NHTSA Complaint #10458173 — 2007 SATURN ION

TODAY WHILE TAKING A LEFT ON TO MY ROAD MY BREAKS FELT AS IF THEY HAD GONE SOFT AND SPONGY AND IT WAS HARD TO STOP. AFTER REALIZING THIS PROBLEM MY VEHICLE'S DASH STARTED BEEPING AND THE WORDS PWR STR FLASHED ON MY DASH AND WHILE TURNING INTO THE ROAD MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN NORMAL. IT WAS VERY HARD TO TURN INTO MY ROAD ALMOST RESULTING IN A CRASH. LUCKILY A CRASH DID NOT HAPPEN. I HAD ONE OTHER PERSON IN THE CAR WITH ME. THIS RESULT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A WRECK RISKING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN THE CAR. AS I HAD DIFFICULTY PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON RESULTING IN THE WHEEL TURNING NORMALLY. I TOOK MY CAR AROUND THE BLOCK TO SEE IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND IT HAD. I DID MAKE IT SAFELY HOME AFTER THAT DUE TO THE FACT I TOOK A BACK ROAD. I FEEL THAT THE INVESTIGATION TO RECALL THE POWER STEERING IN THE IONS SHOULD BE IN AFFECT DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. I DO NOT SEE THE REASON IT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. FOR THOSE LOOKING TO BUY A SATURN ION, THESE VEHICLES HAVE PROBLEMS AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN TO OWN A VEHICLE AS DANGEROUS AS THIS ONE. THANK YOU. *TR