2004 Saturn Ion defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Saturn Ion. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Electric Power Steering Failure
  Engineering Analysis EA11014 · opened Sep 29, 2011 · closed Apr 15, 2014 · led to recall 15V064000

  On March 31, 2014, General Motors Company (GM) submitted a Defect Information Report (DIR) to NHTSA describing a safety defect that may result in a sudden loss of power steering assist in approximately 1,340,447 model year (MY) 2004 through 2010 vehicles equipped with electric power steering (EPS), including 334,728 MY…

• Electric Power Steering Failure
  Recall Query RQ10004 · opened Dec 15, 2010 · closed Oct 5, 2011

  ODI has received 846 complaints and GM identified 3,489 reports alleging sudden loss of steering power assist in model year (MY) 2004 through 2007 Saturn Ion vehicles manufactured and sold by General Motors Corporation (GM).Sixteen of these complaints alleged that the EPS warning lamp had illuminated before or during t…

• 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…