NHTSA Complaint #10339913 — 2006 SATURN ION

I OWN A 2006 SATURN ION. MY CAR IS AT 80,000 BUT SINCE THIS STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO I WOULD SAY 74,000 MILES WAS THE OCCURRENCE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGHER AND ROUGHER. I KNEW THE SOUND TO BE AN EXHAUST LEAK. I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AND HE JUST CHECKED THE HOSES, AND SAW NOTHING. I KEPT DRIVING WITH IT. I STARTED GETTING BAD HEADACHES, AND SLIGHTLY NAUSEOUS WHEN I DROVE LONG DISTANCES. I TRAVEL 400 MILES ROUNDTRIP WHEN I VISIT FAMILY OUT OF TOWN AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. I ALSO NOTICED THE ODOR OF EXHAUST IN THE CABIN WHEN I STARTED MY CAR. I CRACKED MY WINDOWS WHEN I DROVE AND WHEN I HAD A CHANCE MY MECHANIC FOUND I HAD A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. HE SAID HE HAS SEEN THE SAME CRACK IN THE SAME PLACE ON THE SAME GM ENGINE 2.2L 4CYL ABOUT 6 TIMES THIS YEAR ALREADY. CHEVY HAS IT ON COBALT I THINK. HE SAID IT IS PROBABLY A FACTORY DEFECT SINCE IT IS WEARING THIN IN THE SAME PLACE. CONSIDERING MY CAR WAS POISONING ME FOR MONTHS I THINK THIS QUALIFIES AS A SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. I KNEW THE SOUND AND WARNING SIGNS BECAUSE OF PAST EXPERIENCE. IT IS A DANGER TO THE MAJORITY OF DRIVERS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T. *TR