2001 SATURN LS Complaints

2001 SATURN LS SEDAN. FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BACK COLLAPSED UPON IMPACT TO LEFT REAR. FRONT PASSENGER WAS KILLED. AUTOPSY AVAILABLE FROM CORONER. ACCIDENT REPORT AVAILABLE FROM COUNTRY SHERRIFF'S OFFICE. CAR STILL AVAILABLE AS INSURANCE HAS YET TO BE SETTLED BUT SUBJECT TO BE AUCTIONED IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. NO AIRBAGS ACTUATED ALTHOUGH SIDE AIR CURTAINS ARE INSTALLED. *AK

MY CAR IS 2001 L 200 AND I HAVE HAD NUMERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH EMER. BRAKE AND STEERING. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STRUAT MOUNT, AND BRAKE ROTERS. I HAVE ONLY 45,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE HIGH REPAIR BILLS. WITH NO HELP FROM SATURN AS OF YET. I STILL AM TRYING. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES LOCK-UP SO THE CLIP END OF THE BELT CANNOT BE INSERTED UNLESS RELEASE BUTTON IS HELD DOWN WHILE THE CLIP IS WIGGLED IN THE SLOT. MAJOR CONCERN IS WHETHER THESE UNITS WILL RELEASE PROPERLY IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT USE THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTY BUCKLING IT. *JB

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEM WITH BRAKES AND WILL PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES, I GOT A STATE INSPECTION OF MY CAR. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE SEVERELY WORN, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. IN ADDITION TO BEING WORN DOWN, THE BRAKE PAD SEEMS TO HAVE NOT FIT PROPERLY AND A "LIP" REMAINED ON THE ROTORS SUCH THAT EVEN IF THE WEAR HAD NOT BEEN SO SEVERE, THE ROTORS WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE NEW BRAKE PADS WOULD WORK WITH THEM.*AK

CONSTANT VIBRATION OVER 70MPH. TIRES REPLACED. SUSPENSION BUSHINGS REPLACED. FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK

BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. BULBS OK. DETERMINED LEFT REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD CIRCUIT SHORT CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE BRAKE LIGHTING, PARKING LIGHTS AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS ON MY 2001 SATURN L200 DIM OR FLICKER. THIS IS A DISTRACTION DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING AND WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. N ONE PARTUCULAR OCCASION I HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN I NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED TO DUE TO THE FURTHER REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AS THE HEADLIGHTS. DIMMED. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT OTHER DRIVERS MAY THINK THAT I AM FLASHING THE HEADLIGHTS AT THEM. THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS DIMMED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. SATURN STATES THAT THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE IS NO REPAIR. *AK

THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING WITHOUT TOUCHING THE PEDAL WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON. PRESSING THE BRAKE AND TURNING OFF CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT STOP THE ACCELERATION. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF. THE PEDAL FELT AS IF IT WERE PRESSED DOWN. UPON RE-START, THE ENGINE REVVED AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED AND IT WAS NOT. SECOND RE-START AFTER ABOUT 3 MINUTES LEFT THE CAR RUNNING NORMAL. *LA

I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP TWO WEEKS LATER. SO FAR I'VE GONE THROUGH 2 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, 2 ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULES. I THINK ONLY ONE COIL, WITH A COUPLE OXYGEN SENSORS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. BOTH OF THE CYLINDERS HAVE GONE OUT ON THE CLUTCH. I'M STILL WAITING FOR SATURN TO CALL ME ON AN AIR CHECK VALVE THAT SUPPOSEDLY FAILED. AS FOR THE POWER LOCKS, THEY JUST SEEM TO LOCK OR NOT TO LOCK WHEN THEY FEEL FIT TO DO SO. I ALSO GET A SERVICE LIGHT THAT COMES ON WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT TO.....