Transmission Noise Problems of Saturn Outlook

Transmission took a while to engage into 2nd gear. When in first gear, you can hear the transmission making a distinct sound. Sounds like a whinny noise, as it was struggling to get into 2nd gear. I noticed this sound when stopped at a traffic light and the light turned green. As I began to accelerate, I noticed the vehicle was having a tough time getting out of 1st gear. This is the second issue with the transmission in 22 months. Back in November of 2013, I had the wav plate replaced at a cost of $2,600. 00. The dealership now is telling me I need a whole new transmission at a cost of $4,000. 00. Gm did reimburse me for my first transmission issue, but without a reimbursement, I would be looking at spending nearly $6,600. 00 over the course of 22 months for transmission-related issues. No reasonable person would expect to pay that much money in such short of a time period for (2) separate, transmission related issues.

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While driving my vehicle came to a stop, I tried to move forward and it had no power and was making a weird noise. It also had no reverse or power in any gears. I took it to mechanic and he stated that it is the wave plate in the transmission. He also stated it is very common in these vehicles. The cost of repair would be around $4000. Me and my children could of very well been injured by being hit. This is very unsafe. I have replaced a fried headlight socket, which was melted badly. I've put new struts on this vehicle. Also had the awd sensors repaired because the vehicle kept clicking in and out of awd when driving, cost $400.

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Right after pulling on to the interstate, I noticed the car would not get up to speed. When I pressed on the gas, it would make a grinding noise. I immediately slowed down. I then realized that the highest speed I could go was about 50. But soon I could only go about 15-25 mph, and I was stuck on the interstate at that speed. I inched along until I got to an exit. I immediately pulled over to check the fluids, oil, water, etc. My first thought was the transmission, by the way it was acting. I finally did get it home by driving only 20 mph at best. This happened Friday. My wife followed me on Monday and we dropped it off at the mechanics. I did do some research over the weekend and found that the wave plate on the 2007 Outlooks was a huge problem. Sure enough when the mechanic hooked it up to the machine, that's what code came up. Now its going to cost me a nice $4000 to fix.

The contact owns a 2008 Saturn Outlook. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle made a loud noise, jerked violently, and then stalled. The vehicle was not able to be driven and was towed to an authorized dealer where it was found that the transmission and transmission plate needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76000.

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On September 05, 2012 while driving on the highway with my families in the vehicle. I was driving at 55 mph. The vehicle suddenly started to accelerate and the rpm rise up very high and very quickly. I try to step on the brake but it did not slow the vehicle down. I had to step on the brake a couple of time but did not slow the vehicle down. It speed off for approximately a quarter miles before it slow down and the rpm came down. I was terrified of how the vehicle suddenly accelerates out of control. After the sudden acceleration the traction control light and the service stabilitrak warning light came on. There is also a humming noise coming out of the engine or the transmission. The traction control / services stabilitrak warning light went off after turning the engine off. This happen three time to me with the same vehicle. I wrote to gm and gm refused to do anything to help me or look into the these issue. I hope that with my complaint and all of the other complaints from all of the other gm vehicle owners, something could be done about these issue. I told gm that this is a serious safety issue that I am having with my 2008 Saturn Outlook xr awd and gm told me to go screw myself. That is soo sad, considering this is the holiday and me and my families have no transportation to go anywhere.

I was driving my Saturn Outlook 2008 to go onto the highway. As I accelerated, the gas pedal/transmission got stuck and the rpm stayed @5000 rpm for about 8 seconds during my attempt to brake the vehicle. Once the rpm let up we heard a loud thump noise and then the car was able to get unstuck. It took about 8+ seconds for the brakes to actually take over. This has occurred at least 4 times. No repairs have been made for this problem.