Ion left turn signal

[Jason Sacks]

I have an '03 Ion with about 24,000 miles on it. In almost the entire
time I've owned the car, my front left turn signal hasn't worked, and
in the back left it flashes very quickly. I brought the car in last
Wednesday and had the light harness replaced; today the problem
resurfaced.

Has anyone else had this problem, and has it gotten resolved to your
satisfaction? My wife and I have owned Saturns since 1996 and this is
by far the most frustrating experience either of us have had with one
of them.

 

[Blah blah]

I have an '03 Ion with about 24,000 miles on it. In almost the entire
time I've owned the car, my front left turn signal hasn't worked, and
in the back left it flashes very quickly. I brought the car in last
Wednesday and had the light harness replaced; today the problem
resurfaced.

Has anyone else had this problem, and has it gotten resolved to your
satisfaction? My wife and I have owned Saturns since 1996 and this is
by far the most frustrating experience either of us have had with one
of them.

I think there is a TSB out on this. The circuit gets overloaded or
something and takes out the front bulb. If I remember correctly it can
also burn up your wires which would be why you had to get a new harness.
The fix is to wire in a "resistor" to prevent that from happening again.
I dont know where you got this fixed at but if it was a Saturn dealer
they should of known to do that fix. Take it back to them and make sure
they get that taken care of correctly.

 

[Robert Hancock]

No, it doesn't burn up the wires. The resistor gets put in to reduce the
voltage to the front turn signal bulbs in order to improve their life. Quite
likely there was also a bad batch of bulbs in some cars too..