Saturn SL Complaints (1993)

175 consumer complaints on file.

#539614August 10, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AND PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF CONSUMER. HAD BOTH FRON TAND RAE IMPACT. DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK IN TIME TO PREVENT DRIVER FROM FALLING FORWARD, HITTING HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, SEATBACK COLLAPSED, DRIVER FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD. SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#826118July 31, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537416July 8, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE VALVES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537643June 30, 1998
SEAT BELTS
THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAS FAILED. BOTH HAVE INTERMITTANT PROBLEMS, THEY WILL OPEN AND CLOSE AT WILL FOR NO APPARENT REASON, SAFETY ALARM SOUNDS RANDOMLY ETC. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL SATURN (OF ESCONDIDO) DEALER AND THEY STATE THAT IT IS MAY PROBLEM AND NOT SOMETHING COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAVE OTHER SATURN OWNERS REPORTED PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE? I HAVE CONTACTED SATURN THROUGH THEIR WEB SITE BUT HAVE NOT HEAR FROM THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536982June 22, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
ERROR IN THE SSEMBLY OF THE UPPER FITTINGS TO THE BRAKE LINES CAUSED LOSS OF HYDROLIC PRESSURE WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#824179June 11, 1998
SEAT BELTS
WHEN DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SHOULDER BELT BECAME VERY TIGHT, MAKING IT VERY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF MOVEMENT WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#823424May 18, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE THAT HAD STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BADLY, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#822897April 29, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE PROLBEMS; WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, NO INCLEMENT WEATHER, DRY PAVEMENT. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WITH PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#533747April 4, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED, RESULTING IN OIL LEAK DUE TO IMPROPER MANUFACTURING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#532249March 10, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO GEAR AND HAS TROUBLE GOING INTO REVERSE GEAR DUE TO FAILURE OF THE VALVE BODY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523361January 30, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ALTERNATOR FAILED; ALSO REPLACED ABS BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820329January 7, 1998
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DURING REAR IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#526928December 19, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WILL RUN AT HIGH IDLE AND SOMETIMES WILL STALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819763December 5, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BRAKES HAVE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. HAVE TO BRAKE AHEAD OF TIME TO AVOID ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED AND RESURFACED ROTORS 2 TIMES. TRANSMISSION LEAKING. REPLACED VALVE BODY COVER GASKET. ANOTHER MECHANIC CLAIMS CRACK IN TRANMISSION. FIRST HALF WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND TIME ROTORS/PADS WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. DEFECT IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#525126November 19, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
WHEEL BEARING LOCKED UP CAUSING FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#605517October 20, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SECOND GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#605442October 14, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VALVE BODY FAILURE CAUSING VEHICLE TO TAKE 10-20 SECONDS TO MOVE IN REVERSE GEAR. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523723October 14, 1997
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
HATCH BACK CAME DOWN HARD, CAUSING SEVERE BRUISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#815417August 18, 1997
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
WHEN PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR, CAN GO INSIDE AND COME BACK OUT AND HEAR VEHICLE MAKING A NOISE. HAVE TO JUMP INTO VEHICLE AN AND PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE UP AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS ROLLED INTO THE FRONT OF HOUSE SEVERAL TIMES. LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, RAN INTO GARAGE DOOR AND TOOK HINGES OFF . *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522591August 10, 1997
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT COLLAPSED INTO THE REAR SEAT DURING A REAR END COLLISION, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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