2003 Saturn Ion defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2003 Saturn Ion. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• WINDSHIED WIPER LINKAGE FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE07011 · opened Feb 28, 2007 · closed Aug 9, 2007

  Investigation disclosed that the manufacturer issued a service bulletin in august 2003, regarding service that required removal of the wiper arms.gm issued the bulletin at that time to address customer comments on windshield wiper chattering or hopping across the windshield during wiper operation.the correction was to …

• TIMING CHAIN FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE06006 · opened Jan 24, 2006 · closed Jun 6, 2006

  On december 12, 2005, odi received a defect petition (dp05-008) requesting the investigation of timing chain failures that could cause stalling in saturn vehicles equipped with the 2.2l (l61) engine. Odi opened pe06-006 on january 24, 2006, with 24 vehicle owner complaints that alleged a broken timing chain caused the …

• TIMING CHAIN FAILURE
  Defect Petition DP05008 · opened Dec 20, 2005 · closed Feb 6, 2006

  Analysis undertaken in response to the petition identified 26 complaints alleging timing chain failures in my 2000-2003 saturn l-series vehicle equipped with the 2.2l l4 engine.most complaints of timing chain failure reportedly resulted in a sudden loss of engine power and stalling.odi also noted that certain my 2002-2…

• FRONT TURN SIGNAL/DRL FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA04035 · opened Dec 22, 2004 · closed Oct 20, 2005

  The combination front turn signal/drl in my 2003 saturn ion coupes experienced significant early-life failures due to various bulb quality issues due to inadequate design and manufacture.this problem trend appears to have disappeared after the fall of 2003.the change of lead wire material near the start of my 2004 vehi…

• FRONT TURN SIGNAL/DRL FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE04061 · opened Aug 17, 2004 · closed Dec 22, 2004 · led to recall 04V547000

  On november 16, 2004, gm notified nhtsa that it will conduct a safety recall of 178,798 model year (my) 2003 and 2004 saturn ion sedan vehicles for inoperative front turn signal/drl bulbs.gm stated that temperatures in the lamp assembly exceed the material specification for the bulb sockets and bulb base sleeves, which…