2001 SATURN LS Complaints

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY ACCELERATES AFTER 15-20 SECONDS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE FOR 10-15 MILES BEFORE IT DISENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON DURING THE TIME OF FAILURE. *TC

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. THEN VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART WHEN A JUMP WAS ATTEMPTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE COLLAPSED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK

1) REAR LEFT TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR. RIGHT ONE HAS ALSO FAILED WITHIN THE YEAR. 2) CIRCUIT BOARD SHORTS OUT, RESULTING IN NO BRAKE LIGHT IN FAILED ASSEMBLY WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON.*AK 3)ENTIRE ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED, ROUGHLY A $450 REPAIR. OLD PART IS WITH CARMAX ON SOUTH BLVD IN CHARLOTTE, AS THEY ARE MAKING THE REPAIR TODAY.

AFTER INSERTING IGNITION KEY, THE CYLINDER WOULD NOT TURN THEREFORE NOT ALLOWING THE CAR TO START. TRIED THE SPARE KEY, BUT NO DIFFERENCE. ABLE TO REMOVE KEY AND LUBRICATE IGNITION CYLINDER WITH GRAPHITE. WAS ABLE TO START CAR 1 OUT OF 5 TRIES. CALLED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER HOUSING FAILURE. IN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY FIX WAS TOLD TO "JIGGLE" THE STEERING WHEEL AND LUBRICATE CYLINDER. IN ORDER TO PROPERLY FIX WOULD NEED TO REPLACE IGNITION WITH NEW KEYS.*AK

ABNORMALLY QUICK WEARING OUT OF TIRES. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE VEHICLE BEING SET UP FOR EUROPEAN ROADS AND FOR $800 THEY COULD INSTALL A KIT TO MAKE IT ALIGN CORRECTLY FOR AMERICAN ROADS.*AK I SAID BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A KIT TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT WAS BASICALLY IT. THE OUTSIDE THE SERVICE GARAGE HE FLAGGED ME DOWN AND TOLD ME TO COMPLAIN TO SATURN AND IF THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS IT MAY BE RECALLED.

PETITION FOR DEFECT INVESTIGATION INTO 2000-2002 SATURN L-SERIES LEFT-HAND TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLIES. *BF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES. EACH TIME THE CIRCUIT BOARD AT THE LIGHT SOCKET CONTACT HAD STARTED TO MELT/CORRODE, WHICH CREATED A GAP IN THE CONTACT. *JB

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENABLED, VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES ACCELERATE QUICKLY WITHOUT WARNING. CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT DISENGAGE. WHEN ARRIVED AT DEALER, ENGINE WAS RACING. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM YET CITE THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE AS ONE POSSIBLE SOURCE. *NM

PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED TO LIGHT UPON DEPRESSION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER REPLACED SOCKET WITH PART SN 21019709. FIRM BELIEF THAT THERE IS AN INHERENT DESIGN FLAW IN THIS SOCKET/TAILIGHT CONNECTION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPHAND UPON TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND THE BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE WOULD ALWAYS OVER POWER THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. ALSO, PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND MAKE CORRECTIONS WHERE NEEDED.*AK

REAR TAIL LIGHTS ON MY 2001 SATURN L100 HAVE HAD PROBLEMS. GM RECALLED OTHER PRODUCTS FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE BULB HOLDERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO AND NOW THE DEALER HAS STATED THAT THE ASSEMBLIES ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THESE ASSEMBLIES ARE FAILING SOONER THAN WHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF LIGHTBULBS INTERMITTENTLY WORKING FOR ABOUT 1 AND HALF YEARS NOW. IT SEEMS APPARENT THAT THE SYSTEM USED IS INFERIOR IN QUALITY. *AK