NHTSA Complaint #10522018 — 2007 SATURN ION

FROM 2010-PRESENT (2013), THE VEHICLE HAS EXHIBITED INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING FAILURE. FAILURES WOULD OCCUR AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SOME TIME, RANGING FROM SEVERAL MINUTES, TO SEVERAL HOURS. POWER STEERING WOULD CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING, PRESUMABLY AFTER EXTENSIVE UTILIZATION OF THE POWER STEERING MECHANISMS. AT THIS POINT A CHIME WOULD SOUND AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" DASH LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE, INDICATING AN ISSUE WITH THE POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING LOSS WOULD REMAIN UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. UPON THE RESTART OF THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WOULD AGAIN RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. FAILURES WOULD OCCUR AT SPORADIC INTERVALS. NO COMMON FACTOR COULD BE EASILY IDENTIFIED SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, STEERING INTENSITY OR TRIP LENGTH, ALTHOUGH THESE MAY BE FACTORS. STEERING FAILURE EVENTS OCCUR APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY 8 MONTHS. *TR