I had to have the arm bushings replaced 6 months after having the car. I had the air blower replaced twice due to the fact that it continued to make a awful noise whiled driving. The dealership had to replace a valve of some sort in the transmission as the car was swaying side to side. Currently the air conditioner is leaking inside the car and the floor board is soaking wet. I haven't had this fixed yet, but we need to soon before the carpet mildews.
I originally bought the car because it was low on insurance cost. I test drove it and I was some what satisfied with it. Shortly afterward I realized I had made a tragic mistake. The quality of the interior is really cheap. The seats stain by just looking at them and they are extremely uncomfortable on a trip greater than 30 minute's. I have taken my Saturn to the dealership for service more than my significant other's car which is a 1996 Saturn SL. The quality of Saturn has just gone down the drain. I am so unhappy with this car that I went an bought a new car yesterday and will be putting the Saturn up for sale in a matter of days. I will just take the loss and rack it up as a lesson learned. You get what you pay for and unfortunately, the price of the Saturn ION 2 is the same price as a lot of much better cars out there.
My Ion 2, with less than 600 miles on it -haven't even made the 1st payment, is at the dealership now having a new fuel pump installed. I was told this almost never happens and it must be due to the amount of time it sat on the lot. What does that mean?
Sigh. I am certainly a bit anxious that I may have made a mistake also, but this remains to be seen.
It broke my heart to give up my pretty 1995 SL2.
My saturn ion is only a year old and in the last month it has been in the dealer 4 differant times for the same problem!! The car just doesn't like to start all the time and yesterday I noticed that my front headlight its starting to fall out!! who's headlight falls out of a practically brand new car???
I never had an issue with the seats being uncomfortable. I'm 5'8" and weigh 135lbs. I've driven across the country 6 times and drive 60 miles round trip to school every day. The cloth however is not good quality - the spot from my wallet in my pocket wore the fabric after about 20,000 miles. (Grey Ion-2 fabric, not upgraded)
I like my 2003 ion, however when going down a hill I
noticed when I put the brake on the engine seems to
rev up and stay at one gear and then it jerks a bit
when it shifts, it is an automatic and I had other
people drive and their opinion was that it sounded
like it had an engine tarter on it. Anyone with any
info. on this please help.
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