Debalic wrote:
This thread just further reinforces my notion that Saturns are in fact actually decent cars.
I had a '97 Saturn coup that I loved so much. Had an SUV run a stop sign and smash into me, and it got totaled in '03. I got a '03 Saturn ION. First year they were in production.
I never had so many freaking problems with a car as I did on that stupid ION. First year I had it, the car would try to accelorate when I was braking. It took three visits to the Saturn dealership (and one apology from a mechanic who checked to "see if I was driving with both feet," asked me if it happened "when my husband drove it," and said that the paperwork said "tries to go forward when foot is on the accelorator" all during one test drive) before they finally found out there was a faulty wire that had to be replaced. After that, the ION would rev up, then slam into gear if I tried to speed up too fast, and I had a guy tell me that my car had ADD (my words, not his). Then the back window stopped rolling down. Half of the dash board wouldn't light up anymore. And finally, in the end, it wouldn't start half the time because it was getting senile and thought I was trying to steal it.
Finally traded it in this year for a Honda. I was so soured on Saturns after that, even though my dad, step-mom, ex-step-dad, and current step-dad all used to work for them.