NHTSA Complaint #10151223 — 2003 SATURN ION

MY CAR WON'T START! AT LEAST EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ANYWAY. IT'S A 2003 SATURN ION. I BOUGHT IT USED ON 5/14/05 AND A FEW MONTHS AFTER, WHEN IT STARTED TO GET COLD IN GA., IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER ABOUT 10-30 MINUTES, IT WOULD FINALLY START AS IF THERE WAS NO PROBLEM LEAVING ME FEELING LIKE I WAS GOING CRAZY. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE BATTERY, SO I REPLACED THAT (40.00 DOLLARS). IT STILL GAVE ME PROBLEMS THAT VERY NIGHT! I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND HAD A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK DONE (40.00 DOLLARS), THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND BASICALLY BLEW ME OFF. DISCOURAGED, I LEFT AND GAVE UP. IT CONTINUED TO ACT UP 2 DAYS LATER, WHICH I JUST DEALT WITH. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP YESTERDAY FOR A OIL CHANGE AND GUESS WHAT? IT WOULDN'T START WHILE IT WAS THERE. THEY TOLD ME THAT WHILE THEY WERE ABOUT TO TAKE IT TO THE WASH IT WOULDN'T START, AND ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY PROBLEMS. I SAID YEA. THEY SAID THEY WERE SURE THEY'D LOCATE THE PROBLEM THAT DAY. CAME BACK AN HOUR LATER TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS THE TECHNICIAN FAULT, CLAIMING THAT HE HAD LEFT IT IN DRIVE WHILE TRYING TO START IT (HOW WOULD HE GET IT IN DRIVE IF IT WOULDN'T START?) ANYWAY, IT WOULDN'T START THAT NIGHT! AT THIS POINT IM GOING TO GET MY FUTURE FATHER IN LAW INVOLVED SINCE HE IS AN ENGINEER AND HAVE HIM STIR THE PUDDING. OH, AND HE BELIEVES IT A SHORT WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SO WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THEM TO CHECK THAT OUT. *NM