2000 SATURN LS Complaints

THERE IS AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE TAIL LIGHT HOUSINGS THAT RESULTS IN NO TAIL LIGHTS WHEN BRAKES ARE HIT OR HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. *AK

REAR TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED ON 2000 SATURN L-SERIES SEDAN CAUSES ARCING IN BRAKE LIGHT BULB/SOCKET AND CAUSED FUSE TO BLOW RENDERING PARKING LIGHTS INOPERABLE. I HAVE REPLACED THE SOCKETS 3 TIMES AND REPLACED AN ENTIRE LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE RIGHT ASSEMBLY IS ORIGINAL. DEALERSHIP STATED THERE WAS A REDESIGN OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY COST $100 TO REPLACE (I DID THE LABOR MYSELF). THE COST TO REPLACE 3 SOCKETS HAS BEEN AT A COST OF $25/SOCKET=$75 SO FAR. TOTAL COST NEARLY $200 OUT OF POCKET FOR THIS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED, BUT CRUCIAL PART OF THE 2000 L-SERIES SEDAN. *JB

AT 35,558 MILES VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE POWER ASSIST PUMP ASSEMBLY. AT 61,000 MILES PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *TC

BOTH REAR LIGHTS ASSEMBLIES SHORTED OUT, LEAVING MY VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY REAR LIGHTING. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THEY KNEW THERE HAD BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE UNITS SHORTING OUT AND THAT THEY WOULD "ONLY" CHARGE $25 PER TAIL LIGHT FOR THE REPLACEMENT UNITS INSTEAD OF THE COTS ($165) FOR EACH. I FEEL THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECALL AND REPLACEMENT- ESPECIALLY IN THE 2000 SATURN WHICH HAS BEEN A COMPLETE 'SAFETY' NIGHTMARE WITH PROBLEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT.*AK

THE PLASTIC AROUND THE TAIL LIGHTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE MELTED DUE TO BULBS OVERHEATING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM MAYBE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SURGE.*AK

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THE KEY TO TURN IN THE IGNITION. I WAS DRIVING A FEW DAYS AGO, AND THE CAR DIED ON ME WHILE I WAS MOVING DOWN THE STREET. *JB

SINCE CAR WAS BOUGHT PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE CAR GOES CUTS OFF WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. SAID IT WAS A LOOSE GROUND WIRE. THEY FIXED IT AND NOT EVEN TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT DID IT AGAIN. THE IF I WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKES TOO HARD THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT WOULD GO ON. USUALLY THE CAR COMPUTER WOULD NOTE A CODE IF THE SERVICE LIGHT WOULD GO ON IT DIDNT. THEN A PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE STIRRING WHEEL AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT WAS FROM A PIECE OF DUST. NO TWO MONTHS LATER THE SWITCH FOR THE HIGH BEAMS WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF AND THEN IT WOULD STAY ON AFTER YOU SHUT OFF THE CAR. THEY TURN ON WHEN THEY WANT WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG BECAUSE THE AIRBAG STARTED COMING OUT OF THE DASH BOARD. THE DASHBOARD IS ALSO BUBBLING AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE AIRBAG SITS.*AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE MODULES IN THE ENGINE AND THE REMOTES WERE CHANGED BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED CRANK AT TIMES WHICH WAS INTERMITTENT, THE SECURITY AND WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE BODY CONTROL MODULE CAUSED THE INTERMITTENT START, THE PASS LOCK WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE SENSOR(S), THE BCM WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD LOCK DUE TO BROKEN LATCH, AND THE IGNITION COIL BURNED OUT. *SC