1) BOUGHT OUR SATURN RELAY MAY 30, 2006 2) TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE HOOD RATTLE, SAID IT WAS NOTHING SENT ME HOME. 3) CALLED ABOUT THE LOW MILEAGE THE VAN WAS MAKING, SAID IT WAS OK 4) 1 MONTH AND 26 DAYS CAR BREACKS DOWN REPAIRS ARE MADE ON 6/26/06 -SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACE -SENSORY KIT WAS REPLACE -HOOD NOT CLOSING WAS CORRECTED LATCH WAS REPLACE -AND HOOD BUMPER WAS FIX -INTERMITTENT ENGINE NOISE ( NOT FIX) -STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN ( NOT FIX) MOST IMPORTANT THE MIDDLE SEAT THAT ARE BOTH CAPTAIN CHAIRS DO NOT HAVE A ARM REST SO WHEN THE KIDS SIT THERE AND MY MOM THEY TEND TO LOOSE THERE VALANCE BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THEM IN PLACE.--- THEY SAY THAT'S THE WAY THEY COME AND THERE IS NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT. *NM
2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED ON STATE HIGHWAY 153 IN CHATTANOOGA, TN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER RIGHT OUT OF THE LANE. THE SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF AND A "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM/ABS SYSTEM/STABILITY SYSTEM" WARNING APPEARED IN THE DASH READOUT. AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, THE WARNING WENT AWAY. THEN A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET AT LOW SPEED, AND AGAIN THE WARNING APPEARED, AND AGAIN, IT DISAPPEARED. I'VE CONTACTED SATURN WHO STATED THE FAULT WAS IN THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE (EBCM) AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1,000. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER RELAY OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME OCCURRENCE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. GIVEN THAT THE FAULT IS SEEN IN OTHER CARS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, I FEEL A MANDATORY RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED IN A CRASH. *JB