2002 SATURN LS Complaints

1)HEAD LAMP DIMMING INTERMITENT ON AND OFF CONDITION (FLICKERING) A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS SUCH AS MINE HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP ON MESSAGE BOARDS EVERYWHERE.) CONSEQUENCES, OTHER DRIVERS ARE THINKING I AM AN AGGRESIVE DRIVER FLASHING MY LIGHTS AT THEM BOTH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE I AM FOLLOWING, LEADING TO THEM LEAVING THEIR HIGHBEAMS ON AT ME. IN THE CASE OF FOLLOWING BEHIND SOMEONE THEY SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TRYING TO FORCE ME TO REAR END THEM. ) HAVE DEALT WITH THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM PERSIST. SATURN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT ACCORDING TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT PERSON A SATURN THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS.*AK I CONSIDER THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME DUE TO THE FALSE PRESUMPTION OF EVERYONE AROUND ME THINKING I AM AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND TURNING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH VIBRATED. DRIVER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

THE TAILIGHT ASSEMBLIES ON THE SATURN L SERIES CARS HAVE A HABIT OF WORKING INTERMITTENLY; THE ONLY REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE LENS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AND IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK MY TAILLIGHTS WORKED INTERMITTENLY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I CHANGED THE BULBS, BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS DEFECTIVE LENSES.

THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED THE HEADLIGHTS TO DIM. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS STANDARD, ALSO, THIS COULD NOT BE FIXED. HOWEVER, SATURN KNEW IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK

THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE OWNER HAS HAD THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS REPLACED ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE DEALER HAS MADE THE REPLACEMENTS BUT THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT SEE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DEFECTIVE REAR LAMPS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE CAR WAS BROUGHT INTO THE SATURN DALERSHIP IN DEC 2003 TO FIX A RECALL ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: MODULE. THE RECALL ON OUR VEHICLE WAS CLOSED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT SHOWN ANY PROBLEMS SINCE THAT TIME UNTIL RECENTLY, MARCH 2, 2005. I WENT TO START THE CAR ON THE 2ND OF MARCH AND THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO START. ONCE STARTED, THE CAR RAN VERY ROUGH AND LOST POWER WHEN I TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS. WHEN MY HUSBAND TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR LATER, THE CAR BACKFIRED AND SEEMED TO BE MISSING. WE HAD OUR MECHANIC COME LOOK AT INITIALLY THAT NIGHT, AND HE ASKED US TO BRING THE CAR TO HIS SHOP. ALTHOUGH WE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE IT VERY SLOW, HE DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN TO THE SHOP INSTEAD OF HAVING IT TOWED. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP AND EN ROUTE, THE CAR LOST POWER, THE BRAKES WENT OUT, IT THEN BEGAN TO SMOKE SO MUCH MY HUSBAND COULD BARELY SEE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND BRING IT TO A STOP WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR ALL HE COULD DO WAS GET OUT AND RUN BEFORE THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE RECALL ON THE CAR AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FIXING THE RECALLED PARTS READS LIKE A BOOK OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURED. THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

2002 SATURN L200 HEADLIGHTS BLINK OFF FREQUENTLY.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR HEADLIGHTS AND ALL OTHER LIGHTS BLINK ON/OFF FREQUENTLY. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *TT *NM

HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS FLICKER OR DIM REPEATEDLY AND/OR FAN SPEED FLUCTUATES RHYTHMICALLY WHILE COASTING OR BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEED. NOT CAUSED BY OTHER EQUIPMENT BEING ACTIVATED/DEACTIVATED, WHICH WOULD CAUSE SINGLE MOMENTARY VOLTAGE FLUCTUATION, NOT RHYTHMIC REPEATED FLUCTUATION. THIS SITUATION COULD BE MISUNDERSTOOD BY OTHER DRIVERS AS FLASHING LIGHTS AS A SIGNAL. THIS SITUATION IS DISTRACTING TO ME AS THE DRIVER AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. I AM CONCERNED WITH CONSEQUENCES TO MY VEHICLE (POSSIBLE PREMATURE ELECTRICAL FAILURE) AND TO DRIVER FROM MISINTERPRETATION BY OTHERS (AS NOTED IN PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS -- POTENTIAL ROAD RAGE, TICKETS FOR OBSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATION, DISTRACTION RESULTING IN ACCIDENT). PROBLEM REPORTED TO SATURN DEALER 2003, WHO SAID IT WAS A KNOWN SATURN PROBLEM WITH NO CURRENT FIX. DEALER SUBSEQUENTLY ENCOURAGED REPORTING PROBLEM TO SATURN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER (11-03), WHO ACKNOWLEDGED IT AS A KNOWN SATURN PROBLEM WITH NO CURRENT FIX. REPORTED PROBLEM AGAIN TO SATURN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER 7-04, WAS ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER 1-12683522, WHICH IS STILL UNRESOLVED. WITH SATURN'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF DISCONTINUANCE OF L-SERIES, I SUSPECT SATURN WILL NOT PUT MUCH RESOURCE ON RESOLUTION. SAME SOUNDING PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY TO NHTSA BY AT LEAST 7 OTHER PERSONS BETWEEN 9-5-02 AND 11-2-04 (COMPLAINTS 10018612 10010867 10016509 10026872 10049765 10099604 10098481). NHTSA ACTION PE03017 OPENED 4-17-03 AND CLOSED 8-15-03 SUMMARILY DISMISSED SOME OF THESE COMPLAINTS AS CAUSED BY VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS CAUSED BY OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BEING ACTIVATED/DEACTIVATED. THIS IS NOT THE CASE!*AK

VEHICLE'S ALIGNMENT WAS OFF, MAKING IT HARD TO MANEUVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SATURN FOR REPAIRS, AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BACK TIRES WERE WORN OUT, AS A RESULT OF AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM.*AK THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON IT'S FOURTH SET OF TIRES. *NM

HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY FLICKER WHILE DRIVING. SATURN TELLS ME THIS INHERENT TO THE VEHICLE. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT W/SATURN WHO SUGGESTS I TALK TO THE SERVICE MANAGER OF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO CONTACT SATURN! THEY BOTH STATE THIS TYPICAL OF THIS CAR. *AK