE AND MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TRIP. THE PROBLEM WAS OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I DELIVERED THE VEHICLE TO THE TRANSMISSION CLINIC (COLORADO SPRINGS) THE TRANSMISSION GUY TOLD ME WHAT THE SYMPTOMS WERE AND THE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. HE EVEN QUOTED ME AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF THE REPAIR WITHOUT LOOKING AT ANYTHING YET. IT COST ME $3200 FOR A VEHICLE WITH 84,000 MILES ON IT. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LETTERS AND SERVICES FOR THE WINDSHIELD WASHER HEATER, THE AIR BAG SENSORS AND THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. *TR

RIGHT AFTER PULLING ON TO THE INTERSTATE, I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS, IT WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN. I THEN REALIZED THAT THE HIGHEST SPEED I COULD GO WAS ABOUT 50. BUT SOON I COULD ONLY GO ABOUT 15-25 MPH, AND I WAS STUCK ON THE INTERSTATE AT THAT SPEED. I INCHED ALONG UNTIL I GOT TO AN EXIT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE FLUIDS, OIL, WATER, ETC. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, BY THE WAY IT WAS ACTING. I FINALLY DID GET IT HOME BY DRIVING ONLY 20 MPH AT BEST. THIS HAPPENED FRIDAY. MY WIFE FOLLOWED ME ON MONDAY AND WE DROPPED IT OFF AT THE MECHANICS. I DID DO SOME RESEARCH OVER THE WEEKEND AND FOUND THAT THE WAVE PLATE ON THE 2007 OUTLOOKS WAS A HUGE PROBLEM. SURE ENOUGH WHEN THE MECHANIC HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE, THAT'S WHAT CODE CAME UP. NOW ITS GOING TO COST ME A NICE $4000 TO FIX. *TR

VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD AND SHUDDERED. THE WAVE PLATE AND PLANETARY GEARS HAD FAILED AFTER ONLY 95K MILES NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHILE IT THANKFULLY DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, IT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO. IT DEFINITELY FELT UNSAFE AND SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED THIS SOON. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN WHEN SHE HIT THE GAS PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, JUST A JERK AND NO ENGINE RESPONSE. SHE HAD TO COAST OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LET THE CAR COME TO A RESTING STOP. WHEN SHE DID THAT SHE TRIED TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN AND THE CAR HAD LITTLE TO NO RESPONSE AND THE GEAR GRIND-ED. SHE PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE AT ALL. TRIED PUTTING THE CARE IN DRIVE AGAIN AND THE CAR WOULDN'T RESPOND OR MOVE FORWARD, SHE ENDED UP STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO CALL FOR A TOE. AFTER DOING A QUICK RESEARCH ONLINE IT SEEMS THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON WITH THE OUTLOOK, TRAVERSE, ACADIA AND OTHER MODELS JUST LIKE IT. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL END UP BECOMING A RECALL PROBLEM AS LOOSING YOUR ABILITY TO DRIVE AND STEER WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD IS VERY DANGEROUS, I'M JUST GLAD MY WIFE WASN'T ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE A MAJOR CRASH OF FATALITY BEFORE THIS BECOMES RECOGNIZED AS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE THE PASSENGER'S SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE TRACK ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. *TR

