2001 SATURN LS Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 SATURN L200. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I FELT A POP. MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE SPEED AND I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE. I TRIED STARTING THE VEHICLE BUT IT WOULDN'T. I HAD IT TOLLED TO MY GARAGE AT HOME. I HAD A MECHANIC COME OVER THE NEXT DAY AND HE SHOWED ME WHERE THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE. I HAD THE CAR PUSHED TO THE SATURN DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON, TX AND THEY CONFIRMED THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN. THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $2300.00 TO REPAIR IT AND I REFUSED AND HAD IT TOLLED BACK TO MY HOME. *DT

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED THIS USED 2001 SATURN IN 2001. I HAVE PUT 2 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, STEERING RACK, STABILIZER BAR, FRONT STRUTS, HAD A HEAD GASKET MAJOR PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED TWO OTHER NEW SATURN'S WITH NO PROBLEMS...I AM ROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS CAR. ALSO MY DASH LIGHTS DIMMED WHEN SECURITY LIGHT FLASHED ON AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED ALSO MY TEMP GAUGE AND GAS GAUGE WOULD GO FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND THEN BACK QUICKLY. I HAD TO HAVE A MODULAR REPLACED. AGAIN, I AM SOOOOO DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS CAR. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THIS I HAD TWO INLINE FUEL FILTERS AS THE CAR JUST STOPPED WHILE DRIVING...SPEED WENT DOWN AND DOWN AND NOTHING. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN L200. WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH, SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP AT AN APPROACHING STOP LIGHT. THE VEHICLE THEN ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS OF 70 MPH WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. SHE WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY GAS STATION. SHE THEN SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND WITHIN MOMENTS OF RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO EXHIBIT THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HER DEALER WHERE IT WAS EVALUATED; HOWEVER THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO THE OWNER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS 109,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SATURN L SERIES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH; THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DEFECTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 82,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, THEN STALLED. I COASTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. IT WOULD NOT RE-START, SO I HAD MY CAR TOWED HOME WHERE I STARTED TROUBLESHOOTING. AFTER INVESTIGATING, I FOUND IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. THE CHAIN HAD ENOUGH SLACK IN IT TO JUMP ABOUT 6 TEETH. THIS CAUSED A TOTAL LOSS OF COMPRESSION IN ALL CYLINDERS. *TW

I OWN A 2001 SATURN L200, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I REPLACED MY ENGINE DUE TO MY TIMING CHAIN BREAKING AND CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE. I RECENTLY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AND NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AGAIN. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THEIR ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IF SATURN KNOWS THIS SITUATION IS SUCH A BIG PROBLEM WHY CANT THEY BE MADE RESPONSIBLE? I JUST DON'T THINK ITS RIGHT THAT SO MANY INCIDENTS ARE GOING UNANSWERED.. THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE FOR OUR PROBLEM TO BE HEARD. *TR

MY 2001 SATURN L-200 HAD THE TIMING CHAIN BREAK (WITH ONLY 52,000 MILES ON IT). WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, CAR WAS ACTING ERRATIC. MADE ME NERVOUS SO I GOT OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ONTO A SIDE STREET. CAR QUIT IN THE CENTER OF AN INTERSECTION WHILE MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN. FORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OTHER CARS WERE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND GET AROUND ME WITH NO PROBLEM. AS SO MANY OTHERS HAVE STATED, SATURN SAYS MY CAR WAS NOT ONE OF THE ONES INCLUDED IN THEIR PREMATURE TIMING BELT FAILURE RECALL; THEY'D BE HAPPY TO FIX IT, BUT AT MY EXPENSE. I KNOW SATURN IS ON ITS WAY OUT, BUT HOPEFULLY OTHER SATURN OWNERS CAN BE MADE AWARE OF THIS SO THEY CAN HAVE THEIR TIMING CHAINS CHECKED OUT BEFORE THEIR CAR CONKS OUT AND SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

I REPLACED THE HEATER CONTROL SWITCH, BLOWER MOTOR, AND RESISTOR DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE HEATER BLOWER WOULD NOT WORK. AFTER DOING ALL THE ABOVE, THE HEATER STILL DID NOT WORK. IT APPEARS THAT THE WIRING HARNESS BEHIND THE HEATER CONTROL WAS THE PROBLEM. TWO OF THE PRONGS IN THE WHITE PLUG WERE BURNT AND DID NOT ALLOW THE DC ELECTRIC CURRENT TO GO INTO THE HEATER CONTROL UNIT. IT IS LUCKY THAT THE FAN WENT OUT BEFORE IT HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THERE ARE TWO CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THE CAR, ONE 5 YEARS OLD AND ONE 9 YEARS OLD. I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE 40 AMP FUSE DID NOT BLOW EVEN THOUGH THE CIRCUIT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. WE HAD ALREADY CHANGED THE ENGINE 3-4 YEARS AGO BECAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND SATURN WOULD NOT FIX. *TR

SATURN L200 SERIES HAS A RECALL 06074A FOR A FAULTY TIMING CHAIN. THEY FAILED TO NOTIFY ME. MY TIMING CHAIN FAILED LATE ONE DARK NIGHT ON A BUSY INTERSTATE LEAVING ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED IN THE COLD. MY VIN NUMBER FALLS IN THE RANGE OF THE RECALL FOR MENTIONED. SATURN ADMITS THAT MY VIN FALLS IN THE RECALL RANGE BUT CLAIMS MY VIN IS SOMEHOW EXCLUDED. SATURN WILL NOT PROVIDE A LIST OF INCLUDED VIN NUMBERS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ALL SATURNS IN THE VIN RANGE OF THIS RECALL. (1Y504884 ' 1Y559453). IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AND REPAIRED WITH THIS RECALL. *TR

MY 2001 SATURN L-SERIES 2.2L HAD THE TIMING CHAIN BREAK. THIS WAS IN A PARKING LOT. I HAD STARTED THE CAR AND BACKED OUT. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. DIDN'T TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR QUIT. I WAS LEFT CROSSWISE THE DRIVE LANE AND BLOCKING TRAFFIC. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I PROBABLY HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR MORE LIKELY HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR