2008 SATURN OUTLOOK Exterior Lighting Problems

My low beam headlight started to intermittently go out for a while. Then it went out completely. I go to replace the bulb only to find that the bulb wasn’t the actual issue. The harness, wires, and socket to the bulb were blackened, burnt and melted. So now it all needs to be replaced. I’ve seen on several forums that has happened to so many people that have a car manufactured by GM. The original wiring is not quality enough for the heat and current that goes through there.

WHEN IT RAINS WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE VEHICLE & THROUGHOUT THE 2 YEARS I'VE OWNED IT THE RAIN HAS LEAKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS DESPITE HAVING IT FIXED & CAUSES THE WIRING, LIGHTING & DETRIMENTAL/SAFETY SENSORS & ELECTRICAL PARTS TO BE DAMAGED. I BECAME ESPECIALLY WORRIED WHEN I LEARNED A FRIEND WITH A 2008 GMC ACADIA (IDENTICAL VEHICLE TO SATURN OUTLOOK) IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME WATER ISSUES. WITHIN A MONTH OR 2 OF HAVING THE LEAKING AND DAMAGED FIXED NEW SENSORS GET WET & ISSUES ARISE DUE TO LEAKING IN NEW/DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I FIRST NOTICED IT LEAKING IN THE FRONT BY THE WINDOWS & SUNROOF & CAUSING THE RADIO SPEAKERS TO QUIT. WITHIN A SHORT WHILE AFTER FIXING IT THE HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS & AIR CONDITIONING THEN STARTED CUTTING OUT & NOT WORKING. ONCE AGAIN I HAD THE ISSUE FIXED BUT NOW IT IS LEAKING IN THE DASH WHERE WATER CAN BE HEARD SLOSHING AROUND WHEN TURNING & OCCASIONALLY LEAKS INTO THE FRONT FLOOR BOARD. NOW THE 'STABILITRAK' & TRACTION CONTROL ARE ALL HAVING ISSUES AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION SENSORS MAKING MY CAR UNDRIVABLE AND UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM SECOND GEAR UNTIL THE CAR SITS IN THE SUN OR DRIES OUT FOR A FEW DAYS. THE SPEAKERS ARE ALSO NOT WORKING MAKING THE BACK UP CAM, AND EVEN THE WARNING DASH LIGHTS HAVE NO SOUND. ** AS MENTIONED BEFORE THERE ARE MANY ONLINE FORUMS THAT TALK ABOUT THIS LEAKING ISSUE IN BOTH THE SATURN OUTLOOK & GMC ACADIA'S. IT IS VERY WORRISOME THAT THINGS WILL SEEM TO WORK & SUDDENLY STOP WORKING DUE TO WATER LOG DAMAGE & WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT & HEADLIGHTS/TAIL LIGHTS FLICKER OR QUIT IT IS VERY SCARY & DANGEROUS. THE SERIOUS ISSUES WITH SENSORS (TRANSMISSION SENSORS & STABILITY) JUST BEGAN ON MY CAR RECENTLY & SINCE I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE FIXED SO MANY TIMES IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

Mileage: 160,000

WATER STARTED DRIPPING DOWN INTO THE GLOVEBOX, EVERY TIME IT RAINS IT GETS SOAKING WET AND THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL PANEL. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS AND PLUG HAVE MELTED AND I HAVE HAD REPLACED AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, SAYING SERVICE AIRBAGS NOW. ALL THE SPEAKERS IN THE CAR HAVE QUIT WORKING, BUT IF YOU OPEN AND CLOSE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR THEY WILL WORK UNTIL YOU HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD.

RIGHT HEADLIGHT DOESN'T WORK. MECHANIC WENT TO REPLACE A PART AND THE WHOLE HARNESS WAS MELTED.

Mileage: 176,000

[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 99,865

HEADLIGHT BULB KEEPS BLOWING OUT AND SOMETIMES WHEN CHANGED COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. HAVE CHANGED BULBS NUMEROUS TIMES BUT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. BULBS SEEM EXTREMELY HOT WHEN THEY BLOW. WE HAVE HAD IT REWIRED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT LOOKS LIKE WIRES FROM HARNESS ARE DIFFERENT GAUGES THAN REPLACEMENTS. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN I WILL BE WITHOUT A HEADLIGHT. THEY ARE DIM AND EVEN WHEN REPLACED BY SILVERSTAR ULTRA, THEY REMAIN DIMMER THAN MOST VEHICLES. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I CAN SEE THEIR HEADLIGHTS MORE THAN MINE WHEN THEY ARE BEHIND ME. I CANNOT SEE THE ROAD HARDLY AT ALL WHEN DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLIGHT.

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE REPLACE LIGHT BULBS IN THE HEADLIGHTS AND IT WILL WORK TO SECONDS THAN GO OUT AGAIN I DON'T WHAT THE ISSUE IS I BOUGHT THE 6 DIFFERENCE BULBS IT'S STILL NOT WORKING

THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. MY WIFE NORMALLY DRIVES THIS VEHICLE AND TOLD ME ABOUT IT THIS WEEK. I UNDERSTAND THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS ARE TOO SMALL AND NEED TO CHANGED OUT TO A BIGGER GAUGE WIRE.

Mileage: 152,000

"TAKATA RECALL" FRONT HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS HAS MELTED AT THE PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM. DONE RESEARCH AND IT IS TO SMALL OF A WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE CHANGED THIS HEADLIGHT 2 TIMES PRIOR TO THE HARNESS MELTING.

Mileage: 75,000

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SUFFERS FROM INTERMITTENT OPERATION EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE HEADLIGHT BULB WITH A NEW BULB. WHEN IT DOES WORK, THE HEADLIGHT ONLY ILLUMINATES ON THE AUTO SETTING. IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL IF I TRY TO MANUALLY TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS. I CANNOT FIND A RECORD OF A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE BASED ON A VIN NUMBER SEARCH, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR LIGHTING ISSUES ON OTHER OUTLOOK MODELS. AS OF 10/29/2017, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAS STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS

Mileage: 125,000

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES SINCE DAY ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 40K MILES THEY ONLY REBUILT SO HAVE HAD ISSUES EVER SINCE STILL HAVING ISSUES EVER SINCE MAJOR ELECTRICAL DASHBOARD GOES DARK WHEN DRIVING FLASHES AFTER IT RAINS I LOOSE POWER STEERING WHEN DRIVING FOR LITERALLY A MINUTE SUNROOF LEAKS THROUGH AIRBAGS SERVICE HAS BEEN CHECKING FOR OVER 3 YEARS NOW OTHER ISSUES I HAD PRIOR TO YOUR EXTENDED WARRANTIES HOWEVER NO IM OVER THE 120K MILE LIMIT THIS VEHICLE HAS CONTINUAL DANGEROUS ISSUES AND NOW THAT YOU NO LONGER MANUFACTURER I FEEL GMAC DOESN'T CARE AND THE COST TO FIX WHEN REPAIS ARE NEEDED ARE OUTRAGEOUS I AM NOW AT 200K MILES HOWEVER THIS ALL STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING THROUGH WARRANTY AND WITH THE BULK ONCE WARRANTY EXPIRED THIS IS A DANGEROUS VEHICLE THE STEERING AND ELECTRICAL ALONE

Mileage: 100,000

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE GO OUT AT THE DROP OF A HAT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A VERY BIG SAFETY HAZARD FOR MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS.PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BUT I AM GOING TO PUT THE MOST RECENT DATE.

Mileage: 97,000

LOW BEAN HEADLIGHTS ARE GETTING SO HOT THEY STARTED MELTING THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING.

Mileage: 90,000

IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT 3 TIMES. IT WENT OUT AGAIN A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYONE TO REPLACE IT FOR ME AT THAT TIME SO I HAD TO DRIVE IT WITHOUT THE LOW BEAM UNTIL TODAY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A MECHANIC FEE TO HAVE IT DONE AND CANNOT DO IT MYSELF. A FRIEND OF MINE SAID HE COULD FIX IT TODAY SO THAT I COULD GO GET THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. ONCE HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE BULB AND BEGAN TO TRY TO GET IT OUT THE LIGHT CAME ON. WE WERE SURPRISED BUT DECIDED TO REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW ONE ANYWAY. SO ONCE THE NEW BULB WAS IN I DROVE IT TO A NEARBY INSPECTION SIGHT TO GET THE INSPECTION DONE. I PASSED INSPECTION AND CONTINUED ABOUT MY DAY. WHEN LEAVING WORK TONIGHT I REALIZED THAT THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT AGAIN. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR COSTLY REPAIRS OR TICKETS OVER THIS MATTER AND DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO IF THERE IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE HEADLIGHTS OR RELATED ITEMS. CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB IS CHALLENGING AND ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN IT GOES OUT THE DAY IT WAS CHANGED. *TR

DRIVING LATE ONE NIGHT WHEN MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, I WAS LEFT WITH MY HIGH BEAM LIGHTS AND MY FOG LIGHTS ONLY. ENDED UP GETTING PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER ON MY WAY HOME, WHO ADVISED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING IN SIMILAR VEHICLES.AFTER WRITING ME A WARNING, I WENT HOME WITH LITTLE LIGHT FOR DRIVING. WOKE UP THIS MORNING, ATTEMPTED TO CHECK FUSES AND BULBS, NO ISSUES NOTED. CAN SMELL A BURNT WIRE SMELL NEAR HEADLIGHT. DID MY RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY IS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM INDEED. PLEASE RECALL HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESSES.

WHEN IT RAINS, THE HEADLINER GETS SOAKED. THE WATER RUNS DOWN ARM GOING DOWN IN THE FRONT THAT CONNECTS THE ROOF AND DASHBOARD AND FLOODS THE DRIVER SIDE DEAD PEDAL AND FLOOR BOARD. WATER ALSO LEAKS FROM REAR SUNROOF GLASS AND DRIPS FROM THE REAR DOME LIGHT AND LEAKS TO THE 3RD ROW SEATS/REAR COMPARTMENT.

Mileage: 73,000

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS CONTINUE TO GO OUT AFTER REPLACING WITH NEW ONES. HAS HAPPENED PARKED ONCE BUT USUALLY OCCURES ACCELERATING AFTER BEING STOPPED OR AFTER DRIVING DISTANCES MORE THAN 30 MILES. THIS STARTED BACK IN EARLY 2014 AND HAS CONTINUALLY GOTTEN MORE AND MORE FREQUENT. OTHER VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS KEEP OCCURING SUCH AS LIGHTS DIMMING WHILE DRIVING (INTERIOR DASH) AND CLIMATE CONTROL SETTING CHANGING TO WHAT I CAN PRESUME ARE DEFAULT SETTINGS (74 DEG FOR BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TURNING ON)

Mileage: 40,000

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT CONTINUALLY BURNS OUT. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BULB SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE DONE THIS MYSELF AS WELL AS HAD IT PROFESSIONALLY REPLACED AT THE DEALER AND THE BULB CONTINUES TO BURN OUT AFTER JUST A FEW WEEKS.. THERE HAS TO BE A SHORT IN THE WIRING CAUSING THIS. I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT ALONE AND THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.

Mileage: 50,000

DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP DID NOT WORK ON MANY OCCASIONS OVER 1 1/2 YEARS. DEALER REPLACED BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER BULBS BUT DRIVERS SIDE WENT OUT AND DID NOT COME BACK ON. AN INSPECTION REVEALED A BURNT / MELTED CONNECTION AT THE BULB. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

RECENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT I WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED. TO REPLACE IT WILL COST AN UPWARD OF $400. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES STEERING CONSTANTLY SQUEALING, NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON. AND WHEN GOING AROUND TURNS THE STABILITY CONTROL MAKES A LOUD ABRUPT NOISE ALMOST STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THIS VEHICLE IN SUCH THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME I'VE OWNED IT. I AM A PREGNANT MOTHER WITH 2 CHILDREN ALREADY AND I DO NOT TRUST THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE!! *TR

NEAR THE END OF MAY 2012, I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHICH SLOPES SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD, AND SUDDENLY WATER STARTED COMING OUT OF THE REAR OVERHEAD LIGHTS. WHEN THE CAR REACHED LEVEL GROUND THE WATER THEN CAME OUT OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE WINDSHIELD PILLAR AND THE SUNROOF AS WELL. I BROUGHT IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE SUNROOF DRAIN TUBES WERE CLOGGED. IT COST ME $90.00 TO HAVE THEM CLEAN IT OUT. THE CAR IS NORMALLY GARAGED, HOWEVER WE HAD DRIVEN IT DURING A RAINSTORM THE DAY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. AFTERWARDS WE STARTED NOTICING SOME CRAZY THINGS HAPPENING TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE CAR. SOMETIMES THE RADIO WOULD STAY ON EVEN AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED AND OPENING THE DOORS (WHICH NORMALLY WOULD SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN.) SOMETIMES THE FRONT DOOR PANEL SPEAKERS WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL, OR ONE WOULD WORK OR BOTH WOULD WORK. RIGHT NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE IS NOT WORKING. THEN THE DAY AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT IN A TORRENTIAL RAIN STORM SOMETIME NEAR THE END OF FEBRUARY 2014, IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD AND I HAD TO CALL AAA TO GET IT STARTED. THE AAA GUY SAID TO CHECK THIS CAR OUT ONLINE FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WHICH I DID AND FOUND VOLUMES OF COMPLAINTS STEMMING FROM THIS ISSUE, AS WELL AS SEVERAL GM TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS OR TSB'S AS THEY ARE REFERRED TO. I ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT IT TO THE GM DEALERSHIP WHICH KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE AND REPAIRED IT AT A COST TO ME OF $810.39. GM HAS NOT ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE DIRECTLY, NOR HAS COMPENSATED ANY OF THE CONSUMERS WHO OWN THE VEHICLES THAT ALL HAVE THIS PROBLEM, NAMELY SATURN OUTLOOK, GMC ACADIA AND BUICK ENCLAVE FROM 2008 - 2010. I FEEL THAT IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNETHICAL FOR THEM TO PASS THIS PROBLEM OFF TO THE CONSUMER. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE AND I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED, AND I'D LIKE THEM TO INSPECT AND REPAIR FOR FREE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AS WELL FOR OTHER DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 45,740

