NHTSA Complaint #10682141 — 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK

DRIVING WHEN THE CAR JERKED AND REVED AND THEN WENT SQUEALING AWAY. GOING 40 MPH AND CARS BEHIND WERE NOT FOLLOWING CLOSELY. THIS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 50 FEET AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE - REVERSE AND D AND L WOULD NOT WORK. WE WERE IN A CITY FOR AN AUDITION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION WHICH WAS 400 MILES FROM HOME. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A NEARBY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE. NEEDED TO RENT A CAR TO RETURN HOME AND WILL NOW HAVE TO FLY BACK TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AGAIN AFTER PAYING $4400. WE WERE LUCKY THAT NOTHING HAD HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE OR DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND CAMPUS. ALSO, FORUNATE THAT WE MADE IT TO THE AUDITION. THIS IS A FAMILY CAR USUALLY CARRYING KIDS AND ANIMALS. BESIDES THE REPAIR BILLS, THE VEHICLE IS JUNK BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD WANT TO BUY THIS. THE $4400 TO BRING THE VEHICLE HOME AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT THING TO HAPPEN LIKE THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. THIS CAR WAS A LARGE PURCHASE AND VERY SAD TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP INVESTMENTING MONEY IN IT OR JUNK IT. THIS NEEDS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD AND DEFINITELY A RECALL BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS. *TR