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2005 Saturn Ion engine and engine cooling problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2005 Saturn Ion3% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
3%
share of all complaints
46,163 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The gas pedal gets stuck while driving and the check engine light comes on. Car will not exceed 5 mph even if the pedal is pushed to the floor. Car must be turned on and off 3 times for the pedal to go back to normal. Another incident is the car will stall when stopping at a light or stop sign…

    filed Nov 14, 2014

  • When I was pulling out of the parking lot of my job there is a slight dip in the road when exiting the parking lot on to the street and as I was pulling out making a right turn and I went over the bump and my car shut off and I was not aware it had shut off until I was almost at a complete stop…

    filed Mar 19, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Ion years

YearReportsShare
2007 Ion91%
2006 Ion302%
2004 Ion334%
2003 Ion588%
Ion engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.