2001 SATURN LS Complaints

THE TIMING CHAIN ON MY 2001 SATURN L200 SNAPPED AT 45,000 MILES. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED, FIRST TO MY MECHANIC AND THEN TO A SATURN DEALER. THE TIMING CHAIN DAMAGED PARTS OF MY ENGINE AND IT COST ME $2200 TO REPAIR. THERE HAD BEEN A TSB TO UPGRADE THE TIMING CHAIN FOR THIS VEHICLE, BUT OWNERS WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT USE THE OLD TIMING CHAIN KIT AS REPLACEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE UPGRADE. SATURN HAS REFUSED ANY MONETARY HELP WITH THIS ISSUE.

DT: THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE FOR THIS VEHICLE. SHE HAS FOUND OTHER INFORMATION THAT STATES THAT THE TIMING CHAIN IS TOO LIGHT FOR THIS VEHICLE. SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT SHE FOUND WAS ACTUALLY FROM SOME OF THE SATURN TECHNICIANS

STARTED VEHICLE AND LEFT GAS STATION WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND DID NOT GIVE ANY DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION ON THE DASH DISPLAY. EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. AFTER SEEING A MECHANIC FOUND OUT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN IS BROKE AND WILL COST ME $3600 TO REPLACE ACCORDING TO THE SATURN DEALER. AFTER LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM AND IS OCCURING VERY OFTEN. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO THE SATURN DEALERS, ACCORDING TO A ARTICLE I READ, THAT STATES THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE OIL SENDING UNIT THAT LUBRICATES THE TIMING CHAIN. THE OIL SENDING UNIT DOES NOT SUPPLY ENOUGH OIL TO THE TIMING CHAIN CAUSING THE FAILURE. SATURN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS ENGINE SO PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE DOES NOT HAVE TO OCCUR THIS KIND OF EXPENSE WITH A CAR THAT ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT.

THE TAIL/BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY 2001 SATURN L200 WORK ON AND OFF, MORE OFTEN OFF THAN ON. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED AT LEAST $350.00 TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS. ONE OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TOLD ME THAT THE TAIL/BRAKE LAMPS WERE DEFECTIVE SO I'M WONDERING WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS OR ACCIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PRODUCT RECALLED. FOR OVER A YEAR I WAS BUYING REPLACEMENT BULBS AND THINKING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING INSTALLING THEM WHEN IN ACTUALITY IT'S NOT THE BULB AT ALL, I'M WONDERING HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE MADE MY MISTAKE.

REAR BRAKES FAILED AND ENTIRE UNITS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGER REAR DISK BRAKES INOPERABLE

I HAVE HAD CONSTANT VIBRATION THRU THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO MY SATURN DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND IS STILL AN ISSUE. THIS MAKES THE CAR DIFFICULT TO HANDLE OR MANUVER ON THE HIGHWAY.

1.) LEFT BAKE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT 3 TIMES IN LAST 6 MONTHS. BROUGHT IT IN TO A SATURN DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A CIRCUIT PROBLEM ON THE TAIL LAMP CURCUIT BOARD. 2.) NOTHING YET, UNTIL I WOULD GET PULLED OVER FOR A TAIL LIGHT OUT 3.) I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS 3 TIMES, THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM. SATURN DEALER SAID THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO HAVE THE CURCUIT BOARD REPLACED, WICH WOULD ROUGHLY BE $140

TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AFTER REPEATED REPLACEMENT. NOTICED SAME MODELS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WITH CONCERNS THAT IT WOULD SOMETIMES ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL AND THEN WOULD CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE WITH APPLICATION OF THE SERVICE BRAKE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND THE POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS CLOGGED. SYSTEM CLEANED AND PROBLEM NEVER RESURFACED.

UPPER PORTION OF STEERING WHEEL SNAPPED OFF COMPLETELY UNDER SLIGHT PRESSURE JUST ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL SPOKES. VEHICLE HAS NEVER SUFFERED ANY COLLISION DAMAGE.