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JackieRMorrow
I have a 2003 Ion 3. I purchased it in 2005 with 10k, from a local
Saturn Dealership. Upon trade in, a few different recall campaigns
were performed on the vehicle. One of which being the DRL/Turn signal
campaign:
NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 04V547000 - Hide Details
Recall Date: 11/16/2004
Component: 2003 SATURN ION EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Potential Units Affected: 178798
2003 SATURN ION EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Recall Date: 11/16/2004
Summary:
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE TURN SIGNAL
LAMP AND DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP (DRL) ON EITHER FRONT SIDE CAN STOP
WORKING BECAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE BULB AND SOCKET.
Consequence:
IF A FRONT TURN SIGNAL LAMP IS INOPERATIVE, OTHERS MAY REACT MORE
SLOWLY TO A TURNING VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
Remedy:
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRL/TURN SIGNAL BULB ON BOTH THE LEFT AND
RIGHT FRONT SIDE AND INSPECT FOR AND ADD A DRL JUMPER KIT IF NOT
PRESENT. THE RECALL BEGAN NOVEMBER 17, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT
SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876.
Potential Units Affected: 178798
Notes: SATURN ION 04095
Make:
SATURN
Model:
ION
Year:
2003
NHTSA Action Number:
PE04061
The above recall information matched my car perfectly. So with this
information, I call my dealership to see if my vehicle was one of the
affected ones, this is when I found out the work had already been
done. I got off the phone, thought about it, and called them back. My
car only has 33k on it. The work was done 15 months ago. There's no
reason that recall work should be malfunctioning in my opinion. So
after fighting with a substitute service manager, I get pissed and
give up. He tells me that I have to bring the car in. If they look at
it, and its the recall issue, they fix it no charge. If they look at
it, and its not the recall, I have to pay them for looking at it in
the first place. (I'm not talking about the repair work, the
diagnostic work.) So now I'm pissed.
Last weekend I took apart my headlights, and switched the bulbs just
to reverify that it wasn't the bulb, it was indeed something electric.
So then for due diligence, I check all of my fuses remotely relavent
to the turn signal/DRL. Under the hood, and in the car. All is well in
there. As a last ditch effort, I have my husband disconnect my
battery. About 5 minutes later, we reconnect it. Power up the car, and
sure enough, both of my blinkers work the way they are supposed to.
All I had to do was reset my clock, and re-program my radio stations.
I can't say this is a permanent fix to the problem. Its only been 4
days. But so far, without fail, my blinker works just fine. Just
thought I'd let other people know. When I had ignition issues November-
December of '05, I found a lot of threads in here about the problem,
and once I printed them out and took them to the dealership, they
fixed my ignition for free.
Saturn Dealership. Upon trade in, a few different recall campaigns
were performed on the vehicle. One of which being the DRL/Turn signal
campaign:
NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 04V547000 - Hide Details
Recall Date: 11/16/2004
Component: 2003 SATURN ION EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Potential Units Affected: 178798
2003 SATURN ION EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Recall Date: 11/16/2004
Summary:
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE TURN SIGNAL
LAMP AND DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP (DRL) ON EITHER FRONT SIDE CAN STOP
WORKING BECAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE BULB AND SOCKET.
Consequence:
IF A FRONT TURN SIGNAL LAMP IS INOPERATIVE, OTHERS MAY REACT MORE
SLOWLY TO A TURNING VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
Remedy:
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRL/TURN SIGNAL BULB ON BOTH THE LEFT AND
RIGHT FRONT SIDE AND INSPECT FOR AND ADD A DRL JUMPER KIT IF NOT
PRESENT. THE RECALL BEGAN NOVEMBER 17, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT
SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876.
Potential Units Affected: 178798
Notes: SATURN ION 04095
Make:
SATURN
Model:
ION
Year:
2003
NHTSA Action Number:
PE04061
The above recall information matched my car perfectly. So with this
information, I call my dealership to see if my vehicle was one of the
affected ones, this is when I found out the work had already been
done. I got off the phone, thought about it, and called them back. My
car only has 33k on it. The work was done 15 months ago. There's no
reason that recall work should be malfunctioning in my opinion. So
after fighting with a substitute service manager, I get pissed and
give up. He tells me that I have to bring the car in. If they look at
it, and its the recall issue, they fix it no charge. If they look at
it, and its not the recall, I have to pay them for looking at it in
the first place. (I'm not talking about the repair work, the
diagnostic work.) So now I'm pissed.
Last weekend I took apart my headlights, and switched the bulbs just
to reverify that it wasn't the bulb, it was indeed something electric.
So then for due diligence, I check all of my fuses remotely relavent
to the turn signal/DRL. Under the hood, and in the car. All is well in
there. As a last ditch effort, I have my husband disconnect my
battery. About 5 minutes later, we reconnect it. Power up the car, and
sure enough, both of my blinkers work the way they are supposed to.
All I had to do was reset my clock, and re-program my radio stations.
I can't say this is a permanent fix to the problem. Its only been 4
days. But so far, without fail, my blinker works just fine. Just
thought I'd let other people know. When I had ignition issues November-
December of '05, I found a lot of threads in here about the problem,
and once I printed them out and took them to the dealership, they
fixed my ignition for free.