APRIL 2010, PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. WAS PULLED OVER AND TOLD TO GET IT FIXED. WENT IN TO CHANGE THE LIGHT, BUT FOUND THE HARNESS WAS MELTED AND WIRES WERE FRAYED AND SHOWED SIGNS OF ARCING. I REPLACED THE HARNESS AND BULB. JAN 2014, TAKE CAR TO GET SAFETY INSPECTED AND GET TOLD THAT PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM IS OUT AND FAILED INSPECTION. FOUND EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS IN APRIL 2010, FRAYED WIRES AND SIGNS OF ELECTRICAL ARCING. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT STOPPED WORKING. GOT PULLED OVER AND WAS GIVEN A FIX IT TICKET. REPLACING THE BULB DIDN'T FIX IT. I'VE READ THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE WIRING HARNESS DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT OR FAULTY EQUIPMENT WHICH SHOULDN'T BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER TO PAY TO FIX. DRIVING IN THE DARK WITHOUT A WORKING DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER WHICH IS WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO ME. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS CAUSES A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

LOW BEAM PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT WENT OUT AND I REPLACED THE LIGHT. TWO WEEKS LATER THE LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN, I MOVED THE CONNECTOR AND THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE LIGHT WORKED FOR TWO WEEKS AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN. I WENT TO CHANGE THE BULB AND IT SMELLED LINE BURNT PLASTIC. I REMOVED THE BULB AND THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT ON ONE OF THE SIDES. THE WIRE WAS BARELY HANGING ON THE SIDE THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT. THE WIRE HARNESS SEEMS VERY FLIMSY AND VERY POOR QUALITY. I'M VERY SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED OF THE POOR QUALITY OF THE WIRING HARNESS. THIS CAN ALSO POSSIBLY BE A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR 20 MONTHS, THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP HAS BURNED OUT 3 TIMES AND THE PASSENGER SIDE 1 TIME. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLLWAY, ALL ELECTRICAL PARTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT COMPLETELY OUT, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING, AND THE RADIO WENT OUT. EVEN THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED DISPLAYING. THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWED NOTHING. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT JUPITER CHEVROLET IN DALLAS CHARGED US $770 TO REPAIR A WIRING HARNESS THAT THEY SAID WAS RUINED DUE TO A LEAK IN A DRAINAGE HOSE IN THE SUNROOF AND THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. WATER HAD LEAKED INTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 65,500

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LAMP. THE FIRST TIME IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS THEN WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD IT CHANGED AND IT LASTED ABOUT 10 DAYS THAT TIME. THIS LAST TIME IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 6 HOURS BEFORE IT BURNED OUT AGAIN. *TR

LAST NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE I NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE LIGHT BULB CHANGED AND THE TECHNICIAN SAID THE BULB SOCKET/WIRING WAS BURNT AND THE BULB WAS DAMAGED. THEY SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW BULB AND LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS PART HAS FAILED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE HARNESSES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THE LEFT SIDE HARNESS AND BULB WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR APPROX. 10,000 MILES AGO AND NOW IT IS BURNT UP AGAIN. I FEEL THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO UPGRADE THE WIRING HARNESS SO THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT CONTINUE. *TR

Mileage: 54,246

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HARNESS BURNED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 66,500

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AND NOTICE I HAD A HEADLIGHT OUT. WENT TO CHANGE THE BULB AND SAW THAT THE WIRE HARNESS WAS MELTED. FROM READING ON THE INTERNET I SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 43,225

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. CONSUMER REQUEST INFORMATION ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHT ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH HEADLIGHTS, FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN 2 YEARS I'VE HAD A HEADLIGHT FAILURE WITH MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 2010, AND MOST RECENTLY A FEW DAYS AGO IN JAN 2013. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR THESE HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL SO FREQUENTLY. THEY NEED TO BE IMPROVED SO IT DOES NOT KEEP HAPPENING. IT IS A COSTLY REPAIR AND COULD BE DANGEROUS IF BOTH FAIL WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE. I WENT TO AUTOZONE TO PURCHASE THE HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE TWO DIFFERENT HEADLIGHTS THAT I WOULD NEED TO BRING THE BROKEN ONE SO THEY CAN SELL ME A REPLACEMENT. I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS NOT VERY EASY TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ON THIS VEHICLE AS SEVERAL OTHER PARTS HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO GET TO THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR. I FOUND INSTRUCTIONS AND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS INDICATING THEY HAVE REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE YEAR ONLY TO BE TOLD BY DEALERS THAT THE HARNESS/CONNECTOR ARE BURNED AND THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE UNDERLINER OF THE TIRE TO GET TO THE HEADLIGHT ON MY VEHICLE. AS SUSPECTED, THE CONNECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS WERE BURNED. I FOUND SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS INSTRUCTING DEALERS TO "CHECK AND REPLACE" THE HARNESS AND HEADLIGHT ON THESE VEHICLES. WHEN I CALLED SATURN I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT IN MY VEHICLE ON APRIL 2011...HOWEVER THEY NEVER INFORMED ME OF THIS CHANGE. RIGHT NOW MY WIFE IS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT A HEADLIGHT AS SATURN IS REFUSING TO REPLACE THE BURNED HARNESS THAT I FOUND ON THE CAR. THIS IS NOT ONLY A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT A FIRE HAZARD ON THE VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL BY NOW....IT IS NOT JUST HAPPENING ON SATURN OUTLOOKS, IT IS ALSO HAPPENING ON GMC ACADIAS WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME CAR..... *TR

Mileage: 38,500

PASSENGER LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT ON THE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AT 48,000 MILES. I REPLACED IT AND THE BULB BLEW OUT AGAIN ONLY TWO WEEKS LATER. I THEN DISCOVERED THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED. REPLACEMENT BULBS CONTINUE TO BLOW BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE RUNNING LIGHT WENT OUT. I HAD THE BULB REPLACED. ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE SAME LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD THE LIGHT TAKEN OUT AND WAS TOLD THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED AND HAD CAUSED THE BULB TO GO OUT. SO I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THAT SIDE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS THAT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MOST OF THEM. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT SUDDENLY WENT OUT, ABOUT THE SAME TIME MY HEAT SENSOR BEGAN READING HIGH AS IF VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT RECREATE PROBLEM WITH OVERHEATING AND THEY REPLACED THE PROJECTOR BEAM. *TR NOW A MONTH LATER IM HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS ONLY NOW I NOTICE A COOLANT LEAK. I REPLACED COOLANT AND CAR STILL ACTS LIKE ITS OVERHEATING, ALSO THE HEADLIGHT IS ONCE AGAIN OUT.

THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY OVERHEATED AND MELTED CAUSING THE LIGHT TO FAIL . THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED WITH THIS AUTOMOBILE . THE LAST INCIDENT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED OVERHEATED AND MELTED CAUSING LIGHT TO FAIL. *TR

Mileage: 47,500

FRONT HEADLIGHT HARNESSES ARE MELTING. NO HEADLIGHT WORKING BECAUSE OF WIRES MELTING. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

STARTED VEHICLE AND NOTICED PASSANGER SIDE LOW BEAM WAS OUT CHECKED BULB AND THE LIGHT SOCKET WAS VERY HOT AND MELTED AROUND THE PLUG. *JS

Mileage: 49,000

I BOUGHT A USED 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT/DAYTIME LIGHT WENT OUT. CHANGED THE BULB AND CHECK THE FUSE IN NOVEMBER 2011 AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2012. THE MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A SHORT IN THE HEADLIGHT AND NOT THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE NOT HAD TO CHANGE A HEADLIGHT/DAYTIME LIGHT IN ANY OF MY PRIOR VEHICLES AND NOW I'M ON MY 3RD REPLACEMENT FOR THIS HEADLIGHT IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS--SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT! *TR

Mileage: 35,608

HEADLAMP ON DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM NOT WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 22,188

PASSENGER SIDE WIRING HARNESS MELTED. COST ME 200.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HAVE STUDIED AND FOUND THAT I CAN PROBABLY EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AM WORRIED ABOUT FUTURE EXPENSE AND, OR FIRE...... *TR WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

Mileage: 42,000

WE OWN TWO 2008 SATURN OUTLOOKS. BOTH HAD HEADLIGHT FAILURES IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. BOTH HAD THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES REPLACED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP THE HEADLIGHTS (NON-BRIGHTS) ON BOTH ARE FAILING, AND IT IS NOT THE BULBS. MECHANIC "JIGGLES" THE WIRES AND HEADLIGHTS COME ON ONLY TO FAIL LESS THAN A WEEK LATER. NUMEROUS ONLINE SEARCHES SHOW THE HARNESS TO BE AT FAULT, WITH INDICATIONS THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN RE-ENGINEERING TO ADDRESS THE KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 50,500

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNESS ARCS AND CAUSES LIGHT TO FAIL. REPLACING LIGHTBULB TEMPORARILY FIXES ISSUE. LIGHT FAILS AND CAUSES LOSS OF LIGHT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. ALSO, POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HARNESS (FEMALE SOCKET) MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 42,265

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE FAILURE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO COVER HALF OF THE EXPENSES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 55,000

IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. UPON INSPECTION BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT SEVERAL OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. ELECTRICAL TAPE WAS APPLIED AND A NEW BULB WAS INSTALLED. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *TR

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. APPEARS TO BE DUE NOT TO THE BULB, BUT DUE TO SUB-GRADE WIRING HARNESS THAT MELTS OVER TIME. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

HEADLIGHT WIRING ON THE SATURN OUTLOOK MODELS FAILS PREMATURELY AS THE HOUSING MELTS AND CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE LIGHTS, COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD, HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THAT. I WOULD THINK THIS IMPACTS THE CHEVY TRAVERSE AND GMC ACADIA TOO. *TR

FRONT HEADLIGHT ON RIGHT SIDE STOPPED WORKING, REPLACED LOW BEAM BULB, LASTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS, REPLACED IT A 2ND TIME, AGAIN LASTING ABOUT 1 WEEK. BROUGHT TO DEALER, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS TO THE HEAD LIGHT AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, WHO REPLACED WIRING HARNESS ON RIGHT SIDE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE LEFT SIDE IS OUT AND REPLACED BULB THAT LASTED 1 DAY. WIRING HARNESS NEEDS REPLACEMENT, WHICH I AM TOLD IS EXCESS OF $500.00. AS WARRANTY IS NOW EXPIRED. BOTH WIRING HARNESSES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME, GM KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL OF ALL MODEL WITH THESE LIGHTING PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT IS NOT FUNCTIONING. I HAVE CHECKED INTO REPLACING IT AND IT WILL COST $100 FOR ONE REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP! I HAVE ALSO HEARD THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN ACCESS THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *TR

Mileage: 63,394

AT APPROXIMATELY 35000 MILES, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP STOPPED LIGHTING. I ASSUMED THAT THE HEADLAMP HAD BLOWN, AND LEFT IT ALONE UNTIL MY STATE INSPECTION WAS DUE, 2 MONTHS LATER. WHEN I FINALLY ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE BULB, I LEARNED THAT THE BULB WAS FINE, BUT THE HARNESS HAD FAILED, AND MY 36000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED.CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP HAD MELTED, WHERE THE WIRES ENTER INTO THE LAMP BASE, AND ARE HELD INTO THE BASE WITH A POURED PLASTIC "BACKLIGHT" TYPE SEALER, LIKE THE TYPE SEEN POURED OVER CIRCUIT BOARDS, TO PREVENT TAMPERING. I ACCESSED THAT SOCKET, AND CUT THE FACTORY SOCKET OFF OF THE WIRE HARNESS. I REPLACED THE SOCKET WITH ONE THAT I PURCHASED ONLINE, WHICH WAS OF A MUCH HEAVIER GAUGE THAN THE INFERIOR GAUGE OF WIRE THAT CAME FROM THE FACTORY. IT IS NOW 1 YEAR LATER, AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAS OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN I HOLD THE FACTORY LAMP SOCKET IN MY HAND, AND BEND THE WIRES AT THE SOCKET BASE, THE BULB WORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY, AS IF THE COPPER WIRE INSIDE THE INSULATION HAS DEGRADED SO SEVERELY THAT A GOOD CONTACT CAN NO LONGER BE MAINTAINED. I HAVE NOT YET ORDERED A REPLACEMENT SOCKET FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND DREAD THE LABOR THAT IS INVOLVED IN REMOVING THE TIRE, DROPPING THE FENDER COWL, CUTTING THE FACTORY HARNESS AWAY FROM THE FACTORY LAMP BASE, AND REWIRING THE NEW LAMP BASE TO THE FACTORY HARNESS.IT IS LABOR INTENSIVE, AND IT IS DANGEROUS. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE HEAT BUILD UP FROM THE BULB, IN COMBINATION WITH THE UNDERSIZED WIRING ENTERING THE BASE, HAS CREATED A MELT HAZARD, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOWS MOISTURE INTO THE COPPER STRAND WIRE, ALLOWING THE COPPER TO CORRODE SIGNIFICANTLY, AND ULTIMATELY THE COPPER DISINTEGRATES COMPLETELY, LOSING ITS CONNECTION ALTOGETHER. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

