Saturn SL Complaints

2,218 consumer complaints on file.

#850565October 13, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FABRIC ON INSTRUMENT PANEL NEXT TO SPEAKERS BURNED OUT. LEFT CAR PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND BACK DECK PANEL BURNED RIGHT THROUGH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT CONSUMER IS DOING SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE FABRIC TO BURN. CONSUMER STATES SUN IS BURNING THE FABRIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850513October 12, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
DEFECTIVE STEERING RACK IS CAUSING STEERING TO BECOME STUCK IN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT POSITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713214October 12, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#713153October 11, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
DUE TO ICE IN A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT, WHILE PARKING MY CAR, CAR SLID INTO A IRON GUARD RAIL AND THE RADIATOR, A/C CONDENSER, SUPPORT OF FRONT BUMPER COVER AND FRONT BUMPER COVER WERE ALL DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850047October 6, 1999
SEAT BELTS
THE SHOULDER BELT RETRACTORS ARE JAMMED ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES, LEAVING OCCUPANTS UNPROTECTED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849828October 4, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER WENT TO STOP AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. CONSUMER HAD TO JUMP CURB TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLE THAT WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN, BUT THERE WAS A BRICK IN THE WAY, CAR WENT INTO A PEDESTRIAN WALK AREA, AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A VAN. THEN VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#712656October 1, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712658October 1, 1999
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF HOLDER. THIS OCCURED WHILE ON VACATION DEALER AT MY VACATION LOCATION CHARGED FOR REPAIR I FELT SHOUD HAVE BEEN DONE FREE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849566September 30, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712603September 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DELAYS THEN SLAMES INTO REVERSE WHEN HOT. THE VALVE BODY WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES BY THE SAME DEALER. NOW THE DEALER WANTS TO TAKE THE TRANS. APART WITH A FIVE HOUR LABOR CHARGE. THE COST WOULD ABOUT $500. JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG ALL THE LONG. WITH NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FIRST FOUR VALVE BODIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712516September 29, 1999
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER BARELY TWO YEARS, THE CRUISE CONTROL BEGAN WORKING ONLY INTERMITTENTLY; IT NOW SELDOM WORKS. BEFORE THE CAR HAD 50,000 MILES, THE SUNROOF WOULD GET STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WHENEVER IT WAS USED. EVENTUALLY, AFTER A SATURN DEALER CLAIMED IT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE SUNROOF BECAME PERMANENTLY STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848952September 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR . THE DELAER HAS CHANGED THE ROTORS AND BRAKES FIVE TIMES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712176September 26, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE COMPONENT IN QUESTION HAS NOT FAILED AND PROBABLY WON'T. I FEEL THE DESIGN OF THE KNOB WHICH ALLOWS THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHOR POINT TO BE ADJUSTED UP / DOWN COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. I AM TALL, SO I SIT WITH THE SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK. THIS "KNOB" IS LOCATED EXACTLY BESIDE MY TEMPLE WHILE I'M DRIVING. IF I WERE TO BE HIT FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE, I HAVE VISIONS OF THIS KNOB DOING SERIOUS INJURY TO MY SKULL AND WHAT LITTLE BRAIN I HAVE IN THERE. I THINK THE KNOB NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED (AN ADJUSTABLE SHOULDER ANCHOR POINT IN THE NEW NISSAN ALTIMA IS MUCH LESS INTRUSIVE.)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711878September 23, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO SATURN THEY TOLD US THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH 3RD GEAR AND THAT IT WOULD COST $1600. TO FIX. WE WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION AT THE HEMET CA. AAMCO. THEY VEIFIED THE PROBLEM AND "REPAIRED" IT FOR $1000. AT THE TIME IT SATIFIED US AS SATURN TOLD US IT WOULD BE $1600. JUST TO LOOK AND MORE IF THE PROBLEM WAS BIG. UNFORTUNATELY THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUN TO SLIP AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T CALLED AAMCO YET. WE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO SEE IF THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN VEHICLE! WE GOT THE IMPRESSION FROM THE AAMCO PEOPLE THAT THIS WASN'T AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD RUN UP AGAINST. I AM SOMEWHAT DISATISFIED WITH THE SATURN CAR AND PEOPLE AS WE'VE HAD TO DO A LOT MORE WORK ON THE CAR THAN EXPECTED AND DEFINATELY MORE THAN THEY LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE IN THEIR ADVERTISING. SHAME ON ME FOR BELEIVING THEM! WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY 3 TIMES WITH NO EXPLANATION, REPLACE A MOTOR MOUNT, AND REPLACE A BELT TENSIONER. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE MILES IT IS NOT HEAVILY USED. PLEASE SEND ANY INFO YOU CAN. THANKS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848431September 22, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711821September 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, SEATS
RE: BRAKES; I GET A THROBBING, PULSING SENSATION EVEN THOUGH THERE IS PLENTY OF PAD LEFT; RE: SEATS; SEAT IS LOOSE AND MANY TIMES THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS COLLAPSED BACKWARD WHEN I PUT SOME PRESSURE ON IT, I.E. PUTTING MY HAND INTO MY POCKET TO GET TOLL BRIDGE CHANGE; RE: RADIATOR; IT IS RUSTED, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE PROPERLY SERVIED THE CAR W/ RCOMMENDED SERVICING (DEALER FOUND THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT WANT FIX)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548579September 21, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER FAILED CAUSING DIFFICULTIES WHEN TURNING KEY WHICH WAS REPLACED SEPT.3,99. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848249September 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND DIES. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848191September 21, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AFTER TURNING VEHICLE ON HAD HEARD A FUNNY NOISE. HAD A TUNE UP DONE ON VEHICLE. THIS NOISE PERSISTED. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR HAD GONE OUT. AIR CONDITIONER WOULD EVENTUALLY FREEZE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548632September 20, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
DURING MINOR IMPACT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY CAUSING FACIAL INJURY AND JAW PAIN TO PASSENGER. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

← Back to Saturn SL