NHTSA Complaint #10339716 — 2005 SATURN ION

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE APPEARED ACCOMPANIED BY A WARNING "DING." MY POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY GONE. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN, THE PROBLEM WAS REMEDIED. HOWEVER, I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT, SO I TOOK IT TO GET DIAGNOSED AND SERVICED. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND SAID NO CODES WERE REGISTERING, NOT EVEN IN THE HISTORY. I READ THAT GM HAS AN OPEN RECALL ON THEIR COBALTS, WHICH USE THE SAME MOTOR SYSTEM AS THE SATURN IONS. WHEN I CALLED GM TO MAKE MY COMPLAINT, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO OPEN RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THIS PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COBALTS. *TR