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2006 Saturn Ion engine and engine cooling problems

30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2006 Saturn Ion2% of all complaints for this model year.

30
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
2%
share of all complaints
47,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • On friday we got our 2006 saturn ion out of the gm service department after having a frozen air compressor and ripped serpentine belt replaced ($1400), along with a transmission line. After driving and stopping throughout the day on the following monday, I was unable to turn the vehicle engine off…

    filed Feb 14, 2014

  • Each time I kill the engine I have to sit and wait for the string of electronic tics to quit before my car will let go of the key. Each episode seams to differ on the length of time it, takes or decides, to let go of the key. *tr

    filed Nov 23, 2013

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

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Ion years

YearReportsShare
2007 Ion91%
2005 Ion153%
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.