1997 SATURN SC1 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THE POWER STEERING SEAL BLEW AND LEAKED ON TO THE GENERATOR. *YD

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE VEERING INTO ANOTHER LANE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK

SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM VEHICLE WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A DRIVEWAY. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED GROUND WIRE FOR IGNITION HAD BURNED OUT AND MELTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT SMOKE ORIGINATED UNDER DASH, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING GROUND WIRE TO SHORT OUT AND MELT, THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE SMOKE, THE 30 AMP FUSE UNDER THE HOOD TRIPPED AS DESIGNED, CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP. *JB

POWER STEERING FLUID PUMP LEAKED, CAUSING GENERATOR TO BECOME INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER PAID HIM BACK $150. PCV VALVE REPLACED. *SLC

REPORTING NO FUSE WAS IN FUSE RECEPTICLE FOR REAR BRAKE LIGHT WHEN DRIVING OFF DEALER'S LOT. *AK *SLC

DIFFERENTIAL PIN IN TRANSMISSION PUT A HOLE THROUGH TRANSMISSION CASE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE IN 1ST,2ND AND 3RD GEARS EASILY,IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. DEALER REPLACED 5 TIMES TRANSMISSION HOUSING ASSEMBLY/SHIFTER CABLE/SHIFTBOARD, AND CLUTCH, BUT DEFECT STILL EXISTS. *AK

PASSENGER SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT FUNCTION AND REPLACEMENT RUBBER MOULDING ON DOOR MELTS ALSO. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED ON FIVE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. *AK THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE AS A FAULTY CRANK ANGLE SENSOR AND BATTERY. LATER ON, THE SAME VEHICLE WAS REPARIED FOR MOTOR MOUNTS AND STEERING PUMP PROBLEM. *YH

NOT FOR SURE IF ORIGINAL TIRES. APPROXIMATELY 6/32" OF TREAD ON THE TIRES. THEY ARE RATED TRACTION "A". ON WET ROADS THEY ARE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. THIS COMPLAINT COMES FROM EXPERIENCE AFTER THE STREET HAS WASHED OFF THE TOP OIL. WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A "MILD" STOP, THE TIRES WILL BREAK LOOSE AND SLIDE. ON CURVES, THE REAR WHEELS WILL SLIDE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CYNTRIPHICAL FORCE. UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP SIGN IN WET WEATHER, THE FRONT WHEELS WILL SPIN WITH OUT MUCH ACCELLERATION. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN PRESENT WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED USED IN 1998. IT APPEARES THE "A" RATING FOR TRACTION IN WET WEATHER, HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED. I HAVE THREE OTHER VEHICLES IN THE HOUSEHOLD WHICH I TYPICALLY USE "B" RATED TRACTION TIRES OF ANOTHER BRAND, AND NEVER HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THEM, BUT WILL WAIT UNTILL COMMENTS FROM THIS COMPLAINT.*AK (TIRESIZE: P195/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/60R15 )