Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 Saturn Outlook submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REVERSE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERNAL CLUTCH WAVE PLATE AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND FELT LIKE AS IF IT WERE STUCK IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,088.
1A. THE HEADLIGHTS ON OUR 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK STARTED MALFUNCTIONING WHEN ON AUTO IN JULY 2010. 1B. OUR TRANSMISSION DOESN'T PROPERLY ENGAGE, EITHER. 2A. OUR HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT ON THE LEFT SIDE, EVEN WHEN ON MANUAL, LAST FRIDAY EVENING. THEY HAD BEEN WORKING EARLIER IN MANUAL, SO WE WERE UNAWARE UNTIL PULLED OVER BY AN MP AND CITED. WE WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE OUR OUTLOOK AT NIGHT. SATURN FINALLY AGREED TO FIX THE WIRING HARNESS ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE NEW BULB THAT SHORTED OUT DUE TO THE WIRING PROBLEM. IT CAUSED US TO NOT BE ABLE TO SAFELY OR LEGALLY DRIVE AT NIGHT. 2B. THE TRANSMISSION OFTEN DOES NOT ENGAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE STOPPED AND THEN TRY TO CROSS TRAFFIC TO TURN LEFT. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES AND ONE MINOR ACCIDENT FOR US. IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN WE ARE STOPPED AND NEEDING TO SPEED UP TO MERGE OR CROSS TRAFFIC. 3A. CURRENTLY, SATURN IS REPLACING THE WIRING HARNESS BUT NOT THE LIGHT BURNED OUT BECAUSE OF THE WIRING PROBLEM, STATING THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THEY ARE ALSO ADDRESSING LEAKS IN THE WATER AND FUEL PUMPS. 3B. UNLESS THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS FIXED BY THE LEAKS REPAIR, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK SL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. HE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE; HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS ON BACKORDER. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED TO COVER RENTAL EXPENSES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 60,000.
I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK,SINCE NEW VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION.IT OVER REVS WHILE IN THE PASSING MODE AND DOESN'T DOWN SHIFT UNTIL YOU COMPLETELY TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS.WHEN ACCELERATING SOMETIMES IT TAKES SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATING MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC.RECENTLY IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN YOU ACCELERATE TO GO A UP A HILL. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND ALL THEY SAY IS ALL THE COMPUTER CODES ARE CORRECT AND THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM,SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I EMAILED SATURN THIS WEEK AND THEY STATED THEY CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THE CODES ARE UP TO DATE AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM,SO I ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. I GUESS THEY'LL WAIT UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION BLOWS UP OR THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BEFORE THEY TAKE ANY ACTION.FROM THE BLOGS I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND SATURN TELLS EVERYONE THE SAME THING. I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER IS GOING TO BE STUCK WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE UNLESS THE US GOVERNMENT INTERVENES. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 8,769 MILES ON IT AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THERE SINCE IT WAS NEW. *TR
WHEN IN DRIVE IT ROLLS BACK WHEN STOOPED IF THERE IS ANY ELEVATION. IT IS NOT CONSISTENT SO ROLL BACK IS UNEXPECTED CREATING POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS. SATURN CLAIMS THIS DEFECT TO BE IN ALL OUTLOOK AND NOTHING WILL DONE ABOUT IT. *TR
I HAVE AN 08 SATURN OUTLOOK THAT WILL ROLL BACK WHILE IN DRIVE ON ANY KIND OF INCLINE. MY WIFE HAS ALMOST HAD A FEW ACCIDENTS IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS, BUT SATURN REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY SAY IT IS JUST THE WAY THE VEHICLE WORKS AND THAT IS IT. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL YET SO THEY CAN NOT HELP ME. SOMETHING SEEMS VERY WRONG TO ME, MY FAMILIES LIVES ARE IN DANGER IN THIS VEHICLE BUT SATURN DOES NOT CARE BECAUSE ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE NOT COMPLAINED? *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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