Saturn SL Complaints (1993)

175 consumer complaints on file.

#871446September 25, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00-020;WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION.TIRE DID NOT WENT FLAT. FIRESTONE, P175/70R14. *AK THE CUSTOMER BOUGHT NEW TIRE AND REPLACED THE FAILED ONE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732365September 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
BRAKES DO NOT WORK SOMETIMES NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SPEED IS SOMETIMES THEY STOP AND SOMETIMES THEY HIT THE FLOOR.DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHY,APPARENTLY THE ABS SYSTEM RUNS A CHECK WHEN YOU FIRST START YOUR CAR THAT IS WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE DOING WHEN I LOOSE MY BRAKES NO ONE KNOWS WHY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730839September 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VALVE BODY FAILED - TROUBLE WITH GEARS ENGAGING THEN DURING TOTAL FAILURE, TANSMISSION WENT INTO 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN INCLINE, OR POWER APPLICATION AND SURGED IN AND OUT OF SECOND GEAR (AT HIGHWAY SPEED). VALVE BODY REPLACED - DEALER READILY ADMITS A COMMON PROBELM WITH SATURNS BUILT IN EARLY 90'S. IF GEARS FAIL TO ENGAGE I SEE A SAFETY CONCERN - ESPECIALLY SINCE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ORIGINAL STOCK - THE A SOLUTION TO THIS HAS BEEN ENGINEERED BUT WHY NO RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730573September 7, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE WINDSHIELD INCREASES AND SCATTERS THE SUN'S GLARE IN LATE AFTERNOONS, EARLY EVENINGS WHEN THE SUN IS LOW IN THE SKY. TWO TIMES I HAVE ALMOST HIT PEOPLE ON BICYCLES BECAUSE I WAS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO SEE THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730143September 4, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554251September 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TWO OF THE FIRESTONE MODEL FR480 TIRES EXPERIENCED BULGES IN THE TREAD CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728431August 19, 2000
TIRES
DUE TO THE RECENT RECALL OF SOME OF FIRESTONE TIRES I WANTED TO ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT MY FIRESTONE TIRES WHICH ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE. I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRES TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE ROADSIDE BEFORE A BLOWOUT OR FURTHER INCIDENT. THE TIRE HAS ABOUT A 36 INCH LONG AND 3 INCH WIDE SECTION WHERE THE TREAD IS MISSING. THE TIRE OVERALL IS ABOUT 8 INCHES WIDE. I ALSO HAVE A FORD EXPLORER WITH WILDNERNESS AT TIRES THAT WERE NOT MADE AT THE DECATER PLANT AND THUS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. ALTHOUGH MY FIREHAWK TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON THEM AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I STILL FEEL THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HAD OTHER TIRES THAT RAN UNTIL THE TREAD WAS BALD AND THE TREAD NEVER SEPERATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT A FIRESTONE TIRE NOT INDICATED IN THE RECALL HAD THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPEN TO IT, I DON'T FEEL THE PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES IS LIMITED TO THE LARGER SUV TIRES. I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED TO INSURE OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES ARE SAFE FOR THEPEOPLE WHO HAVE THEM ON THEIR VEHICLES. MY CONFIDENCE IN FIRESTONE TIRES IS LOST AND I WILL BE REPLACING THE WILDERNESS TIRES EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T COME FROM THAT PARTICULAR PLANT. I STILL HAVE THE FIREHAWK TIRE THAT HAD THE TREAD COME OFF IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PICTURE OF IT I CAN ARRANGE THAT. THE TIRES WERE MADE IN 1995. THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 07-95 IN WYOMING. OF THE 5 YEARS ON THE CAR 2 YEARS WERE IN WYO. AND 3 YEARS WERE IN FLORIDA. THE DRIVING ON THE TIRES IF A GOOD MIXTURE OF HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING. IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME. THANK YOU.( DOT NUMBER: W2V9 TIRE SIZE: P195/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#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
#861905May 15, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
WHILE DRIVING THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO TECHNICIAN, AND THE GENERATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE DISCUSSED IN RECALL 93V132000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721786April 21, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM COULD POSSIBLY BE WITH THE VALVE GUILDES AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OLDER SATURNS. I CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING ON THIS AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859578April 3, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
THE HEATER CONTROLS STARTED TO SMOKE AND FLAMES BURSTED WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. NO PRIOR WARNING. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS SYSTEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES HEATER SPARKED UP SMALL FLAME AND LOTS OF FOUL SMELLING SMOKE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720707March 28, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 1996, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A NUMBER OF REPAIRS DONE TO AVERGING $200. OR MORE . I AM HAVING REPAIRS DONE ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS. I GOT THE HISTORY OF MY CAR AND FOUND THAT IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE THE DAY IT WAS READY TO BE SOLD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720173March 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HESITATES BEFORE GOING INTO REVERSE AND LURCHES BACKWARD WHEN IT DOES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717061January 8, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME PUTTING CAR IN REVERSE, I BELEIVE BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION...THE REVERSE GEAR TAKES A WHILE TO "KICK-IN". THERE IS A LOUD NOISE (COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHEN I WAS UNDER MY 60DAY WARRANTY ABOUT THE REVERSE PROBLEM (THERE WAS NO NOISE YET) AND HE TOOK IT FOR A RIDE AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG (IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYTIME). NOW, I CALLED HIM AND SAID THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO THE TRANSMISSION AND HE SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER ..AND THE WARRANTY IS UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716817January 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE BLOCK HAS SPLIT NEAR THE LOCATION OF ALTERNATOR ,CAUSING IT TO BE LOSE AND CUT INTO THE BELT. THE BLOCK BUSTED UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION HAS A PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING, AND SATURN HAS TOLD ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ODD ABOUT IT. NOR IS THERE ANYTHING ODD ABOUT THE ENGINE OVERHEATING DURING BARELY WARM DAYS IN THE SUMMER. POSSIBLY CONNECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715602December 3, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ALUMINUM ENGINE CRACKED AT MOUNTS ON RIGHT SIDE -- ENGINE IS HANGING
Crash:
No
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
#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

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