THE HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE IT I NOTICED THE WIRE WAS BURNT. AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH SATURN OUTLOOK. SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAVE 40, 000 MILES AND MY WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR, PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A FIRE OR SOMEONE IS INJURED TO DO A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT AND WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME LIGHT BURNED OUT. THIS TIME ALL THE WIRING WAS PULLED OUT AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. LOOKING ON ONLINE IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A BIG PROBLEM. AS I AM DRIVING MY 3 CHILDREN AROUND, I WOULD LIKE MY HEADLIGHTS TO WORK AND NOT BE MELTING IN MY CAR. PLEASE HAVE GMC FIX THIS PROBLEM. A CAR THAT COST AS MUCH AS MINE SHOULD HAVE WORKING LIGHTS AND NON-MELTING PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

HEADLAMP FAILED, WIRING MELTED. NEXT TIME THE CAR MAY GO UP IN FLAMES. DANGEROUS!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 50,000

DISCOVERED THE DRIVERS SIDE HARNESS HAD MELTED WHEN CHANGING THE DIM HEADLAMP. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

THE HEADLAMP ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HAS GONE OUT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE WIRING HARNESS REPLACED MORE THAN 3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THE NEW HARNESS LASTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE LAST TWO TIMES, IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE BURNING UP AGAIN. THE HARNESS THAT HOLDS THE LAMP GETS TOO HOT AND MELTS WHICH IS AN ELECTRICAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

HEAD LIGHT HAS BURNED OUT, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS FAULTY WIRING IN THE ASSEMBLY. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK LOST BOTH HEADLIGHTS IN DECEMBER 2010 WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS OF EACH OTHER. THE DEALER INFORMED US THE BULBS HAD BURNED OUT AND WHEN THEY BURNED OUT THEY BURNED/CORRODED THE WIRING HARNESSES CONNECTED TO THEM, NECESSITATING A $200 REPAIR. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, IN NOVEMBER 2011, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON NOVEMBER 4, 2011, THEY INFORMED US THE BULB HAD BURNED OUT AND THE HARNESS HAD BURNED OUT AGAIN, AND SAID THE REPAIR WOULD BE MORE THAN $200. WE HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM DOCUMENTED BY MANY SATURN OWNERS ON SATURN FAN SITES, AND ALSO READ TO CONTACT NHTSA TO NOTIFY YOU OF THIS COMMON AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN OUTLOOK SO THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER ORDERING GM TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. I HOPE YOU WILL ORDER A RECALL AND ORDER GM TO SOLVE AN UNNECESSARY DESIGN PROBLEM THAT IS A NUISANCE AT BEST AND COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A FIRE OR LOST VISIBILITY THAT COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS AT WORST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

Mileage: 40,568

COMPLETE LOSS OF LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS UNDER SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS OTHER VOQS AND VARIOUS WEBSITES FORUMS. INSPECTION REVEALED MELTED WIRING HARNESS CONNECTORS INSIDE THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY AT THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP BULB. VEHICLE DATE OF MANUFACTURE 10-2007. NO KNOWN BODY WORK. PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR IS NOT MELTED AS BAD AS THE DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR. APPEARS TO BE COMING PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE BLACK WIRE GOING INTO THE CONNECTOR. ALL INSULATION IS MELTED AWAY. CONNECTOR MELTED AND BRITTLE THAT IT FELL APART REMOVING THE BULB. BULB PART # APPEARS TO BE H11, 12V 55W U 64211 L+DOT. OSRAM. GERMANY E1 25S. W0 Q3. DRIVER HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY CASTING DATE SEPTEMBER 2007. PART NUMBER 25876413, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED. APPEARS MANUFACTURED UNDER AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING WITH NUMBER LH HAL 6143101907C2824. THE INSIDE CONNECTOR AREA OF THE BULB ITSELF ALSO APPEARS MELTED. THE BULB IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY IS STILL IN USE ON THE VEHICLE AFTER RECEIVING A PIGTAIL SPLICE REPAIR AND NEW BULB. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP IS NOW WORKING AND HAS RECEIVED NO REPAIRS. UPDATED IVOQ 11/29/11 *TR

Mileage: 65,187

THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP FAILED. I PURCHASED A NEW LAMP WITH A DIRECT REPLACEMENT, SAME WATTAGE AND TYPE. DURING REPLACEMENT, I NOTICED THAT THE CONNECTOR WAS DISCOLORED AND PLASTIC WAS STARTING TO MELT. I CLEANED THE CONNECTOR AND REPLACED THE LAMP. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME LAMP FAILED. THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED FURTHER, RENDERING IT UNUSABLE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY. THE WIRE IS VERY THIN AND I HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS THAT THE WIRES HAD MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT DOENS'T WORK REPLACE HEADLIGHT (NOT AN EASY TASK) STILL DIDN'T WORK. CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID WOULD HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE BUMPER TO REPLACE THE LIGHT. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHOULD NEED TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT OF A LIGHT. HAVE READ ABOUT THE SME PROBLEMS PEOPLE SRE HAVING WITH THERE LIGHTS. THE HARNESS APPARENTLY BURNED OUT AND NOW IT WILL COST A SMALL FORTUNE TO GET FIXED SINCE I'M OUT OF WARRANTEE. PLEASE LOOK INTO IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THE LIGHT TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. THANK YOU. THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO HAVE THE HARNESS REPLACED. THANKS *TT

Mileage: 44,000

THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE EARLY EVENING, REDUCING MY VISABILITY AND THE ABILITY FOR OTHERS TO SEE MY VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T NIGHT YET AND I WAS STILL ABLE TO NAVIGATE HOME, HOWEVER HAD IT BEEN JUST AN HOUR LATER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DARK AND SIGINIFICANTLY MORE UNSAFE FOR THIS INCIDENT TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE WIRING HARNESS IS A KNOWN DEFECT BY GM AND STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO REMEDY IT. THIS CAN CREATE UNSAFE ROAD CONDITIONS FOR SATURN OUTLOOK DRIVERS. *TT

Mileage: 91,440

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS WERE REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRES HAD MELTED, CAUSING A SHORT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE DEFECT RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

Mileage: 30,000

HEADLIGHT ON DRIVERS SIDE HAS FAILED 5 TIMES SINCE 7/7/2010. AWFUL TO CHANGE. MUST REMOVE TIRE & FENDER COVER. IT MUST BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM SINCE A COMPANY NAMED, "RACING LAB" OFFERS AN UPGRADE KIT HEAVY DUTY MODEL KYO-PNP-WH-H11. THE UPGRADE KIT OFFERS PROTECTION FROM FACTORY HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR FROM MELTING AND BURNING OUT THE HALOGEN HEADLIGHT BULB. *TR

Mileage: 45,250

HEAD LAMP WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED DUE TO POOR WIRING AND THIN WIRES. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS 4 TIMES IN 5 YEARS BECAUSE THE WIRING MELTS. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT HEAD LAMP WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED AND CAUSED THE BULB TO FAIL. HE THEN ADDED THAT THE OTHER HEAD LAMP WOULD SOON FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT AN EXPENSE OF$ 360.00. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY RIGHT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT AND WE REPLACED IT AFTER A HUGE STRUGGLE AS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO. THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER, MY LEFT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT, SO WE REPLACED IT WITH THE SAME DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY. HOWEVER, WHEN I REPLACED THIS ONE, THE HARNESS (?) OR COMPONENT YOU PUT THE BULB IN APPEARED BLACK AND "BURNT". MY HEADLIGHT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND IT BURNED OUT AGAIN. I HATE TO KEEP REPLACING HEADLIGHTS IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HARNESS, WHICH IS EVIDENT BY SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REPLACING THE HEADLIGHTS IN THE SATURN OUTLOOKS. IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND EFFORT JUST TO GET TO THE BULB CHANGED ONLY TO HAVE IT CONTINUE TO BURN OUT AFTER A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I REALLY BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE HEADLIGHT HARNESSES AS THE COMPANY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED SATURN AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO TAKE IT TO A GMC DEALER AND HAVE AN EVALUATION DONE ON THE VEHICLE. I AM VERY UPSET WITH GM ABOUT THIS. *TR

ON 8/26/2011, I REPLACED MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT BULB AND NOTICED A BURNT WIRE SMELL BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING VISUALLY, APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER I NOTICED THAT MY LIGHT WAS OUT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY I BOUGHT A NEW BULB. I STARTED THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT THE BULB BUT NOTICED IT WAS BACK ON SO I STOPPED. A FEW DAYS LATER THE BULB WAS OUT AGAIN SO I CHANGED THE BULB AND NOTICED THAT THE BURNT SMELL WAS VERY BAD AND THE PLUG ON THE WIRE HARNESS AND THE WIRE INSULATION HAD MELTED. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE AT HTTP://WWW.SATURNFANS.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=165895&GOTO=NEXTOLDEST , HTTP://WWW.SATURNOUTLOOKFORUM.NET/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=818.80 AND OTHERS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR

Mileage: 44,396

DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP WENT OUT PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO INFORMED US IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE HEADLAMP HARNESS NOT BULB. HARNESS WAS MELTED AND SCORCHED. ORDERED NEW "IMPROVED" HARNESS AND REPLACED. PASSENGER SIDE HARNESS EXPERIENCED SAME FAILURE ORDERED NEW "IMPROVED" HARNESS AND REPLACED IN JULY. ALL REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT COST WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL OUT OF POCKET COSTS. ON OCTOBER 3RD PASSENGER SIDE HARNESS BURNED OUT AGAIN. HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW PART AND REPLACE FOR THE 3RD TIME. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IT IF HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE FACT THAT HARNESS IS SCORCHED AND MELTING ALSO CONCERNS ME. I AM AFRAID OF THE RISK POSED TO MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AS WE USE THIS VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT OUR 2 YOUNG CHILDREN DAILY. *TR

Mileage: 85,821

FIRST LEFT HEADLIGHT WAS GOING IN AND OUT. WAS PULLED OVER BY POLICE WHO SAID IT WAS OUT. TURNED CAR OFF THEN ON AND LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO DEALER WAS REPLACED FOR MALFUNCTION, DEFECT REPAIRED FOR FREE AT 20000 MILES. THEN PARKED CAR NOSE FIRST. WAS UNABLE TO REVERSE CAR OUT OF PARKING SPACE. HAD TO WAIT FOR CAR IN FRONT TO MOVE TO SO I COULD DRIVE OUT FORWARD ONLY. CAR DROVE FORWARD FOR 1 WEEK, THEN COMPLETELY WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE. WAS TOWED TO DEALER AT 39000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR FREE, COVERED BY WARRANTY. THEN RIGHT HEADLIGHT WAS GOING IN AND OUT AT 44000 MILES. NOT COVERED. FIXED FOR $300. THEN AT THAT TIME WAS TOLD POWERSTEERING UNIT LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR APPROX $800.00. NOW ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THIS CAR IS THE WORSE CAR I EVER HAD, AND I HAD MANY. WHAT NEXT. MY 1999 FORD WINDSTAR IS A BETTER CAR.. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

HEADLIGHT KEEPS BURNING OUT. I BELIEVE IT IS THE WIRING HARNESS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY SATURN OUTLOOK ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. GOT A REPLACEMENT BULB FROM DEALERSHIP - CHANGED IT - AND THE LIGHT WAS OUT AFTER A WEEK AND A HALF. WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO BUY ANOTHER BULB AND WHEN SWITCHING IT OUT - NOTICED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. LOOKED ONLINE ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED - AS THE DANGER OF A FIRE IS A HIGH RISK AND HAVING WORKING HEADLIGHTS IS THE LAW. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE, STOPPED WORKING, DEALER FOUND IT TO BE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. LISTED AS A WIRE HARNESS ISSUE. THREE MONTHS LATER , SAME ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURED NUMEROUS TIMES NOW BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE OUT. BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE STILL GOOD, CHECKED ON ANOTHER GM VEHICLE ( ACADIA ). FUSE IS GOOD, NO CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN HARNESS AND LIGHT, NO POWER AT END OF HARNESS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. SATURN IS OUT OF BUSINESS, DEALER REFUSES TO FIX WITHOUT CHARGING A SMALL FORTUNE OF MONEY. LOW BEAMS ARE STILL OUT. *TT

Mileage: 2,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHTS CONNECTOR AND HARNESS MELTED ON BOTH HEADLIGHT TO THE POINT THAT HEADLIGHTS NOT TURNING ON. *TR

IN MARCH, 2011, MY CARS LEFT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. WHEN I CHANGED THE LIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED. I REPLACED THE HARNESS WITH A GM PART BOUGHT AT A DEALERSHIP. LAST WEEK, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. AGAIN, WHEN I CHANGED THE LIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS ALSO HAD MELTED. THE WIRES SEEM SMALL TO ME, AND ARE SMALLER THAN THE WIRES ON THE REPLACEMENT HARNESS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

RIGHT HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM CONNECTION HAS MELTED. WAS ABLE TO REMOVE BULB, BUT BADLY BURNT, CAN NOT REPLACE LAMP. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

RIGHT LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT HARNESS MELTED.DEALER REPLACED HARNESS.18 MONTHS LATER THE LEFT SIDE HEAD LIGHT HARNESS MELTED AND THE VEHICAL IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

