NHTSA Complaint #10289463 — 2004 SATURN ION

WE PURCHASED OUR SATURN ION (USED- FROM A DEALERSHIP) AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS IT BEGAN NOT STARTING ON THE FIRST TRY WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR 15-20 MINUTES TO START IT. THEN WHEN THE MORNING WEATHER TURNED COLD IT WOULD NOT START. AT ALL. IN THE AFTERNOONS WHEN IT WOULD WARM UP SOME IT WOULD START AGAIN. WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY SO REPLACED THE BATTERY. NEXT MORNING IT WOULDN'T START. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. THERE WAS NONE. BUT, I DID FIND HUNDREDS OF POSTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. I EVEN FOUND VIDEOS POSTED TO YOUTUBE.COM ON HOW IT MIGHT BE FIXED. SCARY!! ALSO I FOUND POSTS WHERE PEOPLE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIPS FOR FIXES AND THE DEALERSHIPS FIXED THE PROBLEM ONLY FOR IT TO CROP UP AGAIN WITHIN A SHORT TIME. PLEASE CAN YOU HELP? I FOUND YOU BY ACCIDENT OTHERS WOULD MAKE COMPLAINTS BUT THEY DON'T KNOW YOU EXIST TO HELP. OUR CAR IS BASICALLY USELESS BECAUSE WE CANNOT COUNT ON IT TO START WHEN WE NEED IT. THE DATE I GAVE YOU WAS A GUESSTIMATE OF THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. WE HAVE NOT TAKEN OUR CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS POST WHERE FOLKS TOOK THEIR CARS IN, HAD REPAIRS , ONLY TO HAVE THE TREND START OVER AGAIN. *TR