2006 Saturn ION 3 review from North America
"Saturn cars are built cheap and unreliable"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
After 3 months of owning this car, the sunroof failed and flooded the vehicle severely.
Dealership put a new sunroof module in, reused the old carpet and headliner, and reinstalled them wrong.
All door windows worked themselves loose, and it caused them to come off track and leak more water into the car.
Door seals kept falling off and had repaired twice.
Discovered dealership had installed wrong headliner from sunroof leak that STATED SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS, which our car does not have, and they were unwilling to replace.
Rear driver window motor broke and was replaced.
The PCM failed twice in 4 days; had to get it towed.
Also the sunroof leaked again, and the sunroof drain was never reattached from first sunroof repair. Car was flooded again, and now the right headliner and another new carpet is being installed.
General comments?
Looks good, handles good, however it seems like soon as rainy season hits, it leaks somewhere.
Also Saturn CORP said that we should be happy that it is going to be fixed, and also state that all the water that the inside of this car has seen will not affect any of the electronics that were in the water. We have to wait for the part to go bad to be replaced.
Never ever will we buy a SATURN again.
Also did I mention our 04 SATURN never had blinkers, and the throttle would stick and the car would go up to 40mph, without touching the gas.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 2006 |
| Year of manufacture | 2005 |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2007 |
| Engine and transmission | 2.2 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 4 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 2 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 3 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 2 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 6 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 0 miles |
| Most recent distance | 22000 miles |
| Previous car | Saturn ION |
| Date of Entry | 7th August, 2007 |