2002 SATURN LS Complaints

VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TO CORRECT INTERMITTMENT PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES HEADLIGHTS AND DASHLIGHTS TO FLICKER REPEATED WHILE DRIVING. TO DATE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN ISOLATED OR CORRECTED.*AK

WHEN TRAVELING ON 294 EXPRESSWAY,WHEN STOPING TO PAY TOW CAR DIED OUT AND WOUNLD NOT RESTART. TOWED ATTENNDENT SMELLED FUEL COMING FROM CAR TOW TO SATERN OF ELMHURST WERE TECT NOTED FUEL LINE UNDER VEHICLE WAS BROKEN DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE TO FUEL COUPLING.*AK

THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE SIMULTANEOUSLY. DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY. THE PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK

FLICKERING LIGHTS , INSIDE AND OUT, WHENEVER FOOT IS TAKEN OFF THE GAS SOON AFTER STARTING. USUALLY ONCE OR TWICE A NIGHT. OCASIONALLY EVERY TIME FOOT IS TAKEN OFF THE GAS. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM ,BUT SAYS NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE IGNITION RELAY TO IGNITE THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMED TOTALLY BY FIRE. *AK

WHEN AIR CONDITIONER A/C COMPRESSOR ENGAGES, USUALLY WHEN USING DEFROSTER AS COMPRESSOR TURNS ON AND OFF DURING OPERATION HEADLIGHTS DIM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT MAKES THE CAR LOOK LIKE I AM FLASHING THE HEADLIGHTS (CAN ENRAGE OTHER MOTORISTS, MAKE TRUCKS THINK THEY HAVE A CLEAR SHOT TO CHANGE LANES). *AK

LIGHTS FLICKER UNDER SEEMINGLY NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. COULD OCCUR AS A SERIES OF QUICK DIM/BRIGHT CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. *LA

HORIZONTAL LINES APPEARED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM HEADLIGHTS OF CARS THAT WERE DRIVING BEHIND THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE.*MR *NLM

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKERED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE ONLY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT. THE SUSPENSION LINK WAS REPLACED. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SKIPPED WHEN BEING ROLLED DOWN. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULB HAD BURNED OUT, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT ACROSS THE WINDOW HALF WAY BEFORE IT SQUIRTED ANY SPRAY AND THEN SCRATCHED THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

WHILE BACKING UP, THE ENTIRE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FELL OFF, DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. IF THIS HAD OCCURRED GOING FORWARD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, A FATAL ACCIDENT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE OCCURRED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT PLACE OF PURCHASE DISCOVERED AN INDENTATION ON A FIBERGLASS CROSS MEMBER. THEY CLAIMED THAT CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT WHILE BACKING, EITHER AT TIME OF INCIDENT OR EARLIER, CAUSED SUFFICIENT DAMAGE TO FRONT END TO EVENTUALLY RESULT IN TOTAL FRONT END FAILURE. IN MY OPINION, AND EVEN ASSUMING CONTACT WAS THE CAUSE OF FAILURE, DAMAGE WAS SO MINOR THAT ON ANY SAFELY BUILT VEHICLE, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE GONE UNNOTICED. *AK