2000 SATURN LS Complaints

COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON, AND DEALER DID PRESSURE TEST, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY DEFECT. ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT ENGINE SEALED UP, AND COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. THERE WAS NO INDICTATION LIGHT THAT CAME ON TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES.*AK

WHEN THE VEHICLES HEAD LIGHTS ARE ON, AND THE BRAKE IS APPLIED, THERE IS A SHORT THAT CAUSES THE BRAKE LIGHT TO GO OUT, WHEN THE BRAKE IS NOT APPLIED, THE LIGHT IS ON, BUT MUCH DIMMER THAN THE LIGHT STANDARD ON THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE, A NEW LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS INSTALLED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS, CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A BULB WAS LOOSE AND RESECURED, HOWEVER PRIOR TO LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP CONSUMER FOUND THE BRAKE LIGHT TO BE INOPERATIVE, ANOTHER LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN ORDERED, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A FIFTH TIME TO THE DEALER.*YH

1) CAR SHAKING PROBLEM: DEALER REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARMS (RIGHT AND LEFT) AS WELL AS POWE STEERING PUMP TO REMEDY PROBLEM. CAR CONTINUES TO SHAKE AT MOST SPEEDS. CONTACTED THE MANUAFCTURER, WHO REPLIED THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. 2) SPEEDOMETER: REPORTED PROBLEM 4 TIMES TO DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SPEEDOMETER MAKING A "WHINING" SOUND AT MOST SPEEDS.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR SERVICE , DEALER FOUND FRONT BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REAR DRUMS WERE BLISTERING. BRAKES AND BRAKING DISTANCE SEEMED FINE TO CONSUMER. *AK

NOTICED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2000 THAT DRIVER'S INSIDE DOOR HANDLE CHROME WAS BUBBLING, NOW COATING HAS COME OFF, AND METAL WAS SHARP ENOUGH THAT CONSUMER CUT HIS HAND ON IT. *AK

THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE MOLDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT ABOUT AN INCH OR SO WHERE YOUR FINGERS GET STUCK IN WHEN YOU GO TO ADJUST YOUR SEAT OR DROP SOMETHING ON THE SIDE. MY DAUGHTER GOT HER FINGERS STUCK IN IT SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS MYSELF. YOU HAVE TO PULL THE MOLDING BACK TOWARDS THE SEAT TO FIX IT BUT ONCE THE SEAT IS SAT IN, THE MOLDING SEPARATES FROM THE SEAT AGAIN. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS HAZARD.*AK

MY KEY WAS GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION DURING INITIAL START AND STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE. THE KEY WOULD BE HOT TO TOUCH ONCE YOU TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN YOU SHUT OFF YOUR CAR.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY SATURN LS1 DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. I BROUGHT THE PROBLEM TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE, AND THEY SWAPPED THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER WITH ONE FROM ANOTHER NEW SATURN LS, BUT OFFERED NO OTHER SOLUTION. THE BLADES ON BOTH SIDES SCAPE THE WINDSHIELD, LIKE FINGERNAILS SCRAPPING OVER A COUNTERTOP. THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS, AND THE WIPERS DO NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD EFFECTIVELY. DURING SNOWFALL, THE BLADES ARE VIRTUALLY USELESS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW; OR THE WINDSHIELD IS WARPED. THE LACK OF VISIBILITY DURING RAIN AND SNOW IS A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON. VEHICLE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO START. COMPUTER WILL NOT RECALIBRATE ITSELF. THIS CAUSES MOTOR TO MISFIRE. MECHANIC WOULD RESET COMPUTER, BUT DID NOT HAVE A FIXED REMEDY. COMPUTER WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK