I've owned a 2005 Ion Sedan 2.2L for over a year now & plan on keeping her; so I did some digging, trying to locate a reasonably priced used or new factory service manual ... either a hard paper copy or an electronic copy (CD) or download .pdf type document.

i searched eBay and found this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Saturn-...4099e8&vxp=mtr

$85 seems reasonable compared to some that are priced well over $100; but i'm still trying to locate an electronic copy that i don't have to subscribe to. There are some such as Alldata & Mitchell online manuals ... but you have to pay fees ongoing to maintain subscription it looks like. About 3 years ago, i subscribed to Alldata for an Isuzu p/u i had; but it was not as good as having a factory manual, so i let the subscription run out.

Back at first of Feb, i did locate a CD version for an Ion on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/03-05-Saturn...vip=true&rt=nc

but it sold before i got any response from the seller. If anyone has any leads or ideas i really appreciate it. otherwise, i may save up my $$ and eventually buy the Saturn factory hardcopy set.

 

Be sure to add any new info you come up with..................

 

Hey everybody, sorry I haven't made any more progress on my Saturn, or on locating a manual for less than posted price I found so far. Wish I could - will post back when Other responsibilities ease up. Hope everyone had a good Easter

 

Well hell it's just good to hear from you. Nice to see you made it back. I'll say happy easter to you evan though it's over lol. When you have a chance post some pictures in the ION picture thread in the ION forum.

 

so, i stumbled onto an online source for auto repair - appears to be material from the factory service manual - not sure. check this link out: http://www.marshallpl.org/ If prompted for a User ID at any point, enter "marshall" ... password = "public"

Then --> Research Tools --> Databases --> Auto Repair Reference Center. Then enter year / make / model info and you should be able to search the database by category. Hope this helps somebody. I am using it for my daughter's Ford Escape and i looked up Ion3 - "sway (stabilizer) bar" under front suspension and looks helpful. You can save each section as a .pdf on your own computer for reference. If it keeps me from buying a factory manual, i will just make a donation to the Marshall, ID library.

 

All,
I purchased my original Factory service manual for my 2007 Saturn from my dealer but they buy them from Helm manuals (at least mine did and many local dealers). I have over 15 factory service manuals which I have bought various locations. (Ebay,dealerships,swap meets etc.)

Anyways a 2005 was the same price ($200.00) as mine 2007.

http://www.helminc.com/helm/Result.a...lected%5Fmedia=

Mine was three large books (even for factory service manuals).

I lucked out as my dealer, during the Saturn shut down, changed over to a ISUZU dealership.

Anyways the guy wanted them out of the dealership (last few items as they had to order it) and cut the price to $125.00.

I would just watch on ebay....your bound to run in to it.

Thanks,
Chris