I have been having starting problems with my car (2006 Saturn Ion) and smelling gasoline. It turns out the hose connected to the fuel pump was cracked and leaking gas. The mechanic said that this is a safety issue and should be recalled. He feels that the one hose is not connected and harnessed properly and the vibration to the hose eventually caused the crack. I googled "Saturn 2006 Ion fuel leak" and several other people have had the same issue. What is also the major problem here is that the hose is configured with the fuel pump itself. So, the entire mechanism had to be replaced. It cost me 700.00 for a cracked hose because the fuel pump had to be replaced and my car only is 46,000 miles. This is a major safety issue. I drove for 2 weeks with a car that was leaking fuel. Saturn must know about this and is waiting for the same situtation to happen, but for the car to blow up instead. PLEASE IF YOU ARE READING THIS CAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME ISSUE . . . . contact the office of defects and the NHTSA . . .This is a saftey issue and a recall needs to be in affect . . .
My car has had these symptoms. And just yesterday I started smelling gas. I will get it checked immediatly. If it is that I will file for a recall also.
I looked more into this and found a posting for Oct. 29, 2009 for a recall similar to what you have discussed. I'm not sure if they will post the link so here are the phone #'s listed, contact chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438, saturn at 1-800-972-8876. Maybe you can get your money back.
http://www.aboutautomobile.com/Recall/20...
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Yes...Thank U so much Johnny H. for your posting
I just (10/23/09) replaced my fuel pump too. Two separate Cert Auto-Tech looked at it and were shocked that my ION 2006 with 52,000 mile on it, had such a BAD fuel leak. Extremely financially challenge. So had a Auto-Tech in-training drop the tank & yup.. hose configuration with the fuel pump cracked & whole thing needed to be replace.
Thank you soooo much Johnny for your posting... I am going to contact them right away... sounds like we had the EXACT same problem... and I, too, was driving around for about that long with leaking gas... It's NUTS!!
If we all write Saturn... I wonder if anything would happen... especially now that there won't be Saturn anymore...
But... wanted to write and say THANK YOU for your response!!!
Much aloha,
Loree
This should be a recall in every state. I registered my 2006 Saturn ION in NH and this recall link only says cars sold or registered in Arizona, California, Texas, Florida and Nevada. There should be a class action law suit. I am angry.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/04/gm-re...
Update: I took the car in to the Banks Chevrolet and they replaced the fuel pump module to fix the problem. The part was 304.00 and the labor was approximately 110.00 making it a 414.00 repair. I called Saturn for financial assistance for at least partial reimbursement for the repair and they screwed me completely. This should be a class action suit or some kind of legal action.
The fuel pump module should be one of those parts to last the life of the car and if it doesn't it is either because it is defective or your car got shot at.
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