RIGHT HEADLIGHT WOULD WORK SOMETIMES AND OTHERS NOT. TOOK INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE REPAIRED AND WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO CHARGE ME 300 JUST TO REPLACE THE HARNESS. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CAR IS PARKED FOR NOW AND HUBBY WILL BE REPLACING HIS SELF. HARNESS COST $25. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. WE PURCHASED A NEW BULB, WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO REPLACE THE BULB HE FOUND A WIRE EXPOSED AND THE PLUG IN WAS BURNT. THE SOCKET IS THE CAUSE SO NOW WE HAVE TO BUY A NEW SOCKET. I THINK THIS DANGEROUS, IT LOOKS AS IF IT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. *TT

Mileage: 56,500

-2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR -PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DAY-TIME RUNNING LIGHT AND LOW-BEAN HEADLIGHT STOPPED WORKING ENTIRELY. UPON INSPECTION WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP TO RE-WIRE HARNESS AND REPLACE BULBS SO I CAN DRIVE AT NIGHT. *TT

Mileage: 37,000

LOW BEAM CONTINUES TO GO OUT AND THERE IS A CONTINUAL SMELL OF BURNING WIRES IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS BURNT. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING FOR THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS WAS MELTED. AS A RESULT, THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT FUNCTION AT NIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT A SPEED SENSOR WAS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION AND AN EXTERIOR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY WAS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE WIRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 100,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLAMP WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON DRIVERS SIDE (3RD TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *KB

Mileage: 60,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLAMP WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON DRIVERS SIDE (3RD TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *KB

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS BURNING OUT/MELTING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE DEALER (GM AT THAT TIME) FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. THE LAST 3 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS MYSELF SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. GM WAS WILLING TO FIX IT, BUT NOT COVER THE COST, SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE THERE. *KB

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS BURNING OUT/MELTING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE DEALER (GM AT THAT TIME) FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. THE LAST 3 TIMES I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS MYSELF SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. GM WAS WILLING TO FIX IT, BUT NOT COVER THE COST, SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE THERE. *KB

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE 130,000 MILES ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNESSES ON BOTH SIDES AND MULTIPLE LIGHT BULBS. THE MOST RECENT TIME I REPLACED THE LIGHTBULB ~30 DAYS AGO AND IT IS BURNT OUT ALREADY. *KB

Mileage: 60,000

WE HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WENT OUT; PAID $117 TO HAVE FIXED; SAME LIGHT WENT OUT AND DEALER FIXED IT N/C, AND REPLACED HARNESS. NOW PASSENGER SIDE HAS GONE OUT TWICE..ON OUR WAY TO DEALER TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION. *KB

Mileage: 43,000

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING ON THE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 33,000 MILES ON IT, SO I'M QUITE SURPRISED THAT IT HAS ALREADY STOPPED WORKING. I'VE READ ON OTHER WEBSITES THAT THERE IS A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH THE WIRING HARNESS BEING FAULTY AND MELTING. THIS CONCERNS ME DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS LIGHTBULB AND WIRING HARNESS IS NOT AN EASY PART TO REPLACE. *TR

Mileage: 33,250

THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT OF OUR 2008 OUTLOOK WENT OUT. I REPLACED IT. AFTER A FEW MONTHS IT WENT OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SOCKET INTO WHICH THE BULB WAS TO SIT, I NOTICED IT WAS MELTED AND BURNED. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, ON 7/26/11 MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP BULB WENT OUT. AFTER I LOOKED AT IT CLOSELY, THE HARNESS WAS CHARRED AND MELTED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED AT 21,000 MILES, VERY EARLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY QUOTED ME ON THREE PARTS IF NEEDED: BULB $18; HARNESS $40; HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY $377. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT HEADLAMP WIRING THAT HAS CAUSE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN AND IM NOT THE ONLY ONE. THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING TO A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE IF THEY EXPECT CUSTOMERS TO BE LOYAL AND CONTINUE BUYING THEIR VEHICLES. THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST GM VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

MY HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. I TRIED TO REPLACE IT AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. I HAD A SHOP REPLACE IT THINKING THAT I TOUCHED THE BULB AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SOCKET/HARNESS WAS MELTED AND SOME OF THE WIRES BEYOND THAT WERE EXPOSED. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN IF FIXED, WOULD HAPPEN OVER AND OVER BECAUSE THE BULB IS TOO HOT AND MELTS THE WIRING. I THINK THIS IS A DESIGN ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CLAIMS OF THIS HAPPENING EXACTLY THE SAME WAY SO IT IS A DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BY GM. I HAVE SINCE GOTTEN PULLED OVER AND ISSUED A CITATION FOR NO HEADLIGHT BUT DON'T HAVE THE OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPLACE ALL COMPONENTS AND PAY LABOR CHARGES OF 1.6 HOURS PLUS. THIS IS DANGEROUS DUE TO LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS FOR VISIBILITY, INTERMITTENT WORKING OF HEADLIGHTS, WHICH IF BOTH WENT OUT COULD LEAVE ME STRANDED WITH FOUR KIDS, AND THE EXPOSED WIRE COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE OR SHORT THAT COULD DAMAGE OTHER COMPONENTS OR THE WHOLE VEHICLE. SO AS OF THIS MESSAGE I STILL ONLY HAVE ONE WORKING HEADLIGHT (WHICH MAY BURN OUT SOON TOO IF ITS TOO HOT FOR THE WIRES) AND AM WAITING FOR MY NEXT TICKET...... *TR

Mileage: 37,800

VEHICLE HEADLIGHT BULB ON PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT. THOUGHT THE BULB WAS JUST BLOWN. FOUND THE WIRE HARNESS HAD MELTED ALSO. FOUND ON THE INTERNET THIS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE, WITH THE HARNESSES MELTING.. FIRE COULD HAVE OCCURRED IN MY OPINION. VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY, SO DEALER WONT COVER. SERVICE BULLETIN AVAILABLE BUT VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY

Mileage: 67,000

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BURNT OUT TWICE IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THE SECOND TIME WE WENT TO CHANGE IT THE WIRES ARE ALL MELTED. NEED TO HAVE TAKEN IN FOR A NEW WIRE HARNESS, THIS HAPPENED ALREADY TWICE TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. IT IS DANGEROUS TO HAVE WIRES MELTING OVER AND OVER. THIS IS ALSO A COSTLY REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR THIS MANY CARS TO HAVE THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM, IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

LOW BEAM DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLAMP ON SATURN OUTLOOK. BULB APPEARED TO FAIL BUT ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE WIRING HARNESS IT WAS MELTED AT THE CONNECTOR. THIS HAPPENED IN JAN/FEB OF 2011 AND NOW (JUL) THE PASSENGER SIDE IS OUT. REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB INITIALLY ON BOTH ONLY TO HAVE IT CONTINUOUSLY GO OUT. INSPECTING WIRING HARNESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE LATER TODAY. THIS CLEARLY APPEARS TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. *KB

Mileage: 52,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. REPLACED BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. HEADLIGHTS BURNED OUT AGAIN. HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS MELTED - HAVE TO REPLACE WIRING AND WIRING HARNESS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL - IT'S NOT DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR OF VEHICLE. IS POOR EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING. *KB

Mileage: 50,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. REPLACED BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. HEADLIGHTS BURNED OUT AGAIN. HEADLIGHT WIRING HAS MELTED - HAVE TO REPLACE WIRING AND WIRING HARNESS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL - IT'S NOT DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR OF VEHICLE. IS POOR EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING. *KB

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK THAT HAS A FAULTY HEADLIGHT. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A BULB AND PURCHASED A NEW ONE. THEN, IT WENT OUT AGAIN A FEW WEEK LATER. DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, PURCHASED A BULB AND REPLACED IT. THAT WENT OUT SHORTLY ALSO. FINALLY HAD TO TAKE TO DEALER. TURNS OUT TO BE A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS AND IT COSTS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX. BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF MY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY BY THAT TIME THE FIX WAS NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN IT FIRST WAS A PROBLEM. MY WARRANTY EXPIRED DURING THE TIME I WASTED WITH CHANGING BULBS. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN A CHRONIC KNOWN PROBLEM FOR GM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YET GM HAS NOT RESOLVED THE SITUATION WITH A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

IN JUNE OF 2010, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. AFTER TAKING TO THE DEALER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED ! THE HARNESS WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. WHILE ON VACATION THIS JULY, 2011, AND 800 MILES FROM HOME, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT IS WORKING WHEN IT WANTS TO. AFTER READING SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS, I AM QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND FEARFUL OF A FIRE. MY VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 45,000 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE, THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I FEEL THAT THIS MATTER SHOULD BE CHECKED INTO AND REPAIRS SHOULD BE DONE AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. A RECALL IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY ! *TR

Mileage: 45,000

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT IN DECEMBER 2010. REPLACED BULB. LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN IN JULY 2011. WIRE CASING IS MELTED. KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM/SATURN. *TT

Mileage: 42,000

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT DUE TO A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS. HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AND I FIX IT JUST TO HAVE THEM GO OUT AGAIN. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. TIME TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 27,000

I PURCHASED A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IN FEBRUARY OF 2011. MY PASSENGER HEADLAMP (LOW BEAM) ELECTRICAL HARNESS CONNECTOR TO THE BULB MELTED AND CAUSED A SPARKS TO COME OUT TO THE HEADLAMP PROTECTOR..ALSO DAMAGING IT.. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT THEN AFTER BEING REPLACED WENT OUT AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH LATER COME TO FIND OUT THE WIRING BURNED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING AND PULLED OVER FOR THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT. I HAD THE LIGHT REPLACED ONLY FOR IT TO GO OUT A FEW MONTHS LATER AND ALSO AT THIS TIME TOLD THE WIRING MELTED AND I HAD TO GET THE WHOLE THING REPLACED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I DRIVE WITH KIDS IN MY CAR AND IF THIS EVER HAPPENED TO BOTH LIGHTS AT NIGHT I DON'T WANT TO THINK OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS 47,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS MOST LIKELY BURNED OUT AND MELTED AS MANY OTHER 08' SATURN OUTLOOK'S HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DOCUMENTED CASES WHERE FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING HAVE BEEN KNOW TO CAUSE VEHICLE FIRES. THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CREATE FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY IN ORDER TO INITIATE A RECALL GIVEN THE HISTORY OF KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING. *TR

Mileage: 47,501

PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, AND WIRING WAS FOUND TO BE MELTED, REPAIRED AND NOW 4 MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS NOW AGAIN OUT. GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AFTER MULTIPLE FAILURES,, AND NOW WONDERING IF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE AS IT COULD CATCH FIRE( WIRES GETTING HOT ENOUGH TO MEL IN TO) ='S NOT SAFE ,, THANKS GM *TR

Mileage: 43,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK - HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. LOW BEAM LIGHT WENT OUT. WENT TO HAVE BULB REPLACED, FOUND OUT IT WAS FAULTY WIRING, BULB IS FINE. ONE DAY THE LIGHT IS ON, THE NEXT DAY, THE LIGHT DOESN'T WORK. *TR

THE DRIVER-SIDE HEADLIGHT USED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER A WHILE, THE PRIMARY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT NO LONGER WORKS, ALTHOUGH THE HIGH-BEAMS STILL DO. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT I HAVE READ OF IDENTICAL ISSUES WITH OTHER OUTLOOK OWNERS AND THE FAULTY WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEADLAMPS. *TR

DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM BULB STOPPED WORKING...AND WOULD NOT WORK AFTER MULTIPLE ON-OFF CYCLES AND RESTARTS. WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE THE BULB I NOTICED THE HARNESS WAS MELTED AT THE BULB CONNECTOR. I WAS ABLE TO CLEAN OUT THE MELTED PLASTIC AND BULB WORKED, BUT HAVE TO REPLACE HARNESS DUE TO MELTED AND EXPOSED WIRES. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

THE FAILURE THAT OCCURRED IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WAS A FAULTY DRIVER'S SIDE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOWBEAM HEADLIGHT BEING INOPERABLE. THIS OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH, 2011 AND WAS CONTINUOUS. I HAD THE WIRING HARNESS REPLACED AT MY COST DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUE OF ONLY DRIVING WITH ONE WORKING HEADLIGHT AT NIGHT AS WELL AS THE FACT IT'S AGAINST THE LAW IN THE STATE OF OHIO. ADDITIONALLY, I WAS TRAVELING TO CANADA AND DID NOT WANT TO RISK THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH OR COLLISION WITH AN ANIMAL DUE TO THE FAULTY LIGHT. I PAID OUT OF POCKET OVER $270 FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIRS INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOR (THE OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE). GM PUBLISHED A BULLETIN REGARDING THIS ISSUE: (#09-08-42-004: LOW BEAM HEADLAMP BULB INOPERATIVE - REPLACE HARNESS AND FILL CONNECTOR CAVITY FOR LOW BEAM BULB CONNECTOR WITH NYOGEL GREASE MAY 29, 2009) THIS IS MOST DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION WITH THIS MATTER. *TR

Mileage: 49,947

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNESS HAS NOW BURNED OUT ON BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE IT'S ENGINE COMPARTMENT CATCH ON FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 28,176

MELTING / ELECTRICAL FIRE IN HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS AND PRE-MATURE HEADLIGHT BULB FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS AND BULB CONNECTION MELTED CAUSING LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS.

