Overview & Reviews

After 12 long years in production, Saturn is finally retiring its aging S-Series sedan and coupe in favor of the all-new Saturn Ion sedan and innovative quad coupe.

• Innovative rear-access doors on coupe, customer-focused dealers, numerous personalization options, great cargo capacity.

• Build quality not up to segment standards, unusual styling, lack of established service and repair history.

User Reviews:

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  My New Car - 2003 Saturn ION
  By Jim231 - November 22 - 2:00 am

  I just got my new car on Tuesday, and I just love it. GM sent me a letter saying that I could use my GM dollars towards a Saturn,and if I used them by December 31st, they would double them. Wow, that is $ 1,600.00 off my car. Thanks GM.

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  Best purchase ever! - 2003 Saturn ION
  By garrettham - October 31 - 10:41 am

  I purchaed this car around one year ago adn it has been nothing but a charm! The 2.2 has decent pep when you need it to, and even with my very agressive driving i still average 36 mpg! With 4 Blizzaks this car controls amazing in snow! My car is the 2 with no options but a spoiler in silver. The only bad things about the car are that with the manual mirrors the passanger side one is fixed, so you cant adjust it. Also the head lights are VERY dull, but some new bulbs will do the trick. The only other thing is it used to sometimes not start in the cold, but all you need is a good mechanic to cut some wire in the ignition. Over all if youre at all interested, purchase one, theyre honestly great

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  not bad for its price - 2003 Saturn ION
  By rabbit2003 - October 23 - 10:00 am

  It is a nice car. But since this is a new design, it does have some defects, such as the interior parts. But I like the 2.2L engine, really powerful for such a small car. The 5speed auto tranny is a bit not smooth enough in low speed.

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  Fourth Saturn - 2003 Saturn ION
  By RevJLS - October 16 - 10:00 am

  This Ion replaced 2 SLs - one with 155000 miles. These are durable, fun cars. I look for the Ion to be equally durable. Fit and finish show an improvement over the SLs. Fun factor is high, and I love the center instrument cluster.

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  Pleased Ion owner - 2003 Saturn ION
  By flinch - October 16 - 10:00 am

  Have had it for 3,00 miles and cant find anything not to like.

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  Love my Saturn - 2003 Saturn ION
  By psugrad - October 16 - 10:00 am

  This is the first car I purchased. I had been looking for several years for a new car when this came out. Knew exactly what I wanted and found everything in the ION. As always the Saturn staff were excellent. Frequently travel on long business trips and dont have any problem with being in the car for the duration.

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  Happy owner since new - 2003 Saturn ION
  By cartopcamper - July 24 - 9:12 pm

  Weve owned since new a 2003 Saturn Ion 3 sedan with 5-speed manual transmission. It now has about 145K miles and is going strong. All of our 5 kids learned how to drive a stick in this car. The clutch finally needed replacement at 137K miles. I live in Southern California. While a daughter attended school near Boise, ID, Id drive up a couple times a year via Nevada back roads. I wouldnt see another vehicle for hours while driving through the desert, so Id drive 100 mph for long periods without a problem - still got great mpg. I still use this car if driving long trips by myself. Only problem for us was/is the ignition key switch issue - about $350 to fix, and I havent yet

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  Saturn ION 2 - 2003 Saturn ION
  By aaronstoker - July 23 - 10:00 am

  I have really enjoied the Ion. It is sporty, stabble, smooth,I feel complete control and safe. It has good power and awesome guiding feathers; dash tells when chage oil, your operation of the car. Then intergity of the car seem to be a little noisey already.

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  A good car - 2003 Saturn ION
  By AJ - June 14 - 7:56 pm

  My dad bought the car new in 2004. And the two of us have put over 70,000 miles on it sense with very few problems. The greatest one being the starter, a factory problem, that we have had changed out twice (its a $30 part, with labor being at least 3 times the cost of the part). Other than that simply doing the basics, oil change, alignments etc. One notable experience was when i drove through 1 mile of flooded road over a foot of water and i made it through, no stalling or problems after exiting the water.

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  My blue baby - 2003 Saturn ION
  By thielgrad04 - May 20 - 10:05 pm

  I love my car. I have had it 8.5 years. I had 0% for 60 months. I paid it off. I did have to put a new tranny in for like 3k in 09 at around 80k miles and a new (used) ac compressor for about 420$ in 2010 as well as a new tail pipe/catalyc converter due to a tiny hole in the muffler that midas said wouldnt pass inspection, but other than that I havent had any major repairs. I never broke down because of a car problem. In summer 2011, I was rear ended because the girl behind me didnt stop when I stopped behind a school bus and she cracked and messed up my back bumper on the drivers side. Bent the tailpipe (another replacement) but HER cars front end smashed up like an accordion!