CarComplaints.com Notes: Ahh, the 2004 Saturn Ion: defective transmission, deadly ignition switch, temperamental power steering and a cheap plastic exterior that won’t protect you in a crash. What more could you want?
The 2004 Ion was part of GM’s massive ignition switch recall where it was revealed they waited 10 years – and let 13 people die – before doing anything about it. It also features GM’s now infamous VTi continuously variable transmission. Let me tell you, the only thing the VTi did continuously was fail on its owners. GM scrapped it after only two model years.
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- Average Mileage:
- 134,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
electrical problem
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alarm system goes off randomly then stops activating
after going in for the ignition switch recall my car has never been the same. The dealer kept the car over night when he originally estimated a couple hours for the recall repair. The alarm was going off at 2am that night and other random times over several months until it no longer activates, the radio started getting slowly less loud when on loudest setting and the air speed control stopped working on setting 1 and 2.
after several months of the alarm going off with no one near the car the alarm stopped all together. I can only use my key fob to lock the doors and that doesn't always work as I have found my car broken into 3 times since the visit to the dealer.
- Valerie P., Jacksonville, FL, US