2000 SATURN LS Complaints

WHEN BRAKING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*AK

FOR THE SECOND TIME POWER STEERING MADE LOUD CLICKING NOISE. ON PREVIOUS OCCASION LAST YEAR, THE POWER STEERING VIBRATED ALSO. AT THAT TIME THE CYLINDER AND MOST OF THE MECHANISMS IN THE STEERING COLUMN WERE REPLACED. *AK

REAR TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKES LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, NEW BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES; CHANGED SOCKETS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT LIGHTS AND SOMETIMES THIS WILL WORK FOR A WHILE. TOOK TO SATURN GARAGE TO CHECK AND THEY CHARGED ME $45.00 LABOR AND $1.25 FOR A NEW BULB. THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WHY THIS PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. I TOOK MY SATURN LS, 2000 INTO THEM TO FIND THE CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT RECEIVED NO RESULTS; UNLESS THEY CONSIDER A NEW BULB A FINAL FIX. BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURED 2 DAYS AFTERWARDS. I SWITCHED THE SOCKETS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN THE REAR LIGHTS AND NOW THEY ARE WORKING BUT FOR HOW LONG I DO NOT KNOW. I JUST FOUND OUT THROUGH MY SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE THAT A RECALL ON EXTERIOR LIGHTING: TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WAS RECALLED IN JULY OF 1999 OF THE 2000 MODELS; I PURCHASED MY LS 2000 SATURN IN APRIL OF 2000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL.*AK

DRIVING HOME I SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. I THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WITH THE CAR OFF THE SMOKE CONTINUED AND THE HIGH BEAMS WERE ON. I DROVE TO SATURN AND THEY FOUND AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE HEAD LAMP SWITCH (P/N 22679804). AT NO TIME DID ANY FUSE BLOW TO PROTECT THE CIRCUIT. I HAVE THE OLD PART AND CAN SEE EVIDENCE OF BURNT/MELTED WIRES. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. 2000 SATURN LS1 VIN [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2000 L-SERIES WAGON HAS CONTINUING POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED 2/01 AND AGAIN ON 8/01 AT WHICH TIME THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS ALSO REPLACED. NOW ON 8/03 THE POWER STEERING RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN!!!*AK

DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOUND ON 2000 SATURN LS1.*MR THE IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED *TS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE. THE BACK DOOR WAS NOT EVEN WITH THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO MOVE ALTHOUGH THE DRIVER KEPT PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKE FAILURE THE CONSUMER VEHICLE HIT A PARKED VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE ABS SYSTEM MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB *CB *NLM

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON MY 2000 SATURN LS FRONT END WORE DOWN BELOW THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED THICKNESS. BEFORE MY BRAKE PADS WORE DOWN TO THE POINT THAT THE WEAR INDICATORS WARNED THAT THE PADS WERE WEARING OUT. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH SATURN CORP, AND THE RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THEM DID NOT SEEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DANGERS OF THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY EMAILS AND SATURN'S RESPONSES, I WILL FORWARD THEM IF YOU PROVIDE ME THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS. THEY ARE TOO LENGTHY TO ATTACH HERE. *AK

PARTS FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH MODULE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, AND THE DEALERSHIP IS NOT SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS.*AK

FRONT END VIBRATION AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FEELS UNSAFE FO DRIVE. VEHICLE BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR 7/16/01. AGAIN ON 6/23/03. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO PERSIST. REQUESTING GM SATURN LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PROBLEM, PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO DEALERSHIPS, AND INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF VEHICLE OWNERS. RECALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.*AK