NHTSA Complaint #10562832 — 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MILES/HR AND THE CHIME WENT OFF AND ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED AND SERVICE STABILITRAK TRACTION CONTROL OFF FLASHED ON MY DISPLAY AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND CARS WERE SWERVING AROUND ME WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED AND I WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. BY THE TIME I GOT OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD I WAS GOING 40 MILES/HR WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY A GM DEALERSHIP AS A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. WHEN I LOOKED ONLINE IT SEEMS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. GM HAS INFORMED ME THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE 2009 SATURN OUTLOOK BUT MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WAS NOT UNDER THE SAME RECALL EVEN THOUGH NOTHING IS DIFFERENT IN THE 2008 FROM THE 2007 OR 2009, IT HAS THE SAME ENGINE AND THE SAME TIMING CHAIN THAT QUALIFIED THE OTHER YEARS RECALLS. *TR