Automatic transmission wave-plate failure
POWER TRAIN
51 NHTSA complaints · 2013-12 → 2022-06
“OUR 2007 SATURN OUTLOOK BROKE DOWN WITH THE DREADED WAVE PLATE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. SYMPTOM WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AROUND 30-35 MPH AND WOULD NOT CONTINUE”
“WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR OUT OF LIMP MODE AND DROVE TO A REPAIR SHOP”
“TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING DURING LONG INTERSTATE TRIP. AFTER A REST STOP, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF A LOW GEAR ON FREEWAY EVEN WHEN TRAVELING AT 60-70 MPH”