2006 Saturn Ion engine problems

71 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2006 Saturn Ion, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 71 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 75,000 miles 65 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 65 complaints that include mileage. 37% 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	11
40k to 60k miles	8
60k to 80k miles	14
80k to 100k miles	8
100k to 120k miles	10
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 65 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 37% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

While traveling between 70-75MPH on I-35 southbound between 2nd st. Merge and 15th street exit in edmond ok, we went to change lanes (middle lane to right lane) and there was a sudden boom, the car lost control, began to spin out of control (numerous slides and 2-360 deg turns and being flung in a backwards motion).

Reported at 192,000 miles, February 2014 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 saturn ion purchased used in march 2008. She stated upon attempting to shut the vehicle off, the key became stuck in the ignition and would not budge. The vehicle was towed to a local saturn dealer where the ignition housing was replaced to correct the failure, at the owner's expense. Within a few months, the failure occurred a second time. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where they found the same part had failed a second time.

Reported at 35,000 miles, October 2009

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Saturn models