Mileage: 36,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHEN GOING TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMP BULB ALL OF THE WIRES HAVE MELTED. NOW I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW ONE DUE TO THE FACT MY WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED. THANKFULLY THE CAR DID NOT BURN UP DUE TO THE FACT ON WAS ON A TWELVE HOUR DRIVE WITH MY FAMILY. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK (RECENTLY PURCHASED USED) HAS INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT ISSUES. THE HEADLIGHTS GO IN AND OUT WITH NO WARNING. THE SERVICE CENTER QUOTED ME OVER $600 TO FIX THE ISSUE. THEY SAY IT'S A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS COMMON WITH THE SATURN OUTLOOK MODEL. NOT A BULB BURNOUT, BUT A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM THAT SATURN KNEW ABOUT. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE GM HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT IS OUT ON SATURN OUTLOOK. WIRING HARNESS IS MELTED. THIS HAPPENED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE AND IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND A HUGE DANGER AS WE ARE WITHOUT LOW BEAMS UNTIL WE CAN GET IT FIXED AND PARTS ARE ON BACKORDER. PROBABLY BECAUSE EVERYONE IS HAVING A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNESS FAILURE. HEADLAMPS WERE BURNING OUT FREQUENTLY AND FINALLY DETERMINED THAT GM INSTALLED FAULTY LOW GAUGE WIRING. HARNESS IN MY VEHICLE WAS BURNED AND MELTED CAUSING A FIRE RISK. THE DEALER REPLACED ONE HARNESS WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THE OTHER HARNESS NOW AT 64K MILES. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE LOW BEAM LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WENT OUT, I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER TO REPLACE THE BULB. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT THE BULB, BUT THE HARNESS OR SLEEVE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS COST ME $799.00 THAT WAS A MONTH AGO. NOW THE OTHER SIDE HAS GONE OUT TOO. I THINK THEY WOULD DO A CALL BACK, BECAUSE I CHECKED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND COMPLAINTS. MY OUTLOOK HAD 42,000 MILES ON IT. I REALLY NEED SOME HELP IN THIS MATTER, I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO BE BAD FROM THE BEGINNING. *TR

THE LOW BEAM CONNECTION MELTED.

Mileage: 70,323

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER'S SIDE KEEPS BURNING OUT. I HAVE HAD THE BULB REPLACED 3 TIMES ALL WITHIN 2-4 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE PROBLEM IS YET TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSED. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

WE BOUGHT OUR 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR IN DEC. 2010 FROM CARMAX. IT HAD ~35,000 MILES ON IT. AT ~38,500 MILES THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. I REMOVED THE BULB AND FOUND THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED. I TRIED REPLACING THE BULB, BUT THE LIGHT DID NOT WORK. THE CABLE MUST BE RUINED. *TR

Mileage: 38,500

PASSENGER HEADLAMP HARNESS IS DEFECTIVE AND HEADLAMP DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK OF COURSE IT IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS JUST AFTER 50,000 MILES. THE WIRING IS EXPOSED TO THE HEADLAMP AND SHORTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 50,123

DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. I HAVE 30,000 MILES ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. REPLACED THE BULB. LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN DURING 20 HOUR DRIVE HOME. TURNS OUT HARNESS IS MELTED AND THE BULB IS FINE. *TR

Mileage: 31,000

I HAVE REPLACED 4 HEADLAMPS IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. NOW THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME I NEED TO HAVE THE WIRING HARNESS REPLACED. IT IS ON ORDER AND I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR AT NIGHT FOR FEAR OF GETTING A TICKET.

Mileage: 29,000

MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK...THE LEFT HEADLAMP WOULD GO OUT AND THEN ON AND OUT,ETC. I TOOK THE SATURN TO THE SHOP WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. IT WAS THE WIRE HARNESS THAT WAS BAD SO THEY REPLACED THIS AND ALSO REPLACED THE HEADLAMP BULB. IT COST A TOTAL OF $148.38. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 52,000 MILES ON IT. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE OUTLOOK AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS. *TR

Mileage: 53,938

WIRING HARNESS PROVIDING POWER TO HEADLIGHT SHORTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AROUND 24,000 MILES IN WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY. 20,000 MILES LATER THE SAME HEADLIGHT WENT OUT FOR WHICH I HAD TO PAY THE DEALER $40 TO INSTALL IT. 5,000 MILES LATER THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT STOP WORKING AND PAID THE DEALER $40 TO REPLACE IT. TWO HOURS LATER IT STOP WORKING AND HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR WHICH THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW ASSEMBLY. IF GM DOESN'T FIX THIS PROBLEM THEN THEY LOST A BUYER FOR LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

OUR 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK'S HEADLIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY KEEP GOING OUT. AND IT IS VERY COSTLY TO REPAIR, ESPECIALLY SINCE SATURN WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. ALSO, WE HAVE A PORTABLE DVD PLAYER THAT WE USE IN THE CAR FOR OUR KIDS AND WHEN WE PLUG IT INTO THE OUTLET NEAR THE RADIO AN BURNING ODOR COMES FROM IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. THE CONTACT THEN SMELLED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR AND HE CONTINUED DRIVING USING THE LOW BEAMS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE BULB AND DISCOVERED THAT THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HAD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE HEADLIGHT WOULD NEED A REPLACEMENT WIRING HARNESS ASSEMBLY HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS ON BACK ORDER AND NOT READILY AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,605 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,635. UPDATED 03/22/11*LJ

Mileage: 46,605

THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS WENT OUT ON THE DRIVERSIDE BUT WAS REPLACED N COVERED THROUGH WARRANTY BUT NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS HAS BURNED OUT AND THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED NOT BEING ABLE TO COVER THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WHERE BOTH SIDES OF THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP WIRING HARNESSES ARE FAULTY AND CONTINUE TO MALFUNCTION. I REPLACED THE BULB ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND IT WAS BLOWN AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A WIRING HARNESS ISSUE DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 44,523

DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED. INSULATING SLEEVE ON WIRING AT WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

HEADLIGHT WIRING DEFECT. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW BEAM LAMP FAILED ON DECEMBER 13, 2010. I REPLACED THE LAMP WITH A NEW ONE. ON FEBRUARY 6 WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT I NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. SINCE THE LAMP WAS NEW I CHECKED TO INSURE IT WAS SEATED AND IT WAS. THE LAMP CONTINUED TO DO SO UNTIL FEBRUARY 17TH WHEN IT WENT OUT COMPLETELY. UPON CHECKING THE LAMP AGAIN I FOUND THAT THE INSULATION ON THE WIRES AT THE BASE OF THE SOCKET HAD MELTED AND ONE OF THE WIRES WAS BROKEN. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 43,875

ISSUE WITH HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING, OR WORKING OFF AND ON. REPLACED LIGHTS AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. LOOKS LIKE A WIRING OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THERE LOOKS TO BE A TSB FROM GM ON THIS ISSUE, BUT NO RECALL. *LN

Mileage: 58,800

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR. THERE ARE NOW OVER 150 COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE NHTSA REGARDING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND FAILURE OF THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES. MY PASSENGER SIDE FAILED AND WHEN REPAIRS WERE STARTED THE GM REPAIR SHOP NOTED THE WIRING HARNESS WHERE THE BULB IS INSERTED WAS BURNED (MELTED AND BLACKENED) AS IS THE CASE IN ALL THE COMPLAINTS I REVIEWED. GM ISSUED A TSB IN MAY 2009 ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM (TSB# 09-08-42-004) WHICH INCLUDED FILLING THE CONNECTOR CAVITY WITH NYOGEL GREASE AFTER REMOVING AND REPLACING THE HARNESS. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH JUST OVER 41,000 MILES. THE GM SHOP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN OTHER VEHICLES IN THIS MODEL LINE WITH THE SAME FAILURE. HOWEVER THEY HAD NO DIRECTIONS TO COVER THE REPAIRS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I CALL GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. THAT CALL RESULTED IN AN APPARENT LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM IN SPITE OF THE NUMEROUS NHTSA COMPLAINTS AND INTERNET DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD A FAILURE OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I CAN ALSO EXPECT THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE WILL ALSO FAIL WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL REPAIR COST BEYOND JUST REPLACING A BURNED OUT BULB. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

LEFT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, THEN BACK ON AND OUT AGAIN IN SAME 45 MINUTE TRIP. NEW DAY WORKED FINE FOR TWO WEEKS. NOW OUT AGAIN. WIRE HARNESS FAILURE. REQUIRES A $250-400 REPAIR FOR ONE SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE CAN FAIL AT ANYTIME DUE TO THE DESIGN AND NO DIELECTRIC GREASE. CONCERNED ABOUT ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE AS WIRES BURN WITHOUT PROPER FUSE PROTECTION. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD FUNCTION BUT NOT THE LOW BEAMS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. THE WIRING HARNESSES WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. *TR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AN AIR BAG RECALL NOTICE. EVEN THOUGH THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS NOT ON, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ANYWAY. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION, THE ISSUE WAS TAKEN CARE OF. HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS A SEAT MODULE AND IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. UPDATED 01/21/15. *JB

Mileage: 42,000

I OWN 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XE. THE HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE FLICKERS ON AND OFF. UPON EXAMINING THE BULB, I NOTICED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS IS BURNED OUT. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE DANGEROUS. PLEASE ENVISTIGATE. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

MY PASSENGER LIGHT WENT OUT SO I FIGURED I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE BULB. THE NEXT NIGHT IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. IT WORKED FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS AND WENT OUT AGAIN SO I FIGURED THERE WAS A SHORT. I GOT INTO THE LIGHT FIXTURE AND LOOKED AT THE BULB AND IT LOOKED GOOD BUT I PULLED THE LIGHT OUT ANYWAYS TO CHANGE FOR NEW SINCE I WAS IN THERE ALREADY. TO MY SURPRISE THE FIXTURE HOLDING THE LAMP WAS COMPLETELY MELTED AND LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS ARCHING TO IT WITH THE PLASTIC MELTED ALL AROUND IT. PLUS SOME CORROSION ON SOME OF THE WIRES. I WORK FOR THE AIR FORCE ON F16'S SO I KNOW ALOT ABOUT THE CORROSION AND THE WAY IT LOOKS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT LOOKS FROM SEARCHING THE WEB HAPPENS IN A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES. IT ISN'T A FREAK THING THAT JUST HAPPENED TO A COUPLE CARS. BY THE INSPECTION OF THE HARNESS AND CONNECTOR THERE IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE THIS CAUSES A FIRE AND OR ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 45,890

FAILURE IS HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT THEY JUST GO OUT COMPLETELY. BOTH LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENTS WE'RE CAUSED BY THIS ISSUE. I RESEARCHED VARIOUS WEBSITES ONLY TO FIND GM HAS A TSB ON THIS ISSUE TSB# 09-08-42-004. I CONTACTED GM TODAY TO ADVISE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE REPAIRED THEY INFORMED ME THIS IS ONLY COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE TO ONLY BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND NOT UNDER A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

2 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OUTLOOK...FIRST, THE AIRBAG. WE HAVE HAD IT FIXED 5 TIMES! THE DEALER RE-ROUTED IT, PUT IT BACK, REPLACED WIRING, BUT TO NO AVAIL. AND IT APPEARS AGAIN THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. THEN 2ND THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW LIGHT BEAM WENT OUT....REPLACED BULB THREE TIMES AND IT DIDN'T HOLD A CHARGE FOR ABOUT A FEW DAYS EACH. GM DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT THESE PROBLEMS. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED THAT A CAR THAT JUST GOES OUT OF WARRANTY HAS PROBLEMS THAT NEED MAJOR FIXING. *LN

UPON NOTICING A HEADLIGHT OUT ON MY WIFE'S 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, IT WAS NOTED UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE HEADLIGHT THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT MELTING DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE HID HEADLIGHT FIXTURE. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS CHARRED AND BLACKENED IN THE AREA OF THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY. IT APPEARS THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT HEAT/ARCING DURING THE FAILURE EVENT. THE DAMAGED WIRING HARNESS CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT TO BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 50000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE FIRST SUCH FAILURE FOR THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER, UPON READING VARIOUS ONLINE POSTINGS ABOUT THIS MATTER, IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON FAILURE MODE IN THESE MODEL VEHICLES. THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY DUE TO HEAT DAMAGE TO THE HEADLIGHT LAMP WIRING CONNECTOR. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO BEING THROWN AWAY. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

HEADLIGHT OF 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK KEEPS GOING OUT. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY SIDE IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING HARNESS. IT IS GOING TO COST A FORTUNE TO GET THIS FIXED. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS. THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 61,200

THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE THE WIRING HARNESS IS MELTED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK THAT HAS BURNING WIRE HARNESSES. THEY HAVE COMPLETELY MELTED AT 40,000 MILES. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT COVER IT. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, I BECAME AWARE THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, 56,000 MILES, LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT. DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE HEADLIGHTS ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT OUT. CHECKED ONLINE FORUMS AND HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. HAD TO USE HIGH BEAMS TO REACH DESTINATION AT THE SAME TIME I WAS SURELY BLINDING OTHER DRIVERS IN WHICH I BELIEVE IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND THE OTHER DRIVERS. CALLED LOCAL DEALERSHIPS OF PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LOW BEAMS GOING OUT IS BECAUSE OF FAULTY WIRE HARNESS AND WOULD COST 237 DOLLARS FOR EACH HEADLIGHT 474 DOLLARS TOTAL. ALSO, THIS PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE LIMITED 100,000 MILE GM WARRANTY. IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS AND YOU NEED LIGHTS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT, THIS WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEM IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

THE LOWBEAM HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED AFTER ABOUT 2 YEARS OF USAGE. AFTER LOOKING THE PASSENGER LOWBEAM HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS WAS ALSO MELTED. THIS IS A 2008 OUTLOOK XE AND I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED TO SPEND $300 FOR THIS IF THE PARTS FAIL BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER DIDN'T USE HEAVY ENOUGH WIRE OR PLACED IT IN A BAD PLACE. *TR

