NHTSA Complaint #10679623 — 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AWD VEHICLE, I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON (AFTER REPLACING MY FACTORY SUPPLIED GAS CAP WHICH HAD BROKEN WITH A GENERIC ONE) AND THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION BECAME SLUGGISH AND SLOW IN RESPONSE. ON 22 JAN 2015 I DROVE MY VEHICLE (VEH) ABOUT 1/2 MILE, STOPPED AT A STORE, PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT, RETURNED TO MY VEH STARTING IT UP AND TRYING TO PLACE THE VEH IN REVERSE TO NO AVAIL. I PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER IN PARK, TRIED REVERSE AGAIN AND NOTHING. EACH TIME I TRIED TO PLACE THE VEH IN REVERSE AND APPLY THE GAS I WOULD ONLY HEAR THE REVVING OF THE VEH'S ENGINE. I COULD PUT THE VEH IN DRIVE AND MOVE FORWARD HOWEVER, MY VEH'S TIRES WERE AGAINST THE SIDEWALK (CURB). I WAS ABLE TO ROCK THE VEH TO AN ANGLE, DRIVE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND DRIVE TO MY HOUSE AND PARK THE VEHICLE. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, I LEARNED THAT A PART KNOWN AS THE: 3, 5, REVERSE WAVE PLATE HAD GONE BAD AND IT WOULD COST $2500 TO REPAIR (NOT INCLUDING THE PARTS). AS I SEARCHED ON-LINE (GMC, NHTSA.GOV, AND OTHER INTERNET FORUMS) I LEARNED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT. I READ REPORTS OF OTHER 2007, 2008, OUTLOOK, ACADIA, AND TRAVERSE VEHICLES (ALL GMC) ALL HAVING EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. TIME AFTER TIME THE MALFUNCTION INVOLVED NO NEGLIGENCE ON BEHALF OF THE VEH DRIVER, MERELY DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. IN MOST OF THESE INCIDENTS, THE VEH OWNER INFORMED GMC ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS PART COSTING APPROX. $20 HAS DONE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO COUNTLESS VEH. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THERE ARE TOO MANY CONSUMERS AFFECTED BY THIS FAULTY $20 PART THAT BREAKS APART AND DAMAGES YOUR TRANSMISSION. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND TRY AND GET SOME MONETARY RELIEF FOR THESE AFFECTED CONSUMERS. *TR