Saturn SL Complaints

2,218 consumer complaints on file.

#807755January 16, 1997
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WATER HEATER/DEFROSTER/ VENTILATION FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE THE WINDOWS IN FRONT WILL FOG UP WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING VISION PROBLEMS, TURNED THE SWITCH ON BUT IT WILL NO CLEAR WINDOWS, TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONER TO HIGHEST SPEED AND LEFT IT ON FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#807503January 13, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS AND TURNED THE ROTORS. ALSO WHILE SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE TURNS OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#807165January 6, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS STROKE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE STROKE AN GUARD POLE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE SWERVED IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#807082January 3, 1997
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
VISUAL SYSTEM, WINDSHIELD WIPER ON PASSENGER STOPPED WORKING. DEALER INSISTS IT NEEDS A PLASTIC PART WHICH THEY DON'T MAKE ANYMORE, THE WHOLE WIPER HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#807004January 2, 1997
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
ALL OF THE WINDOWS FOG UP AND THE DEFROSTER DOES NOT HELP, HAS TO CONTINUE TO WIPE OFF WINDOWS WHILE DRIVING, SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THE DEFROSTER IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513269December 30, 1996
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
POOR TRACTION ON WET PAVEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#802660December 27, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE FAILURE, DRIVING AT SPEED OF 15 MPH, FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00, APPLIED BRAKES, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806643December 23, 1996
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
OWNER STATES THAT WHEN LOOKING INTO REARVIEW MIRROR AT NIGHT SHE SEES 24 LIGHTS FROM VEHICLE BEHIND HER AND ALSO FROM THE REFLECTION OF THE LIGHTS ON DEFROSTER PANEL IN HER OWN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806659December 23, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THAN BACKFIRED, FINALLY THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START UP WHEN IT SHUTS DOWN, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT ANY NOTICE AND ANYWHERE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513035December 18, 1996
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#513074December 17, 1996
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT COMPLETELY OUT, DURING SNOWY WEATHER, BEFORE GOING OUT THE SPRAYED ALL THE REMAINING WINDSHIELD WASHER SOLVENT LEFT ONTO THE WINDSHIELD, WIPER MOTOR BURNT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806091December 10, 1996
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN, APPLIED BRAKES (ABS) WHICH FAILED, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT SL2(2ND CRASH); (1ST CRASH OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS MAKING A U-TURN, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#511794December 6, 1996
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE OIL PUMP FAILURE, INTERIOR WARNING LIGHT DIES NOT CORRECTLY INDICATE WHEN THERE IS NO OIL PRESSURE. AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805922December 5, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 60 MPH AND THE CRUISIE CONTROL WAS ON, THE CONSUMER APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A COLLISION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805932December 5, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK VEHICLE IN GARAGE, BRAKES FAILED/WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE WENT THROUGH GARAGE DOOR AND HIT DOOR DIVIDING GARAGE AND HOUSE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805953December 5, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES EXPERIENCES ERRACTIC OPERATION, VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT, PEDAL PULSATES AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. DEALER REALIGNED FRONT SUSPENSION TWICE, BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#511759December 4, 1996
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DOOR CHECK LINKS BROKE SIX TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805725November 29, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BRAKES ARE GRINDING, HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS 3 TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805680November 27, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
OWNER STATES THAT HE HAS DIFFICULTY WITH FRONT SEAT BELTS , HE NOTES THAT WHEN KEY IS OUT OF INGNITION, SEAT BELTS TIGHTEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#511630November 22, 1996
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
SERVICE ENGINE SOON OR OIL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART, REMOVE ENGINE AND REPLACE NUMBER OF CYLINDER AND CYLINDER RINGS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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