2000 SATURN LS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POP COME FROM THE ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE , AND MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN.*AK

TAILLIGHTS CONTINUE TO WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY, THEY HAVE BEEN FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTINUE TO MALFUNCTION.

TAIL/BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY 2000 SATURN LW2 INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN MARCH 2000. THEY HAVE ALWAYS WORKED WHEN THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER, SO THE DEALER DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS TEND TO PULSE INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT. OTHER DRIVERS ASSUME THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, AND TEND TO STOP AND PULL OVER UNEXPECTEDLY, WHICH THE OWNER ANTICIPATES THAT AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK..CONSUMER HAS ALMOST BEEN HIT BY 18 WHEELERS TWICE WHEN THEY THOUGHT THAT CONSUMER WAS FLASHING THE HEADLIGHTS TO SIGNAL OKAY TO COME OVER, BUT WAS ACTUALLY BESIDE THE TRAILERS. LUCKILY, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE OVER AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. SATURN CLAIMED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS, AND WILL NOT FIX THEM. CONSUMER DISAGREED CLAIMING THAT PULSING LIGHTS, WHEN VEHICLE WAS CRUISING AT 65 MPH, WAS NOT NORMAL. COULD BE DANGEROUS, AND VERY DISTRACTING. *AK

MY 2000 SATURN LS2 CONTINUALLY SUFFERS FROM FAILING BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM, I REMOVE THE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND CLEAN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. SATURN REFUSES TO CORRECT THIS FAULTY DESIGN WITHOUT CHARGING ME FOR THE REPAIR. MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT SATURN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND REPAIR THIS SAFETY DESIGN ISSUE. *AK

ON TUESDAY MORNING, I TOOK MY 2000 SATURN LW2 TO THE DEALERSHIP IN CONYERS TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. LEFT THE DEALERSHIP, WENT HOME, AND THAT AFTERNOON WENT TO MY CPA'S OFFICE IN ROSWELL. ON THE WAY BACK HOME, NOTICED THE "SERVICE" LIGHT FLASHING. LOOKED AT OTHER GAUGES TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG & WATCHED MY HEAT GAUGE GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RED, AT WHICH TIME BOTH THE LOW-COOLANT & "HOT" LIGHTS CAME ON. MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE. OPENED THE HOOD & FOUND WHAT LOOKED LIKE SANDY-COLORED MUD ALL OVER THE ENGINE, ESPECIALLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER SITTING FOR TWO HOURS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, FINALLY GOT A TOW TRUCK TO COME BRING THE CAR HOME. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE MUD LOOKED LIKE A MIXTURE OF ENGINE OIL & COOLANT. HUSBAND CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL & DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. CAR IS NOW SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT TO DO YET AS IT WILL PROBABLY COST AS MUCH TO REPAIR IT AS THE CAR IS WORTH. HAVE TALKED TO SERVICE DEPT. AT THE DEALERSHIP -- THEY WON'T SEND SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE CAR ("IT'S TOO FAR") AND WE WON'T HAVE IT TOWED TO THEM AT OUR EXPENSE (AND THEY WON'T PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED EITHER). *AK

SATURN LW2 4DR WAGON 2000, WINDSHIELD WIPER MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH BROKE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER EDGE OF THE FRONT DOOR IS A HAZARD. THE EDGE OF THE DOOR IS 56 INCHES FROM THE GROUND AND IS SHARP. *JB

THE CAR ACCELERATES SUDDENLY WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS "ON". BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES SUDDENLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND APPROACHING AN EXIT RAMP FROM A FREEWAY. FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED SPEEDS REACHED 95 MPH, BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT IN SLOWING DOWN VEHICLE. SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND IGNITIN TURNED OFF. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS OFTEN GO OUT WHEN THE BULB IS GOOD. I HAVE REPLACED THE ENTIRE HOUSING ON ONE LIGHT, AND THE BULBS MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW. YOU DON'T KNOW THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING UNTIL SOMEBODY TELLS YOU.*AK

DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A LIQUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DRIVER TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR INFORMATION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO MOLD. *AK AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS ON. *TT