Mileage: 53,352

WIRE HARNESS ON 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HAS 'MELTED'. BEEN SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A FREQUENT PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WIREHARNESS FOR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BURNT AND MELTED TO THE HEADLIGHT. MELTED THE CAP THAT PROTECTED HALOGEN BULB AND THE CONNECTION. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN. I REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB, AND USED THE CORRECT "BULB GREASE" IN THE SOCKET, BUT THE WIRE HARNESS THAT POWERS THE LIGHT BULB LOOKS TO BE TOO LIGHT IN GAUGE TO POWER THE HEADLIGHT. THE BULB WILL LIGHT SOMETIMES, BUT THEN GO OUT FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, INDICATING A SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE WIRING HARNESS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT HAS INCREASED INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME. THE PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO, WHILE THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 34000 MILES ON IT, AND I HAD ASSUMED IT WAS A FAULTY LIGHT BULB. I NOW HAVE OVER 39000 MILES ON THE TRUCK, AND AM READING OF A SIMILAR PROBLEM THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE ARE EXPERIENCING. I AM AFRAID THAT IF I BEGIN EXPERIENCING THE SAME LIGHT FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, I WILL LOSE ALL VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. WITH 39000 MILES NOW ON THE TRUCK, I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, AND DREAD SEEING THE COST OF A REPLACEMENT WIRE HARNESS, AFTER HAVING REPLACED THE BULB THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL. *LN

Mileage: 34,000

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BECAME INOPERATIVE, WIRE HARNESS REPLACED DUE TO REPAIR DESCRIPTION OF "MELTING". NO INCIDENT FOR APPROX 9 MONTHS. DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT BECOMES INOPERATIVE INTERMITTENTLY DURING DRIVING. HAND ADJUSTMENT OF WIRE HARNESS TEMPORARILY ALLOWS HEADLIGHT TO FUNCTION. PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BEGINS TO FAIL IN SAME INTERMITTENT WAY AS DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT. LOSS OF HEADLIGHT WHILE DRIVING, DRIVING BECOMES HAZARDOUS. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

HAVE REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BULB 3 TIMES IN TWO YEARS. AFTER LAST REPLACEMENT LASTED TWO DAYS I GOT UP INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY (AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TASK) TO SEE THAT THE WIRING INSIDE THE SOCKET WAS MELTED AND BURNT AWAY. I SUSPECT THAT THE WIRE SHIELDING LEADING TO THE SOCKET WAS NEVER THERE, FROM THE FACTORY. IT APPEARED THAT THE WIRE WAS LEFT UNSHIELDED AND ARCD OUT AGAINST THE METAL SOCKET RETAINER. THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS ARE ALL BUT MELTED AWAY FROM THIS GROUNDING. I WENT TO THE GM DEALER I MADE PURCHASE FROM AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS A "SERVICE ADVISORY", BUT NO RECALL. FURTHER, I'VE WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE SEEING "A TON" OF THESE. I WAS TOLD OF DISASSEMBLY OF THE FRONT END TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. LASTLY, THE COST MIGHT EXCEED $300. THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE EXPENSE FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING A BULB. I AM LEFT WITH NO RECOURSE BUT TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE WIRING MYSELF WITH THE BEST PARTS I CAN FIND. I CAN ONLY WONDER WHAT THE OTHER HEADLIGHT IS DOING UNDER THERE. I FEAR THAT THE FIRE HAZARD IS REAL AND TANGIBLE. I HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT SATURN'S REPUTATION WAS OUTSTANDING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPERIOR PRODUCT ENGINEERING. BUT WE LOYAL SATURN OWNERS SEEM TO BE ON OUR OWN NOW. AT LEAST THOSE OF US WITH MILEAGE OVER 36,000 MILES. WHAT I WOULD LIKETO SEE IS GM STAND BEHIND THIS PRODUCT WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT AS HEADLIGHT SAFETY AND POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WIRING HARNESS ON HEADLIGHT OVERHEATED AND HEADLIGHT NO LONGER WORKS. ALREADY HAD AT SERVICE CENTER TWICE. PAID FOR REPLACEMENT HEADLIGHT WHICH WENT OUT A DAY OR TWO LATER; THEN PAID FOR A DIAGNOSIS. ALREADY PULLED OVER TWICE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR HAVING HEADLIGHT OUT. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WIRING HARNESS MELT SHUTTING DOWN THE HEADLIGHTS. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT OUT ON THE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WENT OUT ONE DAY, A FEW DAYS LATER STARTED WORKING AGAIN. NOW IS OUT FOR GOOD ON "LOW BEAM" WILL WORK FOR "HIGH BEAMS". *LN

Mileage: 41,000

SPONTANEOUS LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FAILURES DUE TO WIRING HARNESS DEFECT. HEADLIGHT SOCKET HARNESS & WIRING WAS MELTED. PASSENGER SIDE FAILED IN OCTOBER 2010. DRIVER SIDE FAILED IN DECEMBER 2010. IN BOTH CASES THE GM DEALER NEEDED TO REPLACE HARNESS & BULB. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

OUR 2008 SATURN JUST HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW LAMP HEADLIGHT FIXED. MELTED HARNESS PIECE. WE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY TIME (60K MILES). THE PASSENGER SIDE LAMP WENT OUT WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE JUST SPENT $279 TO HAVE A LIGHT REPAIRED THAT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH SATURNS... BEFORE THAT WE HAD THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT PROBLEM. THE CAR DOESN'T SENSE WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. DEALERSHIP SAID CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WILL COST US BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY A FAULTY SENSOR. THIS IS OUR SECOND OUTLOOK. LEMON-LAWED THE 2007 AND THOUGHT WE'D GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE. NOT SMART ON OUR PART IN RETROSPECT! *TR

Mileage: 61,163

I HAVE REPLACED THE LOW BEAM LIGHT IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK TWICE IN THE PAST MONTH AND IT'S OUT AGAIN. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS MATTER ONLINE, I NOW SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND I FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THESE COMPLAINTS IMMEDIATELY AND ISSUE A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS MATTER BEFORE THIS CAUSES SOMEONE TO GET HURT OR KILLED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR AT A STOP LIGHT THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WOULD SHUT OFF AND HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN IT BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEADLIGHT WIRING AND SOCKET MELTED AND NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WIRING AND SOCKET WERE REPLACED. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAD ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE AS THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAS YET TO BE INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. UPDATED 02/23/11*LJ THE HEAD LIGHT WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 05/20/11

Mileage: 35,000

DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT WIRING AND CONNECTORS IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. CHANGED THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP 3 TIMES, LAST TWO BULBS ONLY LAST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE WIRING BURNS THROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP STOPPED WORKING. THEN THE DRIVER SIDE WENT OUT I SPENT $100 TO FIND OUT I HAD A SHORT IN THE WIRE HARNESS THAT CAUSED THE OTHER ONE TO GO OUT. AT 40,000 PLUS MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $500 PLUS DOLLAR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 45,600

THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP STOPPED WORKING. WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS BECAUSE THE WIRE AND SOCKET MELTED AND BURNED. I'M RELIEVED THAT IT HAS NOT CAUSED A MAJOR VEHICLE FIRE. 40,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM WENT OUT ( OR APPEARED TO) I BOUGHT A H11 BULB FROM THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND WENT TO REPLACE IT AND FOUND MY BULB WASN'T BURNT OUT AT ALL JUST HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE SOCKET. SO I TWISTED IT BACK INTO THE SOCKET, PUT THE COVER BACK ON AND IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN MY PASSENGER SIDE DID THE SAME THING. NOW ON MY WAY HOME FORM THE STORE BOTH WENT OUT ( THIS WAS AT NIGHT AND CAUSED A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ME GETTING HOME.) I ULTIMATELY HAD TO USE MY HIGH BEAMS JUST TO GET HOME SAFELY. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE BULB ISN'T ACTUALLY BURNING OUT IT JUST KEEPS FALLING OUT OF THE SOCKET. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AROUND 11/12/10, THE BULB WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY $285 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THAT ITS RIGHT TO MAKE US PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY FAULTY. THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS AND CAN CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ILLUMINATION IN THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRING OF THE CABLE HARNESS MELTED. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT AND CABLE HARNESS WERE REPLACED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED AGAIN ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION AND WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALER. THE PRIOR REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER THE SERVICE WARRANTY. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HEAD LIGHT AND CABLE HARNESS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. UPDATED 07/28/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITION UNIT GOING OUT DURING LONG DRIVES ON WARM DAYS. UPDATED 08/01/11

Mileage: 30,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK OWNER AT ABOUT 32,000 MILES THOUGHT THAT I NEEDED A HEADLIGHT BULB, BUT WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO REPLACE IT HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIRE HARENESS WAS MELTED. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND IT TOOK ABOUT 3 WEEKS FOR THEM TO REPLACE BOTH HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES. THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES ON THE 2008 OUTLOOK I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE TECH THAT DIDN'T MAKE THEM ANY MORE, SO THEY REPLACED THEM WITH PURPLISH BLUISH HEADLIGHTS. I'VE HAD THE NEW ASSEMBLY ON SINCE JULY 2010 AND IT'S NOW NOVEMBER 2010 AND I HAVEN'T HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLAMPS SO FAR. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

HEAD LIGHT ON MY SATURN OUTLOOK CONTINUOUSLY BURNS OUT ITS A 2008 AND I'VE REPLACED BOTH TWICE. THE WIRING APPEARS MELTED AND BURNT. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR AND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT HEADLIGHT HARNESS MELTED DUE TO OVERHEATING LIKELY CAUSED BY THE VERY SMALL GAUGE OF WIRE THEY USED IN THIS HARNESS. THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 38000 MILES ON IT. I PURCHASED THE PART FROM THE DEALER, WHICH HAD A LARGER GAUGE WIRE, AND CRIMPED IT INTO PLACE. THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ROOM AROUND THE HEADLIGHT. MOST INTERNET FORUMS SUGGESTED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT BUMPER MUST BE REMOVED FOR THIS FIX. I DID FIND A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT REMOVING THE BUMPER, BUT I DOUBT THAT THIS COULD BE DONE BY MOST PEOPLE WITHOUT REMOVING THE BUMPER. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XE. HARNESS TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS (LOW BEAM) HAS MELTED WHICH NOW I HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE TAKING OUR 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IN FOR THE 5TH TIME, YES I SAID 5TH TIME, TO GET THE HEADLIGHT FIXED. THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS HAD A BULB REPLACED AS WELL AS THE WIRING HARNESS REPLACED...SAME WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT AND WE HAVE OWNED IT LESS THAN A YEAR. WE ARE LUCKY THAT OUR DEALERSHIP IS TAKING PITY ON US, AND FIXING IT FOR FREE BECAUSE OUR WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. PLEASE RECALL THIS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED! *TR

Mileage: 40,000

DRIVER'S SIDE WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON HEADLIGHT, SATURN OUTLOOK 2008. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS ATTACHMENT TO THE LIGHT BULB HAS BURNED ON BOTH SIDES OF MY VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE LIGHT TO GO OUT AND MELT THE INSULATION NEAR THE COUPLING. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

1. PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM WENT OUT. 2. REPLACED IT THINKING THE BULB WAS DEAD. 3. 2 DAYS LATER, THE NEW BULB WAS OUT. 4. WENT DIGGING BACK UNDER THE WHEEL WELL AND THROUGH SOME FUNKY ARM BENDING AND TWISTING OF THE NECK I COULD SEE THAT ONE OF THE FEMALE LUGS ON THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT. 5. USED ELECTRICAL TAPE TO TEMP FIX THE LIGHT. IT WENT OUT 1 DAY LATER AND NOT EVEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR THAT 2 DAY PERIOD. 6. WENT IN AND STARTED AN INTERNET SEARCH AND DISCOVERED I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS MAJOR GM PROBLEM. I HAVE ALREADY GOT A WARNING FOR THE POLICE TO FIX THE HEADLIGHT OUT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY WHEN IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY NOT GET A TICKET OR EVEN WORSE. A CRASH. *TR

Mileage: 55,253

MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, THE BULB WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHEN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD REPLACE THE FAULTY WIRE HARNESS. NOW MY CAR IS AT ABOUT 57,000 MILES, NO WARRANTY AND MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS TURNING OFF. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY WANT ME TO PAY $100 JUST TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN PAY FOR WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK THAT ITS RIGHT TO MAKE US PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY FAULTY. THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS AND CAN CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING DUE TO WIRING HARNESS BEING MELTED!!! TOO MUCH HEAT OR THE WIRING HARNESS DOESN'T USE THE RIGHT WIRE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS 4 TIMES NOW. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEONE TO HAVE A CRASH. IF IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT. *TR

HEADLIGHT WENT OUT IN MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPLACED AND HAD A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS. *TR

Mileage: 48,201

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP NOT FUNCTIONING. DEALERSHIP NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BULB AND HARNESS. CONNECTION WHERE THE BULB CONNECTS TO THE HARNESS APPEARS MELTED / BURNED. VEHICLE HAS 40242 MILES AND 26 MONTHS SINCE DELIVERY WAS TAKEN. COST FOR REPAIR WAS $273.15 ON 10/25/10. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 40,100

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK FWD XR HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED, NO LONGER HAVE LOW BEAM LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT DARK DUE TO EXPOSED WIRES IN THE WIRE HARNESS NEAR THE BULB SOCKET. *TR

