NHTSA Complaint #10607730 — 2003 SATURN ION

POWER STEERING WENT OUT THIS MORNING AFTER CAR WAS RUNNING FOR 30 MINS. IN CITY DRIVING. LAST SUMMER THE POWER STEERING STARTED GOING OUT WHEN MAKING TURNS, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT. THIS BEGAN IN THE SUMMER, AFTER THE TEMP. OUTSIDE STARTED REACHING 100+. HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO GET THE STEERING WORKING AGAIN. WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP BECAME COOLER IN THE FALL I DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING UNTIL TODAY, NOW THAT IT IS GETTING HOTTER OUTSIDE. I CONTACTED GMC IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, 2014; THEY MAINTAIN IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I KNOW MY CAR HAS HAD POWER STEERING PARTS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY UNDER RECALLS AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THEIR REPLACEMENT PARTS WENT BAD, AGAIN THEY DECLINED. THE STEERING SEEMS TO GO MOSTLY WHEN MAKING TURNS MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO EVEN SAFELY GET TO WHERE I CAN STOP, TURN THE CAR OFF, AND THEN BACK ON TO GET THE POWER STEERING WORKING AGAIN. I OFTEN HAVE YOUNG GRANDKIDS IN THE CAR WITH ME SO IT NOT JUST MY SAFETY I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. THIS IS UNSAFE FOR ME, MY PASSENGERS AND THOSE DRIVING AROUND ME. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 51,000 MILES ON IT. PLEASE CAN YOU HELP? *TR