Saturn SL Complaints

2,218 consumer complaints on file.

#864893July 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE ACCESS MOUNT COLLAPSED DUE TO AGE AND BECAUSE IT HAS WORN OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND RATTLE BAD. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864758July 5, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ALL OF SUDDEN HEARD A BANG AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. PULLED OVER. BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONTACTED DEALER. ALTHOUGH EXACT CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED, FIRE DEPT BELIEVES THAT IT WAS ELECTRICAL, AND MAINTENANCE RELATED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864785July 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
ALL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DISAPPEARED BECAUSE OF FAILURE OF MASTER CYLINDER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864367June 28, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724661June 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
A MAJOR SAFETY-CONCERN IS THE POOR ACCESSIBILITY OF THE HORN ON THE STEERING WHEEL. MY INABILITY TO QUICKLY-ACCESS THE HORN HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT SEVERAL SMALL ANIMALS AND HAS PREVENTED ME FROM EARLY-SIGNALING OTHER DRIVERS IN POTENTIALLY-DANGEROUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724573June 26, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY 4 TIMES SINCE 08/97 AND THE ALTERNATOR 2 TIMES SINCE 08/97. I SEE RECALL INFORMATION FOR THESE PARTS BUT SATURN SAYS THAT MY CAR IS NOT IN THE VIN SECTION COVERED. I HAVE LOGGED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AS WELL, PLEASE RESEARCH THIS PROBELM FURTHER. AS IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CAUSING ACCIDENTS BUT FOR SURE IT IS CAUSING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. I HAVE A CO-WORKER WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBELMS WITH THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864027June 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
DUE TO DESIGN REAR DISC BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING CORROSION. THIS, IN RETURN, RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. *AK THE CALIPERS ON THE REAR DISC BRAKES CORRODE REDUCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REAR BRAKES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724265June 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
JUST BOUGHT CAR FROM MAJOR DEALERSHIP 5 DAYS AGO. ENGINE TICKING AND OIL LEVEL LOW. I ONLY PUT 175 MILES ON CAR AND ITS IN THE SHOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552706June 19, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKES FAILED DUE TO THE BRAKE LINE TO THE REAR WHEEL BEING CORRODED. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552658June 15, 2000
SEATS
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT, AS STATED IN A SATURN RECALL, HOWEVER VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724034June 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863516June 13, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
PLASTIC FRAME ON SEATBACK STICKS THROUGH THE PADDING, AND IRRITATES THE CHILD'S BACK. MAY CAUSE INJURY TO CHILD'S BACK. COSCO CARSEAT, NOT ATTACHED TO CAR, BOUGHT SEPARATELY. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863539June 13, 2000
SEATS
INSIDE DRIVER'S SEAT MATERIAL WOULD SHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY, NOT STATIONERY. THIS CAUSED PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD BE TILTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE, AND IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863333June 9, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR MAKING A TURN AROUND A CORNER CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE OR SOMETHING LOOSE. TOOK TO DEALER , AND THEY COULD NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723639June 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
EXHAUST SYSTEM RUSTED OUT IN 3 YEARS--HAD TO REPLACE. CAR WAS NEVER DRIVEN IN WINTER, WAS WASHED EACH WEEK, WAS PARKED OFF-STREET. CLEARLY, INFERIOR PARTS WERE INSTALLED BY SATURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723674June 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY, I CAME TO A STOP AT THE END OF THE RAMP AT A RED LIGHT, THE AUTO STALLED, I TRIED TO RESTART IT WITHOUT SUCCESS, I THEN SAW BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BY THE THME THE FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE MELTED, AS WAS THE FENDERS AND FRONT BUMPER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862972June 2, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED SAW WATER AND OIL COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. OWNER TOLD THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND SATURN WOULD PAY REPAIRS COST. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862841May 31, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH ON A ROAD AIR BAG DETONATED, BUT DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723299May 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS OR WILL THERE BE A RECALL ON THE MOTOR MOUNT FOR THE SATURN SL COUPE 1996. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723136May 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SPARK PLUGS FAILED AT 30000 MILES. REPLACED PISTON RINGS. NOW AT 70000 MILES, SAME PROBLEM. REPAIRED AT SATURN OF RENTON, NOT BELLEVUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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