Mileage: 25,083

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR AWD. I HAVE 56,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT STARTED GOING ON AND OFF. AFTER A WEEK IT STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL SATURN DEALERSHIP (BEFORE THEY CLOSED) THE TECHNICIANS LOOKED AT IT AND DECIDED IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEADLIGHT WAS MELTED SO THEY REPLACED BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HARNESSES AND BULBS. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER LIGHT DID THE SAME THING AND I WAS ABLE TO GET AT THE HARNESS AND SAW THAT IT WAS BLACK AND WIRES WERE MELTED. I REPLACED THE LIGHT AND IT WORKED FOR ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE BURNING OUT. I TOOK IT INTO THE GM DEALER, THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT IT AND JUST REPLACED THE BULB, IT HAS SINCE BURNED OUT AGAIN AND THE WIRING HARNESS IS STILL BLACKENED AND MELTED AND KEEPS BURNING OUT LIGHTS. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

ANOTHER FOR THE LOW BEAM CONNECTOR MELTING -- PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN SOME. AT 73K REPLACED DRIVER SIDE H11 LOW BEAM BULB. COULDN'T GET LIGHT TO STAY ON. NOTICED PARTIALLY MELTED CONNECTOR. APPLIED A LITTLE ELECTRICAL GREASE. WORKED FOR A FEW HOURS. DAYS LATER (AFTER VACATION) APPLIED MORE ELECTRICAL GREASE. STARTED WORKING AGAIN. CLOSED UP THE WHEEL WELL. AS I GET UP FROM THE WHEEL WELL ON THE DRIVER SIDE I SEE SMOKE FROM THE *PASSENGER* SIDE HEADLAMP AREA AND LIGHT FOGGING OF THE TOP OF THE LENS. I HAVEN'T TOUCHED THE PASSENGER SIDE! IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL WORKING HEADLAMP AND CONNECTOR. *TR

Mileage: 73,550

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY LEFT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. IT WAS REPAIRED AND WENT OUT AGAIN. I HAD IT REPAIRED YET AGAIN AND IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS IT BLEW AGAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER THE RIGHT ONE BLEW. LAST WEEK BOTH HARNESSES WERE REPLACED. WE LEARNED FROM THE DEALER THAT THIS IN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE HARNESS WAS REMODELED DUE TO THE ONGOING PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY I'VE HAD NO CRASHES DUE TO THIS, BUT HAVING A HEADLIGHT BLOW ESPECIALLY WHEN ONLY ONE IS OPERATIONAL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ME AS I TRAVEL OFTEN AT NIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE LOW BEAM HAS MELTED TWICE. IT WAS LAST REPLACED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND HAS SINCE GONE OUT AGAIN, I SUSPECT THAT IT HAS MELTED AGAIN BUT WILL NOT KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL I TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE SHOP. WHY ARE THESE HARNESS MELTING AND WHY HASN'T GM MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

DAYTIME RUNNING HEADLIGHTS AND NIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. LUCKY FOR ME I HAVE AUXILIARY LIGHTING TO USE. RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT QUIT WORKING ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND FOUND THE WIRING CONNECTOR WAS MELTED. REMOVED CONNECTOR AND MADE A NEW ONE. NOW BOTH LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING AND NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. OUT OF WARRANTY NOW AND WILL PAY. SOMETHING DOESN'T MATCH UP AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING IS A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE AND PROBABLY ANY OTHER OUTLOOK OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 41,260

WIRE HARNESS MELTED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSES. DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD FUNCTION BUT NOT THE LOW BEAMS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT BULBS HERSELF AND NOTICED THAT EACH WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE WIRING HARNESSES WERE BEING REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD OVERHEATED AND MELTED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHTS AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

Mileage: 43,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK: DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT HARNESS MELTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. NOW PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HARNESS MELTED 1 MONTH AGO. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

2008 OUTLOOK HAD A BURNED OUT LOW BEAM ON THE DRIVER SIDE AT 31,750 MILES. DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED CAUSING THE FAILURE AND NEED REPLACING. GM NEEDS TO RECALL BOTH WIRING HARNESSES AS I AM SURE THE NEXT ONE WILL GO AND IT WILL BE PAST THE WARRANTY. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY DEFECT HAVING A LIGHTS WIRING HARNESS MELT. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH '08 OUTLOOKS. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL! *TR

Mileage: 31,700

1A. THE HEADLIGHTS ON OUR 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK STARTED MALFUNCTIONING WHEN ON AUTO IN JULY 2010. 1B. OUR TRANSMISSION DOESN'T PROPERLY ENGAGE, EITHER. 2A. OUR HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT ON THE LEFT SIDE, EVEN WHEN ON MANUAL, LAST FRIDAY EVENING. THEY HAD BEEN WORKING EARLIER IN MANUAL, SO WE WERE UNAWARE UNTIL PULLED OVER BY AN MP AND CITED. WE WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE OUR OUTLOOK AT NIGHT. SATURN FINALLY AGREED TO FIX THE WIRING HARNESS ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE NEW BULB THAT SHORTED OUT DUE TO THE WIRING PROBLEM. IT CAUSED US TO NOT BE ABLE TO SAFELY OR LEGALLY DRIVE AT NIGHT. 2B. THE TRANSMISSION OFTEN DOES NOT ENGAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE STOPPED AND THEN TRY TO CROSS TRAFFIC TO TURN LEFT. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES AND ONE MINOR ACCIDENT FOR US. IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN WE ARE STOPPED AND NEEDING TO SPEED UP TO MERGE OR CROSS TRAFFIC. 3A. CURRENTLY, SATURN IS REPLACING THE WIRING HARNESS BUT NOT THE LIGHT BURNED OUT BECAUSE OF THE WIRING PROBLEM, STATING THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THEY ARE ALSO ADDRESSING LEAKS IN THE WATER AND FUEL PUMPS. 3B. UNLESS THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS FIXED BY THE LEAKS REPAIR, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

SATURN OUTLOOK 2008 DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT , WAS CHANGED THEN WENT OUT AGAIN WITHIN A WEEK. AT DEALER FOR WASHER FLUID RECALL AND LEARNED OUR WIRING HARNESS IS MELTED IS VERY COSTLY TO FIX AND IS A FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS NOT WORKING EVEN AFTER LIGHT BULB WAS CHANGED. TAKEN IN TO DEALER AND TOLD THAT THE LEFT FRONT WIRING HARNESS IS MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

HEADLIGHT DRIVERS SIDE FAILURE , LIGHT WILL WORK AT TIMES THEN GO OUT BELIEVE THIS IS A WIRING FAILURE AS THE BULB IS GOOD. *TR

Mileage: 37,500

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR WITH 40,000 MILES. RECENTLY MY PASSENGER HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT. I REPLACED THE BULB BUT IT WENT OUT AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 1 WEEK. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE AND READING ALL OF THE ISSUES OUTLOOK OWNERS ARE HAVING, I REALIZED ITS NOT A BULB ISSUE BUT RATHER A FAULTY WIRE HARNESS THAT IS MELTING. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL SO ALL OUTLOOK OWNERS CAN GET THIS REPAIRED AND ELIMINATE THE RISK OF FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. I HAD TWO HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTION AT THE SAME TIME. I WENT TO REPLACE THE BULBS AND ONE OF LIGHTS STARTED TO WORK WITHOUT REPLACEMENT. THE SECOND BULB HAD A BURN MARK AND THE CONNECTOR ON THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. I PLUGGED THE BULB BACK IT AND IT WORK, THOUGH A BIT DIMMER. THIS IS THE 3RD OR 4TH TIME I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. I HAD THOUGHT THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS BEFORE UNDER WARRANTY. I'M ASSUMING THEY WILL BE DOING THE SAME SINCE THE BULBS STILL WORK AND THE CONNECTOR IS MELTED ON THE ONE HARNESS. *TR

THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, REPLACED THE BULB AND REALIZED THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED. TWO WEEKS LATER THE LEFT FRONT BULB WENT OUT, BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CONNECTER WAS MELTED. SO BOTH SIDES HAD ELECTRICAL MELTING. COST TO REPAIR IS $352. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE RIGHT LOW BEAM WENT OUT AND I FOUND THAT THE CONNECTOR HAD MELTED. THE VERY NEXT DAY IN THE EVENING THE LEFT LOW BEAM WENT OUT AND I WAS WITHOUT LOW BEAM LIGHTS. I HAD BOTH WIRING HARNESSES REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $400 ON 8/27/10 I HOPE THIS FIXES MY PROBLEM. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION. I HAD TO DRIVE WITH HIGH BEAMS AND THAT WAS NOT GOOD FOR OTHER DRIVERS AND THEY WERE ANGRY WITH ME. NEEDS RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 59,900

HEADLIGHT HARNESS WIRING BURNING OUT FROM OVERHEATING. INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH IN THE WIRING. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE OTHER SATURN OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 17,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR AWD. THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WENT OUT SO I WENT TO REPLACE IT JUST TO FIND THAT THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. THIS IS AN EXTREME FIRE HAZARD. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY COMMON AS FOR SATURN OUTLOOKS/GMC ACADIAS AND HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I PURCHASED A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR IN JULY 2010. WITHIN ONE MONTH OF PURCHASING THE LOW-BEAM PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. I HAD THE BULB REPLACED AND IT BURNT OUT AGAIN. I NOW FIND OUT THAT IT IS A BAD WIRING HARNESS AND IT HAS MELTED AND MUST BE REPLACED WITH NEW ONE. GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AS I HAVE READ THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AMONG THE 08 OUTLOOK. THANKS *TR

Mileage: 45,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHT WENT OUT DUE TO A WIRING HARNESS MELTING. DEALER SAYS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL!!!! *TR

Mileage: 23,000

1)PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. ALL GM AND SATURN FORUM WEB SITES TALK ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM MELTED WIRING HARNESS. FROM 5,000 MILES AND UP IT DOES NOT MATTER. 2)MELTED WIRING HARNESS. THIS MAY BE A FIRE HAZARD. 3)REMOVE FRONT FACIA BUMPER COVER, AND REMOVE HEADLIGHT,REPLACE WIRING HARNESS. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. UPON INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK 45K MILES- DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED INTO THE BULB SOCKET AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. ESTIMATED COST $400. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. AT 35,000 MILES THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS HAS MELTED FROM OVERHEATING WITH THE OEM STOCK BULB ATTACHED. UPON INSPECTION THE WIRE AND HOUSING ARE DEFORMED AND FAILING. I REPLACED THE BULB TO RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIMPLE BULB BURN OUT. NOW THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED JUST AS THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY IS SET TO EXPIRE. ALSO A QUICK SEARCH ON GOOGLE FOR GM SATURN HEADLIGHT HARNESS POINTS TO SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT ISSUE. SO THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE, JUST CHEAP WIRING. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XR FWD AND I HAVE HAD THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED 4 TIMES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND 3 TIMES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE LAST TWO PASSENGER SIDE LIGHTS WORKED LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT OUT OF THE SHOP AND TO MY HOUSE FIVE MILES AWAY AND THEN THEY WERE OUT AGAIN. THE HIGH BEAMS DO STILL WORK, JUST NOT THE LOW BEAMS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS ISSUE HERE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. PLEASE HELP. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

I HAVE 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER WENT OUT. UPON EXAMINING I FOUND THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. LUCKILY IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. BUT IF I HAVE TO PAY IT OUT OF MY POCKET ITS AROUND $600. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHT FAILURE. LIGHTS WENT OUT DURING NIGHT DRIVING. DOES NOT WORK. COSTLY REPAIR OF $500+ . *TR

Mileage: 45,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHT SOCKET MELTING / BURNT. ONE WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE 22 GAUGE WIRE USED FOR THE LOW BEAN HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT IS INADEQUATE. THE FIRST LOW BEAM LIGHT LASTED 45K MILES, I HAVE NOW REPLACE THE SAME LOW BEAM 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS. AFTER CLOSURE INSPECTION, THIS IS A WIRING / CIRCUIT ISSUE AS THE HEADLAMP SOCKET IS BECOMING SO HOT IT IS MELTING AND SLIGHTLY BURNT. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A FIRE OCCURS IN A SATURN OUTLOOK VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 45,312

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEAD LIGHT ON PASSANGER SIDE DOES NOT WORK. THE WIRE IS MELTED OFF THE PLUG- 45000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 42,800

SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLAMP HARNESS DEFECTIVE, 2ND REPLACEMENT IN 90 DAYS. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS BURNING OUT. HAD BULB REPLACED TWICE BUT THEN REALIZED IT HAS BAD WIRING. THE WIRES LEADING INTO THE BULB ARE BAD AND MELTING THE PLASTIC AROUND THEM AND CAUSING BURN MARKS. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE HEADLIGHTS, LOW BEAM, HAVE BEEN GOING OUT FOR NO REASON. I THOUGHT THE BULBS BURNT OUT, BUT WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE THEM, THEY CAME BACK ON. I SIMPLY MOVED THE WIRE HARNESS AND THEY TURNED BACK ON. ON ONE OCCASION THE HEADLAMPS WENT OUT AS WE WERE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING TO OTHER SATURN OUTLOOK OWNERS AS WELL. I FEEL A RECALL IS NEEDED!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 32,000

THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP WENT OUT ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. I BROUGHT IT TO SATURN/MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $650.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE LAMP AND A WIRE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO THE BULB. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE GUY THE WIRE HARNESS IS MOST LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BULB BURNING OUT. THE BULB ITSELF WAS $285.00......FOR A HEADLAMP BULB!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON LINE AND I AM WONDERING WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS ASTRONOMICAL PRICE FOR REPAIR AND BULB. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP STOPPED WORKING AND THE HARNESS APPEARS TO BE MELTING DUE TO OVERHEATING. *TR

