2009 Saturn Outlook problems
NHTSA has received 262 complaints about the 2009 Saturn Outlook, and 29% of them involve lighting. Next are electrical system (17%) and steering (17%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 262 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 54,000 miles 211 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 49 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 54 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 30 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 24 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 19 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 7 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 211 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 54,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 39,000 miles (60 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 12 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 7 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was traveling on highway dry pavement when rain condition came on suddenly. The vehicle begin to loose control and steering was sloppy when turning into skid. The vehicle then slid sideways hitting a ditch head on, at which time front air bags for passenger and driver failed to deploy at high impact, the vehicle then rolled three times with crush zones on the side and side impact or curtain bags failed to deploy.
Travel us hwy when encountering rain condition vehicle had rear wheel loss of control into hydroplane, when attempting to correct steering into skid the steering failed to respond as if no power steering. The vehicle cruise control was on until point of first applying brake. The vehicle impacted ravine at frontal impactof grill atb high speed then flip side over side without one air bag deploying. Driver,passenger side, passenger/driver-side of seat, or pillar post air bags failed.
Left headlight not working. Purchased replacement bulb but when old bulb was removed from harness I discovered that the harness connector is melted at the bulb to harness junction.
June 25, 2014: one week after we spent $1600.00 for an unresolved engine light issue we were somewhat hopeful that nothing else could go wrong with this vehicle. I went to unlock the car with the remote and it did not respond. My husband tried to jump start it and discovered that the battery was dead. The latest battery we purchased was in november 2013, so this was concerning to us. As we lifted the floor mat to get to the battery compartment we found mold.