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2004 Saturn Ion lighting problems

27 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2004 Saturn Ion, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
27 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2004 Saturn Ion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 56,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 56,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 50% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 20 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

While driving in pre-dawn hours (headlights & defrosters on), started smelling something melting or burning. Then instrument panel lights went out for a few seconds. Instrument panel lights then came back on & started flashing on & off really fast. At that same time, door locks started locking & unlocking repeatedly on their own. Burning & melting smell was getting stronger. As I was pulling over, I entered a more well-lit area and saw smoke accumulating inside car near roof & top of windshield.

Reported at 111,500 miles, August 2014 Fire

I purchased my 2004 saturn ion in april, 2004. In june, 2004 my right turn signal stopped working, causing my running light on that side not to work either. In july, 2004 when opening up the hood to refill windshield wiper fluid, the hood latch inside the car came off in my hand. On dec 22, 2004, the brakes on my 2004 saturn ion failed to work cause me to go through a stop sign, which resulted in a accident with another car.

Reported at 6,537 miles, December 2004

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