Saturn SL Complaints (1994)

286 consumer complaints on file.

#753787October 27, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896906September 26, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRAVELING AN ESTIMATED 30 TO 40 MPH. DRIVER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO REASON FOR FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752134September 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN TO DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR ANOTHER PROBLEM. DEALER INDICATED THAT MOTOR MOUNT WAS CRACKED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED OR INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND ALL RECOMMENDED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. THIS IS A HIGHLY UNUSUAL SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES FOR FAILURE OF A MOTOR MOUNT. REVIEW OF USENET INTERNET NEWSGROUPS INDICATES THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND WELL-KNOWN TO DEALERS. APPARENT CAUSE IS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, NOW SUPPLANTED BY A STRENGTHENED DESIGN IN THE REPLACEMENT PARTS, WITH NO ADMISSION OF FAULT BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE DEFICIENT DESIGN IN THE ORIGINAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751417August 30, 2001
SEAT BELTS
THE ELECTRONICS FOR THE MOTORIZED SEATBELTS ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE DIRECTLY BENEATH THE DRINK HOLDER. WHAT I AM SURE HAPPENED IS THAT CONDENSATION FROM THE DRINK DRIPPED DOWN AND ENTERED THE PANEL FOR THE SEATBELTS RENDERING THEM INOPERABLE. THEY ARE NOW STUCK IN THE POSITION THAT THEY WERE AT THE TIME AND THERE IS NO MANUAL OVERIDE TO GET THEM BACK TO THE FULLY BACK POSITION. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT RISK TO MYSELF AND THOSE WHO RIDE IN MY CAR. I WENT TO A SATURN DEALERSHIP TO ASK THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THAT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME...THAT IS ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR. THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ROUGHLY 350 DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH I FEEL LIKE IS A DESIGN FLAW. I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS NOT MY FAULT AND IS THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSABILITY.*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
#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
#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
#893081July 19, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT ALWAYS RETRACT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES BELTS HAVE ALSO RETRACTED WHILE DRIVING. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747940July 6, 2001
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
DEALER ADVISED SUN ROOF TRACKS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $500 AND THE SEAT BELT TRACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892062July 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE IN MOTION MOVING APPOXIMATELY 25 MPH, CONSUMER PRESSED ON BRAKES TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, AND BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER USED EMERGENCY BRAKES, AND LOST POWER STEERING. VEHICLE STOPPED BY RUNNING INTO A HOUSE. PEDAL HAS RECOVERED, AND DEALER DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561883July 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, PEDAL WENT SOFT AND THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN 200 MILES ON A HOT DAY PRIOR TO ANY PROBLEM, CONSUMER FEELS HEAT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FAILURE, DEALER FOUND THE MASTER CYLINDER COMPLETELY FAILED. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889424May 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, NOR REDUCED SPEED. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. AFTER THAT MASTER CYLINDER DID NOT WORK. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE ALSO CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#746010May 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I BRAKE IT BRAKES THEN LETS GO AND THEN BRAKES AGAIN AND KEEPS DOING THAT UNTIL I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ALSO WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY TRANSMISSION I THINK JERKS MY WHOLE CAR. AND THAT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN I PUT THYE CAR IN REVERSE. I HAVE TALKED TO 4 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE A '9194 SATURN SL2 AND THEY HAVE ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS. I ALSO GOT TO DRIVE ONE OF THEM AND THERE CAR DOES EVERYTHING MINE DOES AND BOTH OF OUR GLOVE BOX LATCH HAS BROKE AND DOES NOT LATCH.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887956May 10, 2001
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT BACK SLIPS REARWARD, THERE IS RECALL 99V045000/ SEATBACK RECLINERS, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883521March 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND CONSUMES OIL BECAUSE A HEATING CHIP HAS MELTED DUE TO OVERHEATING. MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883590March 20, 2001
SEAT BELTS, POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT WAS DESIGNED WITHOUT A SAFETY FEATURE TO RETRACT BACKWARDS WHEN IT HITS AN OBJECT. ODOMETER WAS FAILING TO REGISTER CORRECT MILEAGE. MECHANIC REFUSED TO DO ANY REPAIRS DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741029February 16, 2001
SEAT BELTS
THE PASSIVE SHOULDER HARNESS MOTOR HAS FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN THE DOORS WERE EITHER OPENED OR CLOSED INTERMITANLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICAL FOR SOME TIME NOW. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT SAID THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS EXPENSIVE SO TRY TO LIVE WITH IT UNTIL IT FAILED COMPLETELY. NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACK WITHOUT IT BEING PUSHED OR PULLED ALONG THE TRACK MANUALLY. THE THE MOTOR DOES RUN BUT THE BELT JUST DOESN'T MOVE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTUER ABOUT ANY TSB'S OR SILENT RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE AND AM AWAITING A REPLY AT THIS TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877995January 11, 2001
POWER TRAIN
ODOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND ADMITTED TO CONSUMER THAT THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN ODOMETERS FROM 1991-1994.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738865January 5, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
HEAD ON COLLISION. MY SPEED 25 MPH, OPPOSING CAR 35-40 MPH. TWO 20 LB SUIT CASES IN TRUNK. LEFT REAR SEAT BACK LATCH FAILED, ALLOWING ONE BAG TO COME FORWARD AND CONTACT DRIVERS SEAT BACK.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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