2008 Saturn Outlook Fuel system Problems

WATER LEAK FROM SUNROOF

NHTSA ID

11267182

Incident

Oct 1, 2019

Mileage

30 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR START ACTING LIKE IT DID NOT WANT TO SHIFT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, IT ALSO HAD A ROARING SOUND. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPEN AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME AND PARK IT. I JUST DROVE THE CAR AGAIN THIS MORNING AND THINGS SEEMS TO BE OK, BUT WHEN I WAS LEAVING FROM WORK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED ACTING LIKE IT DID NOT WANT TO GO. PLEASE ADVISE............. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR SERVICE, JUST SPENT $2900 ON WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME THING. AGAIN GM DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS A RIP-OFF TO ITS CUSTOMERS. WAS THIS VEHICLE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK , PUT TOGETHER AS A PIECE OF JUNK. I DO LOVE THE CAR, BECAUSE OF IT IS SPACIOUS, BUT HAVE HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS, CLOSED TO $5,000 AND IT ONLY HAS 5,740 MILES ON IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10694212

Incident

Mar 8, 2015

Mileage

56,979 mi

HAVE HAD SEVERAL LEAKS, TOOK IT TO GM DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND IT COST ME $1,600, STILL LEAKING, TOOK IT BACK TO GM DEALERSHIP PAID $1,300, STILL LEAKING. VEHICLE ON HAS 57, 000 MILES I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION. THAT IS WHY I TOOK IT IN THE FIRST PLACE GM SERVICE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT, AND RIP-OFF TO ITS CUSTOMERS. WILL NOT RECOMMEND EITHER ONE OF THESE DEALERSHIP IN MASSACHUSETTS, UNLESS THEY CAN PROVE QUALITY SERVICE. CURRENTLY, STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT CAN NOT AFFORD TO SPEND ANOTHER PENNY, WILL HAVE TO RESULT TO WALKING, SOMETHING I CANNOT PHYSICAL ABLE TO DO ON LONG STRETCH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10694209

Incident

Jan 5, 2015

Mileage

55,890 mi

AFTER A NIGHT OF SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES, I TURNED MY CAR ON IN THE GARAGE TO WARM UP PRIOR TO LOADING MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN WE WERE ALL SET, I PULL OUT OF THE GARAGE AND CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY DOWN THE STREET WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE AND MY DASHBOARD PANEL STARTS COMMUNICATING MULTIPLE ERRORS, INCLUDING "ENGINE POWERED DOWN", "SERVICE STABILITRACK", "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" AS WELL AS THE ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON. WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON, MY CAR STOPS EXCELLING AND LITERALLY STOPS ME ON THE ROAD ONLY ALLOWING ME TO ACCELERATE TO 1 RPM AND MAYBE GOING 5 MILES AT MOST. AFTER SLOWLY MANEUVERING OUT OF TRAFFIC, I TURNED MY CAR ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES WITHOUT ANY LUCK. AFTER TALKING TO A SERVICE TECHNICIAN, I WAS GOING TO GET IT TOWED FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF WHILE I WAS TALKING TO THEN, AND THEN RANDOMLY TURNED IT BACK ON SINCE IT WAS COLD, AND ALL THE ERRORS WENT AWAY AND THE CAR WAS MOVING PROPERLY. AFTER ANOTHER DAY OF DRIVING IT, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND AS I EXITED ON THE RAMP AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, THE WHOLE PROCESSED HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAD TO TAKE IT IN AT THIS POINT, SINCE I FELT EXTREMELY UNSAFE IN THE VEHICLE, KNOWING IT COULD STOP OPERATING RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING. IT TURNS OUT THAT IT GENERATED AN ENGINE POWER DOWN CODE BECAUSE THE THROTTLE WAS AFFECTED. CODE P1516. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) OUT FOR THIS APPARENT ISSUE, BUT I AM UNCERTAIN HOW THIS ISN'T A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND OTHER MODELS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING IT, CONSIDERING IT LITERALLY STOPS YOUR CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR, I WAS EXTREMELY SCARED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IF YOU CAR STOPS OPERATING PROPERLY WHEN DRIVING THAT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD FOR YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10672048

Incident

Jan 8, 2015

Mileage

72,000 mi

WAS DRIVING ON HWY. AT 60 MPH WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND THEN WHEN I CAME TO STOPLIGHT AND TOOK OFF, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH.AND WOULD JERK AND THEN AS I CONTINUED TO TRY TO GET SPEED BECAUSE OF OTHERS BEHIND ME-IT WOULD NOT GO. HAD TO DRIVE 30 MPH FOR TWO HOURS TO GET ONLY 40 MILES. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND GM IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THIS IS A HAZARD AND THERE ARE SOOO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH PROBLEMS JUST LIKE THIS AND NO RECALL YET-REALLY-SO WILL ONE BE MADE WHEN SOMEONE IS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN THIS BEGAN I HAD A 1/2 TANK OF GAS, WHEN I GOT TO DEALERSHIP-2 HOURS LATER-THE CAR WAS ON E!!!!!!!! HORRIBLE GAS MILEAGE ON THIS TOO NOW. PASSENGER AIRBAG SAYS NEEDS TO BE SERVICED-WAS LIKE THIS WHEN WE PURCHASED AND DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FIX-NEVER DID AND THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT MEANS THE PASSENGER IS NOT SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEN AGAIN, NONE OF US ARE BECAUSE OF GM-AM GOING TO BEGIN PROCESS WITH SMALL CLAIMS COURT REGARDING ALL OF THESE ISSUES. HORRIBLE VEHICLE AND GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED-NO WONDER I ALWAYS BOUGHT NON AMERICAN MADE CARS-SHAME ON US FOR THINKING GM WOULD BE GOOD SINCE IT WAS MADE IN USA. *TR

NHTSA ID

10519609

Incident

Jun 3, 2013

Mileage

106,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000. UPDATED 11/07/11 *BF UPDATED 06/13/2012 *JS

NHTSA ID

10429098

Incident

Dec 1, 2009

Mileage

4,500 mi

THE GAS PEDAL ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HAS STUCK IN THE FULL THROTTLE POSITION FOUR TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE LATEST WAS JUST TODAY WHEN I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND TO MERGE WITH THEM I APPLIED FULL THROTTLE. WHEN I RELEASED THE THROTTLE THE CAR JUST KEPT ACCELERATING BECAUSE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK UNDER THE FLOOR MAT. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, PULL OFF THE ROAD, AND ADJUST THE FLOOR MAT TO RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS EASILY REPRODUCIBLE AND HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES ALREADY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10328720

Incident

May 3, 2010

Mileage

42,730 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR DISPLAYED " EMPTY FUEL" AT ANY GIVEN FUEL LEVEL CAPACITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURES WERE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR AND FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

NHTSA ID

10283449

Incident

Jan 6, 2009

Mileage

11,000 mi