AFTER A STRONG RAIN STORM THAT LASTED MOST OF THE NIGHT WOK UP TO FIND OUT THAT THE AC BLOWER WILL NOT WORK IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR ONLY THE BACK BLOWER FOR REAR PASSENGERS WORKED. WITH THE BLOWER BEING OUT THERE IS NO DEFROST FOR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AS WELL. WENT ONLINE AND FOUND ON THE SATURN FORUM A YOUTUBE VIDEO ON WATER DAMAGE 2009-11-13 TSB 07-08-57-002F THE VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS HOW TO REMOVE THE BLOWER MOTOR AND CHECK FOR WATER DAMAGE, TOOK MY BLOWER MOTOR OUT AND FOUND THE MOTOR LOCKED UP WITH ONE OF THE MOTOR SCREWS SHOWING OXIDATION FROM WATER AND ELECTRICITY CONTACT AND THE COVER WHERE THE BLOW MOTOR SITS HAS A PAD THAT HAS WATER MARKS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 3 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME, I STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT. UPON THE LIGHT TURNING GREEN I FOUND MY VEHICLE SEEMED TO LACK THE POWER TO GO AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I INCHED MY WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THANKFULLY, NO ONE COLLIDED WITH MY VEHICLE DURING THIS LONG SCARY PROCESS. ONSTAR INFORMED ME OF CODES RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THIS WAS VERY COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE WAVE PLATE HAD BUSTED CAUSING MULTIPLE OTHER TRANSMISSION DAMAGES. EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE WAS UNDER THE 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY PROVIDED BY GM, I WAS OVER BY A FEW MONTHS TIME WISE. NOW IT IS JUNE 2013 AND I AM AT JUST A FEW MILES UNDER THE 12,000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE REPAIR WORK DONE LAST OCTOBER AND I ENCOUNTERED A VERY SIMILAR INCIDENT. I INCHED MY WAY DOWN THE REST OF THE VERY WINDY AND DANGEROUS HIGHWAY TO MY HOME AS IT WAS SATURDAY AND THE DEALERSHIP HAD CLOSED 20 MINUTES EARLIER. ONSTAR AGAIN GAVE ME THE SAME DIAGNOSTIC CODES AS BEFORE TOO. ON MONDAY, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER WHO SENT A TOW TRUCK TO PICK MY OUTLOOK UP. AFTER NOT HEARING FROM THEM, I CALLED THIS AFTERNOON (TUESDAY) TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I WAS INFORMED THIS TIME IT WAS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY WOULD NOT BE COVERING THE REPAIRS. SHE ALSO STATED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE FOR THE TOWING! THESE ARE ALL ISSUES COMMON TO ALL OUTLOOK, ACADI

IT JERKS REALLY HARD AROUND 50-60MPH ABOUT 10 TIMES A WEEK. ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY, WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER MILE FROM MY BEGINNING DESTINATION, AND BEFORE REACHING A SPEED OF 30MPH, MY 07 OUTLOOK JERKS REALLY HARD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND IT WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN. *TR

WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT AND ACCELERATED NORMALLY GOING THROUGH FIRST GEAR WHEN THE TRANNY SLIPPED AND THE RPMS REVVED UP. I STEPPED BACK OFF THE GAS AND WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME DOING ONLY 20-25 MPH;WHEN I GOT INTO THE GARAGE, I FOUND I HAD NO REVERSE AND THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY GO UP IN RPMS WITH NO MOVEMENT. I ENTERED A TICKET W/ GM CS THE NEXT MORNING AND CALLED AROUND, LEARNING THE REPAIR JOB WOULD BE $4K-5K BECAUSE OF COURSE, I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO TIME. IT APPEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY, MANY SATURN OWNERS AND GM IS DOING NOTHING TO HELP THE AMERICAN CONSUMER WHEN IT'S CLEARLY OBVIOUS THERE IS A MASS FAILURE OF THE WAVE PLATE. I FINALLY GOT A CALLBACK FROM GM 3 DAYS AFTER I FILED THE COMPLAINT AND THEY 'OFFERED' TO PAY FOR ROUGHLY 25% OF THE COST OF THE REPAIR WITH ME FOOTING THE REST. TOO LATE. I TRADED IT IN YESTERDAY AND WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE TRADE-IN VALUE BUT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. I PLAN ON JOINING ANY LAWSUIT THAT COMES ALONG AGAINST GM IF ONE HITS MY MAILBOX. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO KEEP IN GEAR WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. WOULD NOT RE-ENGAGE. LIMPED TO SIDE OF ROAD. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC NOTED INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY WAVE PLATE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES, HOWVER 6 YEARS OLD. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR. MADE IT HOME AT A SPEED OF 25-30 MPH. MY CHECK ENGINE CAME ON. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE TORN DOWN AND REPAIRED FOR POSSIBLE BROKEN 3-5-R WAVE PLATE. CAR IS 5 YEARS 10 MONTHS IN SERVICE WITH ROUGHLY 65,000 MILES ON IT. THE COST OF THE REPAIR OR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WILL BE $3000-$4000. TIMING CHAINS WERE JUST REPLACED IN MARCH OF 2013. I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN DATED 1/12/2010 THAT STATED NEW PLATE SHOULD BE INSTALLED WHEN TRANSMISSION IS DISASSEMBLED FOR ANY REASON. GM KNOWS IT'S A PROBLEM AND ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

