Saturn SL Complaints

2,218 consumer complaints on file.

#10060590March 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE OIL LEAKING INTO COOLANT RESULTING IN A CRACKED HEAD GASKET. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060524March 5, 2004
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
IF YOU WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE RADIATOR. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT'S PLASTIC? WHERE THIS PLASTIC IS MOLDED TOGETHER THERE IS A CREASE AND IN EVERY PERSON I HAVE SPOKE WITH WHO HAS ONE IT SPLIT OPEN RIGHT DOWN THE CREASE IN WHICH CAUSES WATER AND COOLANT TO LEAK SOMETIMES SPRAY OUT. THIS IS A DEFECT ON THE MANUFACTURES PART AND SHOULD BE REDESIGNED AND REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE, INSTEAD THEY ARE OVER LOOKING THESE PROBLEMS AND SAYING IT'S AFTER WARRANTY. SATURN SHOULD STAND BEHIND THE MAKING OF THEIR VEHICLES AND ADMIT THEIR MISTAKES, BETTER YET CORRECT THEM. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND TO BE WRONG WITH THESE CARS IT'S JUST THE ONLY ONE THAT'S A DESIGN FLAW AND ONLY SATURN CAN MAKE RIGHT. SEVERAL OTHERS I KNOW HAVE GOTTEN NEW RADIATORS AND REPLACED THEM AND STILL THEY BREAK OPEN SAME PLACE. THE TEMP GAUGE DOESN'T SHOW THE VEHICLE RUNNING HOT AND SAYS IN THE MANUAL THAT THE GAUGE WILL DEFAULT AND RETURN TO THE MIDDLE POSITION NOW YOU TELL ME WHAT GOOD THAT DOES FOR TELLING IF YOUR CAR IS RUNNING HOT. COME ON SATURN DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR MISTAKES!!!!!!!! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060196March 2, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
1999 SATURN SL1 -OVERHEATING, WATERPUMP, RADIATOR FAN MOTOR, THERMOSTAT AND COOLANT TEMP SENSOR ALL REPLACED WITH FACTORY PARTS. STILL OVERHEATING. THIS VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED HEAD - SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS EXPERIENCED ON EARLIER MODELS WHER THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO SIX YEARS/100,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044522February 26, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VEHICLE ROTORS ARE WARPED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE ROTORS WARPED SO BAD IN 10,000 MILES THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED. WHEN MANEUVERING AROUND A CURVE THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *PH *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042763February 26, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT/ABS LIGHT, AND BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALER ALL THE DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058980February 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
60,000 MILES ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, IT TURNS OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD A CRACK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE FOR FREE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058981February 25, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED AT ABOUT 25000 MILES DUE TO VIBRATION WHEN STOPPING, THIS WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY, I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ONLY DUE IT ONCE. THE CAR NOW HAS 62000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS THE ORIGINAL PADS, THEY ARE DO NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WEAR. BUT THE ROTORS NEED TO BE TURNED AGAIN, LOOKING AT OTHER PROBLEMS ON THIS SITE, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAD A HONDA WITH OVER 200000 MILES ON ORIGINAL ROTORS?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058977February 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AT 30,000 MILES, WOULD GRIND WHEN SHIFTING TO 2ND GEAR WHEN COLD. THIS WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR NOW HAS 62,000 MILES AND SOMETIMES GRINDS, I AM AFRAID IT IS GOING OUT AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058553February 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY
MANUAL TRANSMISSION LINKAGE BROKE. THE PLASTIC THAT LOCKS THE BALL OF THE LINKAGE TO THE SOCKET OF THE SHIFTER CRACKED, AND BECAME SEPERATED WHILE IN OPERATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058555February 20, 2004
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL
EMERGENCEY BRAKE NON-FUNCTIONAL AFTER 1/8 INCH DAIMETER PLASTIC BUTTON RETAINER BROKE. TS ASSEMBLED SUCH THAT IF IT FAILS IT IS DISENGAUGED, RESULTING IN A CAR THAT CAN ROLL DOWN INCLINES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058564February 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WE HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED ON OUR 2001 SATURN SL2 WITH ONLY 41,500 MILES. THE CAR RECEIVED REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES AND BELIEVE THAT SATURN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053882February 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE ON AND PLACING THE GEAR IN PARK OR NEUTRAL VEHICLE WILL JUMPED FORWARD, DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER OWNS FOUR OTHER SATURN VEHICLES. THREE OF THEM HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR VALVE BODY ASSEMBLIES REPLACED. ALL OF THE VEHICLES HAD UNDER 50000 MILES ON THEIR ODOMETER'S. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049879February 19, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050158February 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH IN FIRST GEAR TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO FOURTH GEAR WITHOUT WARNING, AND CONSUMER TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER SHIFTED VEHICLE TO NEUTRAL, THEN BACK TO FIRST GEAR TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC TRIED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED MUSCLES PULLS, BUMPS, AND BRUISES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10058414February 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
SATURN SL2 1998 - CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057006February 11, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CARIS A 1995 SATURN SL1 WAS BOUGHT IN OCT OF 2002 IT HAD ONLY 38,962 ACTUAL MILES ON IT, WHEN I SEEN THE OVERALL SHAPE OF THIS VEHICLE IT WAS AWESOME, THE LOW MILEAGE WAS THE ULTIMATE REASON FOR BUYING THE CAR ( SINCE ALL I HEARD WAS HOW GREAT THESE CARS RUN) FROM A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN THE AREA IT HAS A SOHC 4CYC. MOTOR,WITHIN 10K MILES OF DRIVING THIS CAR IT STARTED DRINKING OIL UNCONTROLABLY, NOW THE CAR HAS 84K ONIT AND EVERY MONTH IT NEEDS A FRESH SET OF PLUGS IN IT BECAUSE THE OIL CONSUMPTION THAT BLOWS PAST THE PISTONS FOULS OUT THE PLUGS.IN 1000 MILES OF DRIVING THIS CAR IT WILL CONSUME 3.5 QUARTS OF OIL,THE CAR HAS REGULAR OIL CHAGES AT EVERY 2000 MILES(ALONG WITH A CASE OF OIL IN THE TRUNK) NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CAR STILL LOOKS AWESOME...BUT LOVES THAT OIL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057785February 10, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057348February 10, 2004
AIR BAGS
INVOLVED IN TWO COLLISIONS WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NONE OF THE SIDE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. *LA *MR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056916February 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WE EXPERIENCED A DASHBOARD FIRE IN OUR 1997 SATURN SL1 IN THE FALL OF 2003. MY WIFE TURNED THE KEY, STARTED THE CAR, SHIFTED TO REVERSE, AND BEGAN BACKING UP WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, THE CAR JOLTED TO A STOP, AND THE INTERIOR IMMEDIATELY FILLED WITH ACRID SMOKE. THE KNOXVILLE SATURN DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING--NOT CHEAP. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY-RELATED EVENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057822February 10, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS LOCKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Saturn SL