Mileage: 48,618

OWN A 2008 OUTLOOK. PASSENGER SIDE LOWBEAM HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A WIRING HARNESS. DEALER WANTED $400 TO REPLACE BECAUSE 1000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

I OWN A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST OF 2007. IN FEBRUARY OF 2010, I NOTICED MY RIGHT LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT/DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT WAS OUT. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL SATURN SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAD BEEN "SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS" AND I SHOULD BRING IT IN FOR A REPLACEMENT HARNESS, SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WHICH I DID. IN APRIL 2010, THE LEFT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT/DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT WENT OUT. I AGAIN CONTACTED SATURN AND ASKED IF, ASSUMING THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM, IT WOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY, SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THIS HARNESS (THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT 2,000 MILES OVER WARRANTY BY THIS TIME). I WAS TOLD THAT, SINCE THERE HAD BEEN NO RECALL, IT WOULD NOT BE A WARRANTY ITEM, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS MYSELF. SINCE THE SATURN DEALER IS ABOUT 50 MILES AWAY, AND IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY WARRANTY, I OPTED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT A SHOP MUCH CLOSER TO HOME. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE BULB WAS FUNCTIONAL, THEY ORDERED A NEW WIRING HARNESS, AND INSTALLED IT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR (TO THE TUNE OF $171.44). I ASKED TO SEE THE OLD HARNESS, AND UPON INSPECTION, I OBSERVED THAT THE HOUSING AROUND ONE OF THE CONNECTION POINTS WAS CLEARLY BURNT AND MELTED. I HAVE HEARD OF NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF THIS FAILURE, MUCH LIKE THE RECALLED WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEATED WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS HARNESS DEFECT CLEARLY IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

1. AT 38000 MILES MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK LOST ONE OF THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS. IT HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT. 2. IT IS A CONSTANT FAILURE 3. I REPLACED THE LOW BEAM BULB, BUT WHEN I FINALLY GOT THE OLD BULB EXPOSED, I NOTICED THAT THE SOCKET WAS ALL MELTED AND HAD A VERY THIN GAUGE WIRE CONNECTING IT TO THE VEHICLES POWER. *TR

Mileage: 38,008

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP WIRING HARNESS MELTED, CAUSING HEADLAMP NOT TO WORK. CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. REPLACING WIRING HARNESS AND LIGHT BULB. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND THE HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE SHOP TWO SEPARATE TIMES AND HAD THEM FIXED. THREE MONTHS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, THEN A WEEK LATER IT CAME BACK ON. TWO WEEKS LATER THE PASSENGER LIGHT WENT OUT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN IT CAME BACK ON. LAST NIGHT NEITHER OF MY HEADLIGHTS WERE WORKING. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE HERE. TO ATE I HAVE SPENT NEARLY $700.00 ON GETTING THE HEADLIGHT TO WORK PROPERLY. I NEED THE VEHICLE TO WORK AS IT IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE. WHAT IF I WAS TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT AND THEY BOTH WERE OUT, AN EMERGENCY ACCIDENT IS BOUND TO HAPPEN. PLEASE HELP. *TR

Mileage: 38,730

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HEADLIGHT. THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT IS GOING ON AND OFF. THE WIRING IS HOT TO THE TOUCH. PLUS I CAN'T GET TO THE LIGHT AREA WITHOUT TAKING OFF THE BUMPER SKIN. *TR

Mileage: 50,090

THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK WENT OUT. WE REPLACED IT THEN 2 WEEKS LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND HE SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE SOCKET BECAUSE IT WAS BURNED OUT AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE NOT YET CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE $750.00 TO REPAIR IT. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

DRIVER'S SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP BURNED OUT. REPLACED WITH FACTORY BULB AND FAILED ONCE AGAIN. REPLACED ONE MORE TIME AND NOTICED DISCOLORED SOCKET. THE BULB FAILED A THIRD TIME. REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO SATURN 4/14/2010. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK XE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAS FAILED. CAR HAS 26K MILES. LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT FOR 2-3 WEEKS THEN TOTALLY FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 26,600

I CONTINUALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A NON-WORKING DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT. I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB TWICE, BUT THIS ONLY WORKS FOR 1-2 WEEKS BEFORE IT GOES OUT AGAIN. THE DEALER HAS IDENTIFIED IT AS A HARNESS SHORT WITH THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, BUT THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK HAD 39000 MILES ON IT WITH AND A MANUFACTURERS EXTENDED WARRANTY (GIVEN TO ME AS PART OF ANOTHER ONGOING WATER LEAK ISSUE THAT IS ALSO NOT COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY) AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS NOT A COVERED ITEM. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A $500+ DOLLAR REPAIR THAT IS NOT COVERED ON A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. MOST OF THE TIME I ONLY HAVE ONE WORKING HEADLIGHT AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN AND ONGOING ISSUE THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY GENERAL MOTORS. *TR

Mileage: 37,000

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS, BURNED, CRACKED AFTER INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT HEADLAMPS. (REF: TSB 09-08-42-004)

Mileage: 83,000

DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT BAD IN SEPTEMBER. REPLACED BULD AND DURING THE PROCESS NOTICED THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. LIGHT FAILED TO OPERATE WITH A NEW BULD. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT I THEIR FIX WAS TO PUT NYOGEL GREASE ON THE CONNECTOR. I TRIED WHAT THE DEALER RECCOMMENDED WITH NO LUCK. I AM CURRENTLY STATIONED OVERSEAS AND HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING TO A DEALER TO HAVE ITEM REPAIRED. YESTERDAY 24 MARCH OTHER HEADLIGHT STOPS WORKING AS WELL WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD WITH 24,643 MILES. THIS IS COMPLETELY ABSUD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 24,643

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHIN A SHORT TIME OF EACH OTHER. BOTH HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND WITHIN A MONTH BOTH HAVE FAILED AGAIN. *DT

WE HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK AND HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DIM LIGHT BULBS BLOWING ON EACH SIDE. I REPLACED THEM 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND MY WIFE WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK THE OTHER NIGHT AND BOTH DIM HEADLIGHTS BLEW AT THE SAME TIME. I CARRIED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH LIGHT HARNESSES AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME 300 DOLLARS FOR WHAT OUGHT TO BE A SAFETY RECALL. THERE ARE PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON THE COMPUTER OF EVERY BODY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I HAVE A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2008. THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WENT OUT IN THE END OF JANUARY 2010. IT WAS REPLACED ON FEB 6, 2010. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE HEADLIGHT SOCKET IS BURNED AND MAY NEED REPLACEMENT. IT IS NOW MARCH 16, 2010 AND THIS MORNING THE SAME HEADLIGHT IS OUT AGAIN!. THE COST TO REPLACE ONCE AGAIN IS ALMOST THE COST OF THE CAR PAYMENT AND NOW MOST LIKELY IT WILL COST MUCH MORE SINCE I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SOCKET TOO. I MADE IT A POINT TO TURN OFF MY LIGHTS DURING THE DAY AFTER THE REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE RESPORT OF THE SOCKET YET IT STILL BURNED OUT. I HAVE READ THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OUTLOOK OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

I OWN A '08 SATURN OUTLOOK THAT HAD TWO (2) HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESSES MELT CAUSING BOTH HEADLIGHTS TO NOT WORK. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. EXACT TERM THAT WAS USED WAS "CAMPAIGN", BUT NOT RECALL. $477.00 PARTS / LABOR TO HAVE MY HEADLIGHTS WORK AGAIN. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING FOR YOU TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. AND THE ONLY WAY TO ACCESS THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY IS TO REMOVE THE WHOLE FRONT FASCIA (BUMPER) FROM THE VEHICLE. OF COURSE BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS IN THE DARK. PLEASE HELP MAKE THIS A SAFETY RECALL, DUE TO THE HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THIS POSES. *TR

Mileage: 38,080

I PURCHASED THIS 2008 VEHICLE IN JULY 2008, USED BUT "NEW" WITH A BIT OVER 16,000 MILES ON IT FROM A DEALERSHIP IN SYRACUSE THAT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. MY VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND SERVICED ACCORDINGLY. STARTING JAN. 31, 2010, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCK. IT DID NOT MATTER IF I WARMED THE VEHICLE, OR IF IT WAS WARM WEATHER OR COLD. ON SOME INSTANCES IT SEEMED TO NOT ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AS IT SHOULD. OFTEN HESITATING TO "GO". IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, FOR A TOTAL OF 21 DAYS OUT-OF-SERVICE CUMULATIVELY, SOON TO BE MORE. THE FIRST TIME THEY GAVE IT BACK THE NEXT DAY AS THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE NOISE. THREE DAYS LATER THE KNOCK WAS BACK. THE SECOND TIME IT WENT IN THEY HAD FOR 7 DAYS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE. 2 DAYS LATER BACK AGAIN...THE THIRD TIME THE DEALERSHIP LOCALLY HERE PUT A NEW TIMING CHAIN IN. THEY SAID IT WAS "SLACK". HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BACK IN FOR THE SAME ENGINE KNOCKING, ETC. BEFORE IT COULD GO IN I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR ON A HIGHWAY AND HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAY THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY. THEY TAKE THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN FOR A FOURTH TIME. TELL ME ITS FIXED. NEW WIRING HARNESS. PICK UP VEHICLE..SAME ENGINE KNOCK PRESENT. THEY NOW SAY MAYBE ITS A LIFTER? CAM? DON'T HAVE PARTS. GIVE ME THIS SAME VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. SOMETHING IS FISHY HERE. HOW MANY VEHICLES DOES IT TAKE FOR A SAFETY RECALL OR INVESTIGATION????? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE?! HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY, ENGINE NOT ACCELERATING....MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS. I'D RATHER NOT HAVE SOMEONE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF MY DEATH OR THE DEATHS OF MY CHILDREN BECAUSE OF A KNOWN DEFECT THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED! ALSO, ANOTHER 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK IS AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS... *TR

Mileage: 39,000

SATURN OUTLOOK XR HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN WIRE ON LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT MELTED WIRING.. THIS HAPPENED IN JANUARY 2010 WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT WENT OUT AND MELTED THE WIRING. COST TO REPLACE THE ONE IN JANUARY $640.00 AND WAS TOLD TODAY TO REPLACE THE LEFT FRONT WILL BE $750.00. THIS IS A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS YOU CAN LOOK AT MANY WEB SITES AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WE NOTICED THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON HIGH BEAM ONLY. *TR

Mileage: 43,052

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT GOING OUT. VARIOUS SATURN SITES HAVE REGISTERED COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEALERS CHARGING $600/$800 TO REPLACE LIGHT BULB. SEEMS UNDERLYING PROBLEM PERTAINS TO THE WIRING HARNESS MELTING. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS CONTINUING TO BURN OUT. REF: TSB #09-08-42-004. DOCUMENT ID: 2284787. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS KEEPS FAILING ON 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK, BOUGHT IT USED, BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, BURNED OUT AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 39,684

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK-LOW BEAM LIGHT OUT AT 42,000 MILES, WIRING HARNESS MELTED, OVER $400 TO REPAIR. PRETTY EXPENSIVE CONSIDERING THIS IS A CRITICAL PART OF YOUR CAR. *TR

HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED. PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 41,712

I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY HEADLIGHTS AND WHEN I BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THE WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER AND WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE HARNESS. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IT WAS AN 08 WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND IT WAS ONLY 7 MONTHS OLD FOR ME NOT EVEN 2 YRS OLD TO DATE AND THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR THING I HAVE GO WRONG IN A SO CALLED RELIABLE VEHICLE. *TR

2008 SATURN OUTLOOK DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP SHORTED OUT. ALREADY REPLACED LAMP AND IT SHORTED OUT AGAIN. VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, CHANGED LIGHT BULB THE LIGHT BULB WAS GOOD. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT. WHILE THE DRIVER SIDE CAME BACK ON. 2 WEEKS LATER BOTH WENT OUT, WENT IN TO CHANGE LIGHT BULBS AGAIN AND THE PASSENGER SIDE CAME BACK ON. ON 01-22-10 I HAVE NO HEAD LIGHTS. WENT AND MOVED THE LIGHT LIKE I WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE BULB AND THE PASSENGER LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND STILL NO DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT.*CW

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF OR FAIL TO COME ON. IT HAS HAPPENED TO BOTH SIDES AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. *CN

Mileage: 60,000

DAYLIGHT/LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT OUT ON 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK CHANGE BULB AND CHECK FUSE NOT THE PROBLEM. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY WORK THEY SAID THERE IS A SHORT IN THE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY WORK THEY WANT $599 TO FIX. MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND SHE DRIVES AT NIGHT IT'S A BIG SAFETY CONCERN OF MINE. AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM REPORT ON THE INTERNET AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS SAID IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 36,432

HEADLIGHT ON SATURN OUTLOOK MELTED AND DAMAGED COMPLETE LIGHT FIXTURE WITH NO WARRANTY AND I TO PAY $680.00 TO GET A COMPLETE NEW UNIT INSTALLED. REALLY NO FIRE JUST MELTED AND SMELLED BAD ALONG WITH NO LIGHTS. MANY WEB SITES I VISITED, MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO ACTION TO REPAIR IT FOR NO CHARGE. *TR

Mileage: 38,768

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT HEAD LAMP WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED AND CAUSED THE BULB TO FAIL. HE THEN ADDED THAT THE OTHER HEAD LAMP WOULD SOON FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT AN EXPENSE OF$ 360.00. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 10/27/09. *LJ UPDATED 10/29/09.*JB

Mileage: 41,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN OUTLOOK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT SUDDENLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 44400.

Mileage: 40,400