2007 Saturn Ion Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 16about this part
- Share
- 2%of 876 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 86,000miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2007 Saturn Ion, 2% of the 876 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 86,000 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Today my car has started accelerating unintentionally. It first happened when I was stopped at a red light. When I was leaving my destination around an hour later it started happening again. My car was literally slowly cruising through the parking lot without my foot on the gas pedal.”
NHTSA complaint #10587315, filed 2014-05, 92,000 miles“On june 7, 2014, the vehicle would not stop running. I took it to a nearby care care center where they stopped it. The recall establishment (zimbrick buick-Saturn) told them to have the vehicle towed to their establishment. They kept the vehicle until june 26th trying to replace the switch and start the vehicle. They charged the car care center jump started the vehicle in a wrongful manner and that caused a computer to fail. I have a sworn statement that it was not jump started. They eventually replaced the computer with a used cadillac part and charged me $1288.41. …”
NHTSA complaint #10651455, filed 2014-10, 51,950 miles“The car is presently under recall for ignition. However. The car cannot be driven as the pwr str warning comes on for a few seconds, and no steering or severe loss of all steering control of the vehicle is lost after the car has run for 15 minute and every 5 plus minutes after the first failure. Gm will not fix anything on my vehicle, I made a complaint with NHTSA and have made internal complaint at GM regarding my 2007 ION and the 3 accidents due to the loss of ignition and total power including brake failure going down the highway at 50 plus and losing control resulting in accidents. …”
NHTSA complaint #10592628, filed 2014-05, 35,000 miles“I want to add my vehicle to the list of complainants that are having trouble with the faulty power steering issue on the 2004-2007 Saturn ions. I have had this trouble since the beginning of august this year almost right at 100,000 miles. That makes my car ineligible for the reimbursement offer GM has. It is only good for 10 years and 100,000 miles I was just past that. However, if you are forcing them to issue a recall I don't see why they should not have to fix my car as well. The incidents, thankfully, have only occurred while I was driving, and I have been able to control the vehicle. …”
NHTSA complaint #10438462, filed 2011-12, 111,111 miles“I purchased a 2007 Saturn ION 3 quad coup in 2006. In april of 2007 the car began to make loud noised when starting it. It would idle high at stops and would feel like I was rolling gravel when coming to a stop and accelerating from a stop. I made an appointment for service. Saturn made me wait an entire week for an appointment. By time I brought my car in my check engine light was on. Saturn said they found nothing wrong but just updated the computer chip. Not even a week later the same problem occurred. I brought it in and this time they said the throttle body was broke. …”
NHTSA complaint #10235038, filed 2008-07, 15,000 milesVehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2007 Saturn Ion
408 complaintsElectrical system
215 complaintsFuel system
208 complaintsAir bags
65 complaintsEngine
34 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
19 complaintsOther or unknown
17 complaintsSuspension
17 complaintsBrakes
12 complaintsElectronic stability control
11 complaintsEngine cooling
9 complaintsSeat belts
9 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2007 Saturn Ion
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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