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If I only could do it over again....
KCGuy76, 12/25/2004
2004 Saturn ION 3 4dr Coupe (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
Many people wonder why others purchase foreign compact cars. Enter the Saturn Ion. This is my third brand new car; my first, and last Saturn. While I have received numerous compliments on the exterior of the vehicle (Electric Lime with tinted glass and Car Bra), the praise from others can not dismiss the problems with regard to fit, finish, RATTLES and shoddy engineering. After 10 trips to the dealership (recalls, rattles, loose suspension parts, cruise control problems, horn problems, brake pedal linkage issues...etc), I have decided 14 months and 12,000 miles later it's time for this car to belong to someone who appreciates a noisy 4 cylinder and enjoys spending time at the dealership.
great car
Tom, 12/07/2015
2004 Saturn ION 1 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
My mife had an 04 saturn ion2 with a 193354 mile on and it ran great, changed oil and filter every 5 miles miles,basic thing breaks ,timing belt, had to replace the left front hub 2 yrs a go and again this year, it just got totaled 2 wks ago, some lady went to get off the exit and then she pulled right back in fornt of my wife, I put rear brakes on it 2yrs ago what a pain in the #$%.were looking to buy a nother one.
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Saturn ION3 Quad Coupe- fun and useable
John from Denver, 04/02/2005
2004 Saturn ION 3 4dr Coupe (2.2L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
I like smaller Japanese vehicles such as Toyota, Honda, and Daihatsu (A Toyota subsidiary as is Scion). As an older single male, I concidered a Corvette or a new Mustang, but I like durability and features that give an owner more than the first impression might make. My quad coupe replaced a very nicely loaded and durable Honda Civic EX 4-dr sedan. The ION3 quad coupe has the sporty appearance of a 2-dr coupe, but gives me the advantages of a four door sedan. The rear access door on each side, without a door column, allows amazing room to carry items and install child seats. I keep vehicles a long time. My Toyota truck had 534,000 mi. before its end. Have fun in your ION 3 quad coupe!
Saturn; the mythical goddess of broken dreams
Esther Hodges and Mother , 03/08/2022
2004 Saturn ION 1 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 5A)
4 of 9 people found this review helpful
I remember it like it was yesterday. Mother and I were driving into town to buy a couple gallons of cream cheese from the Stop-n-Save when mother shouted out “Mary, Joseph and Jesus I have a BM the size of Vesuvius coming through.” I pumped the breaks on our 1999 Buick Lucerne and whipped into the closest business… which happensed to be a Saturn dealership. While mother was clearing her bowels, a handsome Jewish gentleman by the name of Sidney Upstein offered to sell me a 2004 Saturn ion. The car was sensual and the emotional connection I got from touching the steering wheel and running my hands across the dash was stimulating. I immediately took out pay day loans - financing the $13,500 car for just $975 a month (156 months). Sidney assured me this was the best deal in all of Debuke. All was well until June 6 2005, when I was driving mother to her water aerobics class - all of a sudden the radio switched from “bad girls” by Donna summers to a satanic Walter kronkite voice calling out my 97 mother by name and asking “are you ready for hell?” Seconds later the car shut off, the doors locked, the airbags deployed and Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 started playing at full volume. The satanic radio voice, over the blaring music, said “You have been specially selected by the GM Saturn Board of Directors and Shareholders for execution - by Saturn”. Mother screamed “what in the name of Moses” but was cut short by 25 pounds of fireworks detonating in the rear seat. By this point the car was filling with water and the voice said “prepare for scorpions”. Shortly thereafter all went black. We have no memory of what happened next. Mother and I woke up three days later handcuffed to a truck nude 475 pound driver from Boise in a barn in upstate Pennsylvania. Mother had a tramp stamp that read “Corn hole me” and my head was half shaven. After 36 hours of walking down a country road we were rescued by a sheriff. The police were never able to locate our Saturn - and mother subsequently lost her playing cards that were in the glove compartment. Mother died 6 years later during a botched bank robbery - I told her not to use a squirt gun. Saturn, great car if you’re into witchy stuff. Otherwise I’m a Buick girl now.
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Worst Car Ever
cc, 12/11/2009
2004 Saturn ION 2 4dr Coupe (2.2L 4cyl 5A)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
This car is the major reasons GM should go out of business. Within a month of driving the car off the lot I began having problems. I had to take the car back to the dealership every month that I owned the car for the first year. Every month was a different problem, and since it was not the same problem twice I was unable to file lemon law on the car. Problems include but are not limited to the electric steering failing, central computer glitches, anti-theft device would lock car ignition upon inserting key in ignition during cold weather and so on. Not only were there endless problems with this car but the dealers were even worse to deal with.