Saturn SC1 Complaints

413 consumer complaints on file.

#8015660August 7, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS
WHILE APPROACHING A RIGHT CURVE AND APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL HARDENED, AND BRAKES FAILED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER MISSED THE CURVE AND DROVE DOWNHILL APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, CRASHING INTO A TREE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#765091August 2, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
AUTOMOBILE WAS NOT RUNNING AND ENGINE WAS COLD, IT HAD ONLY BEEN BACKED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE STREET. IT HAD BEEN SITTING APPROX 10 MINNUTES BEFORE IT BURST INTO FLAMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013833July 15, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
RECLINER MECHANISM ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. MECHANISM DOES NOT HOLD IN PLACE, AND WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING, SEAT WILL FALL BACK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013207July 2, 2002
SEATS
WHILE SITTING IN DRIVERS SIDE SEAT, CONSUMER HAPPENED TO STRETCH WITHOUT WARNING AND SEAT HAPPENED TO RECLINE ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER FOUND RECALL 9V045000 REGARDING SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763712July 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012474June 24, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY RECLINE BY ITSELF WHILE DRVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE SEAT GEAR TEETH ARE WORN EXCESSIVELY. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012217June 20, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
REAR PASSENGER SIDE OUTBOARD SEAT SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT SEATBELT ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012110June 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THERE WAS A CLUNK TYPE NOISE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER NOTICED VALVE SPRING WAS BROKEN. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED. *AK DEALER FOUND SPRING VALVE BROKE, CAUSING THE PISTON TO HIT THE VALVE AND BEND THE VALVE. MECHANIC STATES THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A RESULT OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. SATURN FINALLY AGREED TO PAY A PORTION OF COST TO INSTALL NEW ENGINE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565428June 12, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER STATES DRIVER?S SIDE RETRACTOR FAILED AND WAS FIXED, IT IS STARTING TO FAIL AGAIN, PASSENGER SIDE HAS ALSO FAILED. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE SAFETY BELTS IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR USE AN INFERIOR RETRACTOR MECHANISM, CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE RETRACTING SYSTEM FAILS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AND WEAR THE BELTS, THE BELT GETS SLAMMED IN THE DOOR AND CAUGHT IN THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762391May 29, 2002
SEAT BELTS
I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SEAT BELT FAILURE. BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION, THEY HAVE STOPPED RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE DOOR, AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761090April 23, 2002
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
SUNROOF BLEW OFF WHILE CAR WAS TRAVELING 25 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761042April 22, 2002
SUSPENSION
THERE IS A METALLIC SOUND; A MECHANIC SAID THAT THE DRIVER- SIDE FRONT STRUT MAY BE FAULTY; THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT;;MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BRAKE PADS ARE OK; THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN BRAKING AND WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 55MPH; ANOTHER MECHANIC WILL CHECK THE ROTORS AND FRONT BALL JOINTS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE IS THAT IT SPINS WOBBLY AND THE SURFACE OF THE TIRE IS UNEVEN. TIRES WERE ROTATED AND BALANCED WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS. THE MECHANIC THOUGHT THAT THE STRUT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE TIRE DAMAGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008049April 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON, MECHANIC STATES THE OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NLM SATURN WILL NOT REPLACE OR FIX THE UNIT, ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE A MUFFLER ON THE VEHICLE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564997April 10, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
CONSUMER STATES THE POWER STEERING SEAL BLEW AND LEAKED ON TO THE GENERATOR. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564261February 12, 2002
SEATS
CONSUMER STATES THE CHILD SEAT DOES NOT FIT SAFELY INTO THE VEHICLE, THIS STATEMENT CAME FROM A FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING FOR A REFUND OR FOR AN EQUAL EXCHANGE. *YH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003390February 1, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION HEADLIGHTS SHORT OUT, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003090January 29, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE VEERING INTO ANOTHER LANE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756805January 13, 2002
TIRES
ON MARCH 20, 2001, I PURCHASED 4 EXOCET WYNSTAR 205/40Z/R16 75W LOW PROFILE TIRES FROM REEVE'S TIRE IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI. ON OCTOBER 28, 2001, A FRIEND OF MINE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. WHEN I CONTACTED REEVE'S, THEY TOLD ME THAT I MUST HAVE HIT THE CURB AND CAUSED AN IMPACT BREAK. YET, IF I HAD HIT ANY CURB IN THE TOWN WHERE I LIVE, I WOULD HAVE HAD DAMAGE TO MY WHEEL, SINCE THE TIRES ARE LOW PROFILE. BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE WHEELS, AND THERE WERE NO RUB MARKS ON THE TIRE. I THEN CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AT 1-800-944-8414. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED ON 11/14/01. ON 01/02/02, A DIFFERENT FRIEND OF MINE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BUBBLE AND A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I AGAIN CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY. ON 01/11/01, I WENT TO JOPLIN, MISSOURI, TO REEVE'S TIRE, TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED. WHEN I GOT BACK IN MY CAR, AFTER THE TIRE HAD BEEN REPLACED, I WROTE DOWN WHAT THE MILEAGE WAS ON THE CAR AT THAT TIME. IT WAS 82,280.0. I THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE BACK TO PITTSBURG, KS, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES, I BELIEVE. I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, BEING AS BRAND NEW TIRE WAS JUST PUT ON MY CAR. WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM PITTSBURG, THE SIDEWALL OF THE BRAND NEW TIRE BLEW, THE ONE THAT HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS, OR IF I COULD FIND OUT IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TIRES. SO FAR, I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF THESE TIRES. ESPECIALLY SINCE REEVE'S WAS VERY WILLING TO CHARGE ME $125.00 PER TIRE, IF I COULDN'T GET THEM COVERED BY WARRANTY. I WOULD APPRECIATE A QUICK RESPONSE OF ANY KIND TO THIS. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756528January 7, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD WAS GOOD BUT CAME OFF TIRE. RIPPED MY FRONT FENDER AND PART OF MY FRONT BUMPER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P195/60R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001534January 4, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM VEHICLE WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A DRIVEWAY. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED GROUND WIRE FOR IGNITION HAD BURNED OUT AND MELTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT SMOKE ORIGINATED UNDER DASH, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING GROUND WIRE TO SHORT OUT AND MELT, THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE SMOKE, THE 30 AMP FUSE UNDER THE HOOD TRIPPED AS DESIGNED, CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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