NHTSA Complaint #10360376 — 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK

FOR THE 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK ( SIMILAR TO GM ARCADIA) DURING NORMAL RAIN OR WET ROAD CONDITIONS (NOTHING EXTREME) WATER FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SPLASHES ONTO THE BELT AND DRIVE PULLEYS CAUSING THE BELT TO SLIP. THE SLIPPAGE RESULT IN LOSE OF POWER STEERING, POWER FROM GENERATOR ...... THIS HAS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT ON TO A ROAD WAY FROM A STOP. THIS HAPPENS DURING ALMOST EVERY WET DRIVING CONDITION. EXAMPLE: NORMAL RAIN AND WET ROAD CONDITION, WIFE AND CHILD ARE PULLING OUT ON TO 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY, THE BELT STARTS SLIPPING, SQUEALS, WARNING MESSAGES FLASH, THE OUTLOOK MAKES IT INTO THE LANE, BUT WITH OUT POWER STEERING MY WIFE HAD TO DRIVE STRAIGHTEN ACROSS BOTH LANES AND STOP IN THE GRASS MEDIAN. WHEN YOU PICTURE THIS INCIDENT, YOU HAVE TO PICTURE THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK AND OTHER VEHICLE APPROACHING. THEN MY WIFE AND CHILD ARE SOMEWHAT TRAPPED / STRANDED IN OUR SATURN OUTLOOK SITTING IN THE MEDIAN OF US70. SHE STOPPED THE ENGINE, AND AFTER A FEW RESTARTS THE SLIPPAGE STOPPED ENOUGH TO ALLOW HER TO DRIVE TO A NEAR-BY PARKING LOT. AFTER ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO RUN AND DOING SOME TEST CIRCLES IN THE PARKING LOT, THE EXTREME SLIPPAGE DID NOT RETURN. DURING HER DRIVE HOME, THE BELT DID OCCASIONALLY SLIP BUT NOT TO THE EXTREME OF LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER, COOLING, AND POWER STEERING. SINCE BEING SCARED IN THAT LIFE ENDANGERING SITUATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE WITH OTHER TRAFFIC APPROACHING, WE CONDUCTED A SIMPLE GOOGLE OR INTERNET SEARCH THAT SHOWED THAT OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR EVENTS - SOME RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS. *TR