Regulation & Safety

Feds target Saturn Ion power-steering problems

Owners of Ions from the 2004-07 model years allege that they experienced sudden loss of power-steering assistance, an issue that prompted GM to recall more than 1 million Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 sedans four years ago.
March 20, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- The Saturn Ion, one of the vehicles covered by General Motors’ ignition-switch recall, also is the subject of a long-running investigation by federal safety regulators into whether GM should have included it in a 2010 recall for power-steering failures.

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