Saturn SL Complaints

2,218 consumer complaints on file.

#751296August 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
SINCE 1999 THE ROTORS ON FRONT HAVE BEEN TURNED AND THEN REPLACED TWICE, ALONG WITH 3 SETS OF NEW BRAKES THAT WERE BAD WHEN TAKEN OFF, ALONG WITH THAT TIRE REPLACEMENT WAS DONE TWICE. NOW THERE IS A SEVERE VIBRATION THEN FOLLOWED BY A LOSS IN POWER AND RPM'S GO CONTINUOUSLY UP AND DOWN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL HARDENS UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895226August 27, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND SLIP RING BROKE . WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED A PROBLEM IN STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER STOPPED TO CHECK VEHICLE ,AND WIGGLED STEERING WHEEL ABOUT 6-8 SECONDS, AND STEERING WHEEL BROKE. CONTACT TECHNICIAN, AND DEALER STATED IT JUST HAPPENED. *AK THE CONSUMER LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE STEERING ASSEMBLY AND ITS RELATED PARTS FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895136August 24, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEATS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED, AND CONSUMER, IN RETURN, REARENDED CAR IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FULLY RECLINED/ SEATBELT POPPED OFF, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750970August 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SEATS
WE MOVED FROM LOUISIANA TO ARIZONA AT THAT TIME WE NOTICED OIL IN COOLANT-REPLACED HEAD GASKET NO NOTICEABLE CRACKS IN HEAD, VEHICLE NEVER OVER HEATED WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. LEFT FRONT SEAT IN A PERMANENT SLANT BACKWARD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750923August 22, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ??? TIRESIZE: P175/70R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750962August 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
ACCORDING TO DIAGRAMMED POLICE REPORT AND PERSONAL PHOTOS TAKEN (I CAN PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL, SATURN SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 80 FT DUE TO LEFT, FRONT BRAKE LOCKING AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE STARTED TO TURN TO RIGHT JUST BEFORE IMPACTING A SUBURBAN REAREND. SATURN DOES NOT HAVE ABS; HOWEVER, AT 35 MPH MOST VEHICLES WILL STOP BEFORE 80 FEET. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF OTHER INCIDENTS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9004330August 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, WHICH FAILED. CAR STRUCK THE CRUB AND A RAILING CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY AND THE SEATBELTS TO LOCK VERY TIGHT. TWO DAYS PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#9004403August 21, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
RIGHT FRONT TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED DURING A 40MPH TURN ON A PAVED MOUNTAIN ROAD, TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 101F. TIRES WERE NOT UNDER INFLATED, THEY WERE ROTATED THE DAY BEFORE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894798August 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH TRANSMISSION BLEW UP, AND SOME PIECES FLEW INTO CAR*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION IS A 5 SPEED MANUAL, THE DIFFERENTIAL WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE INTERNAL PARTS TO VIOLENTLY PUNCTURE THE TRANSMISSION CASE MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WAS JAMMED AND UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750772August 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF HEAVY BRAKE PULSATION CAUSED BY FRONT ROTORS, AND ONE FAILURE OF ABS SENSORS CAUSING ABS FAILURE. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT RECURRING PULSATION PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894384August 15, 2001
SEAT BELTS
MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS ON PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER'S SIDE HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE DRIVING SEAT BELTS BECAME DISENGAGED, NO PRIOR WARNINGS. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750482August 14, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
IN LOW IMPACT REAR-END COLLISION, THE SEAT BACK FAILED, CAUSING THE SEAT BACK (AND THE DRIVER) TO RECLINE ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK SEAT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#894344August 14, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
99 V 045 000/FRONT SEATBACK RECLINERS: VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A RIGHT FRONT DOOR AND RIGHT FRONT WHEEL COLLISION, WHICH CAUSED DRIVER SEAT TO RECLINE BACKWARD, AND DRIVER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#894055August 10, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
WHEN SEAT BELT COMES THROUGH SLIDER TO CONNECT ACROSS CHEST BELT IT IS CUT. .*AK THE BELT MUST BE CUTTING WHEN IT IS PULLED DOWN TO BE FASTENED, THE CUTS ARE NOT NOTICEABLE BECAUSE THEY ARE OBSCURED BY THE SLIDER WHEN THE BELT IS RETRACTED AND OUT OF SIGHT WHEN THE BELT IS FASTENED, THE CONSUMER RETAINED THE DAMAGED PART. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750132August 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH WAS IN PERFECT CONDITIONS, FALIURE WAS IN THE PRESSURE PLATE THAT OPERATES THE CLUTCH. PARTS DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT UN-COMMON FOR MANUAL TRANSMITIONS ON SL1 FROM 96-99 AND WHEN NEW PARTS WERE PURCHASED AT THE DEALER, THERE HAD BEEN A DESIGN CHANGE WHICH INCREASED THE TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR. WHY WAS A NEW DESIGN IMPLEMENTED IF THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OLD ONE. JUST IN HAWAII/OAHU THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT HALF A DOZEN OF LOW MILAGE MANUAL TRANS WITH CLUTCH SYSTEM FALIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893879August 8, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER ON TWO OCCASIONS, ON FIRST OCCASION, VEHICLE STALLED WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND IT WAS TOWED WHERE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, THE SECOND OCCASION THE VEHICLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TURNED OFF AND ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, DEALER AGAIN COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, DEALER TOOK A BEST GUESS AND REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING OKAY SO FAR. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749897August 5, 2001
TIRES
SEVERE TIRE BLOW OUT WITH UNKNOWN CAUSE. TIRE HAD PLENTY OF TREAD AND WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. I HAVE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: PLEP N2KR TIRESIZE: P175/70R14)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749898August 5, 2001
TIRES
SEVERE TIRE BLOWOUT WITH UNKNOWN CAUSE. I RETAINED TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: PLEP N2KR TIRESIZE: P175/70R14)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749859August 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE QUALITY OF THE ROTORS IS QUESTIONABLE AND MAY LEAD TO BRAKE FAILURES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749589August 1, 2001
AIR BAGS
NO,SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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