2004 Saturn Ion brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 19 complaints for the 2004 Saturn Ion, 2% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 19 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 60,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 4 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	5
20k to 40k miles	0
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	3
80k to 100k miles	2
100k to 120k miles	2
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 15 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 saturn ion 2. While driving 25 MPH, the contact attempted to turn the wheel and it locked. The brakes failed and the vehicle crashed into a pole. The air bag deployed, but the driver was injured. Saturn stated that the vehicle is not a defect. The vehicle was destroyed. The current and failure mileages were 45,326.

Reported at 45,326 miles, April 2007 CrashInjury

I've had several times where my car wasn't as stable as it should be. The car itself rumbles and jerks a lot on city streets and as I get off the highway. In the past there's been a few issues with the breaks. During winter time, the car won't start up (I have a new battery now and it still happens). Acceleration is occasionally delayed. Lastly there's a clicking noise coming from the passenger side of the car which continues from the time the key is in the ignition until I take it out.

Reported at 60,000 miles, January 2018

Brakes problems in other years

2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

Brakes problems across all Saturn models