LEAKS IN SUNROOF, WATER COMING OUT OF AIRBAG AREA. MASTER CYLINDER FOR BRAKES WENT OUT. *TR

DRIVING ON HWY 377 AND THE CAR STARTED TO GO IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND WE ENDED UP PULLING OVER IN TRAFFIC AS TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN GRANDBURY TX WHERE THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE ISSUE IS THE WAVE PLATE AND IT IS QUITE OFTEN DOCUMENTED WHEN YOU SEARCH SATURN ISSUES ON THE INTERNET. THE CAR HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT AND IS OUTSIDE OF THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY FROM GM. THE DEALER SAID THIS REPAIR IS INCREDIBLY COMMON ON THIS MAKE OF GM CARE, IE. OUTLOOK, ACADIA, TRAVERSE, ENCORE. LOOKING UP ON THE VARIOUS FORUMS ON-LINE THIS SAME INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED TO 1000'S OF PEOPLE. I FEEL THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS UNSAFE MECHANICAL ISSUE AND SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IT SINCE IT IS EFFECTING 1000'S OF PEOPLE AND COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS LET ALONE EXPENSE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THESE MODELS. *TR

SUNROOF STARTED LEAKING AND LEAKED INTO THE FUSE BOXES AND CAUSE THE FUSE BOX AND WIRES TO CORRODE WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO NOT SHUT OFF COULD DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TAKE THE KEY OUT AND IT WOULD STILL RUN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY RPM'S WENT UP. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SEE IF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM NEEDED TO RESET. I HAVE HAD A FEW ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE SUGGESTED ANSWER IN THE MANUAL. I STARTED TO CAR AND COULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 40MPH. I TRIED REVERSE AND FOUND THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY REVERSE AT ALL. *TR

WHEN I WAS PICKING MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T GO MUCH FASTER THEN WHAT I WAS ALREADY DOING, BUT THE RPMS WERE GOING HIGH. IT WAS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T SHIFTING GEARS PROPERLY. IF SEEMED LIKE IT WAS IN SECOND OR THIRD GEAR WHEN IT SHOULD BE IN FOURTH OR FIFTH. I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT A WAVE PLATE????? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON MAIN ROADS (I WAS ON A BACK ROAD TO HIS SCHOOL). WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR, IT DOESN'T HAVE A WARRANTY AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM!!! HOW DOES THIS GO ON WITHOUT HAVING A RECALL IF SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS? *TR

WIFE CALLED ME AND SAID HER CAR WOULDN'T MOVE - BELT PROBLEM? HAD HEARD CLATTERING AND HIGH PITCHED WHINE EARLIER AND YELLOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO START CAR AND SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE. WE DECIDED TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER - CHAMPION GMC BUICK IN BRIGHTON. GOING UP A HILL NEAR MALTBY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SLOW. BLUE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE. STOPPED AT TOP OF HILL. GOT OUT AND INSPECTED ENGINE AGAIN...ACRID BURNING SMELL. WAS ABLE TO LIMP CAR DOWN OTHER SIDE OF HILL AND PARK IN MT. BRIGHTON PARKING LOT AND CALLED AAA TO TOW THE VEHICLE. NO FLAMES DETECTED. DEALER SAID GASKETS TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED, COATING UNDERSIDE OF HOT ENGINE. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL WORK FOR AWHILE BUT THEN IT WILL GO OUT. THE LIGHT WILL START WORKING AGAIN (AT LEAST TEMPORARILY) I CAN SWITCH FROM THE "AUTO" LIGHT SETTING TO "MANUAL" AND BACK AGAIN AND IT COMES ON FOR A MOMENT THEN GOES BACK OUT. I HAVE READ ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CAUSE BEING THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE LIGHTS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE PARTS/MATERIALS USED AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON IT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY WHAT THE DEALERSHIP IS ASKING TO REPAIR IT, MY SON WON'T EVEN RIDE WITH ME AT NIGHT B/C HE'S SO AFRAID WE WILL BE STOPPED AND GET A TRAFFIC TICKET. PLEASE HELP! *TR

WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS STARTING FROM A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. FAST FORWARD TO JAN 2012 WE HAD A MAJOR LEAK INSIDE THE CAR. WATER MAKING A "SWISHING" SOUND OVERHEAD FROM WATER STORING IN THE HEADLINER. WATER WAS COMING FROM AIR BAGS, SHADE COVERS, BELOW THE GLOVE BOX, AND INSIDE THE WINDOWS. HAD A MAJOR LEAK IN PASSENGER FLOOR. THE AIR HASN'T WORKED SINCE SEPT. AND MAKES A LOUD "HISSING" SOUND, INSTRUMENT PANEL JUST DISAPPEARS, DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. GM WON'T DO ANYTHING. TOOK TO DEALER AND PAID $640 TO FIX HEADLINER LEAK, BUT READING OTHER POSTS IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT WILL LEAK AGAIN. ALL OTHER ISSUES STILL NOT WORKING AND ALL DUE TO WATER LEAKING IN. THIS IS SO SCARY AND FRUSTRATING THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUES ALL OVER EDMONDS.COM AND OTHER SITES. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX ALL THIS, OR GET RID OF THE CAR. AND WHO WOULD BUY IT WITH ALL THE ISSUES?? PLEASE HELP ALL US OWNERS!! *TR

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY GM AT 80,000 MILES WITH A NEW GM TRANSMISSION. I KNOW HAVE 156000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AGAIN IN 3RD GEAR. THE TECH IS TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A PLATE IN THERE THAT USUALLY BREAKS ON THESES CARS, TO REBUILD IT IS 2600, OR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS 3500. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON THE NEW TRANSMISSION AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY IN NEW JERSEY WHEN I NOTICED THE VEHICLE RPM WAS OVER 3000 AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT GOING ANYWHERE I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A DREAM I HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT OTHER GM SUV'S HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND HERE I AM, EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AT ONLY 41750MILES , JUST OUTSIDE MY WARRANTY AND STILL PAYING FOR THE VEHICLE .I WAS JUST ABLE TO MAKE IT TO WORK ,THINKING THAT I MUST BE DREAMING EIGHT HOURS LATER I TRIED TO REVERSE THE SUV AND IT WOULD HARDLY MOVE,THE CAR WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED BY GM WITH A BROKEN WAVE PLATE (SURPRISED! ) AND A TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDED REPLACING WITH A $4000 PRICE TAG .THANK YOU GM FOR STEALING OVER $40000 OF MY HARD EARN MONEY. THERE HAS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

07 SATURN OUTLOOK TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE WENT OUT. HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS IN OUTLOOK, TRAVERSE, ACADIA. RECALL SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ISSUED, GM IS REALLY SCREWING A LOT OF PEOPLE. *TR

ORIGINAL OWNER. TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 76K MILES. POWERTRAIN ORIGINALLY WARRANTED FOR 5 YEARS/100K MILES. HOWEVER, SINCE THE VEHICLE JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY TIMEFRAME (NOT MILES), THE COST WAS $3500 REBUILD FROM DEALER. BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH 2007, 2008, 2009 OUTLOOK AND ACADIA DUE TO "WAVE PLATE" FAILURE. (NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH OUR VEHICLE SINCE WE DID NOT REPAIR.) ALTHOUGH WE WERE HAPPY WITH VEHICLE UNTIL THIS ISSUE, WE ELECTED TO TRADE IN VEHICLE AT A LOSS (DUE TO ISSUE DISCLOSURE) FOR A NON-GM PRODUCT SINCE INTERNET BULLETIN BOARDS INDICATE THAT TRANSMISSION REBUILDS NOT RELIABLE IN LONG TERM FOR THIS MODEL. *TR

I WAS IN A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND MY RPMS REVVED UP HIGH AND THEN DROPPED EVEN THOUGH I WAS ACCELERATING SMOOTHLY. I COULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 20MPH. THIS WAS A SUDDEN PROBLEM, WITH LITTLE TO NO WARNING. AFTER GETTING ONTO A LESS BUSY ROAD, I DROVE SLOWLY AS THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THE RPMS KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN. I PULLED INTO A BUSINESS TO GET OFF THE ROAD. I TRIED TO SEE IF RESTARTING THE CAR WOULD HELP. THE VEHICLE STARTED FINE BUT THERE WAS NO REVERSE. SINCE I WAS NOW STUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY, I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK, WHICH TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOSED THE WAVE PLATE (KNOWN ISSUE) OR THE TRANSMISSION (KNOWN ISSUE). THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT-CAUSING ISSUE IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY OR IF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE HAD BEEN MUCH BUSIER. I USE THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THIS KNOWN PROBLEM AT +/- 100K FOR THIS VEHICLE. WITH MORE AND MORE OF THEM APPROACHING THIS MILEAGE EVERY YEAR... *TR