NHTSA Complaint #10609409 — 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK

THE CAR WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH ON RT168 CHESAPEAKE EXPRESSWAY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A REAR-END COLLISION. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE EXPERIENCED HARD SHIFTS GOING INTO 3RD GEAR AND 5TH GEAR. ON 6/25/2014, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE PRIORITY CHEVY. WE WERE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED, AND A NEW ONE WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE, AND FOUND MANY OTHER DRIVERS REPORTING THE SAME ISSUE. I ALSO CONTACTED A NATIONAL TRANSMISSION CHAIN, AND THEY ALSO REPORTED SEEING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH SATURN OUTLOOKS, SOME OF WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN CRASHES DUE TO THE HARD SHIFTING. *TR