1999 SATURN SL Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 60-65 MPH STEERING WHEEL WILL START TO SHAKE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM AFTER NINE ATTEMPTS.*AK CONSUMER STATES ROUGH IDLE WHEN WARM. DEALER REPLACED PCM/ECM, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. POWER STEERING FLUID LOW. EXPERIENCING SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING. NOISE FROM GAS TANK WHEN COMING TO A STOP. *TT

PARKING BRAKE FELL APART CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO STREET, THE SPRING FOUND ON THE FLOOR.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE WHEEL LINER BECAME DISENGAGED AND BLEW INTO THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENT ENSUED, A LESSER-SKILLED DRIVER COULD POSSIBLY LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THE LINER WAS DAMAGED WHILE PARKING AT A CURB. I MAINTAIN THAT THIS IS NOT SO, THAT THE MATERIAL IS DEFECTIVE; BUT IF SO, THERE IS AN INHERENT DESIGN FLAW THAT ALLOWS SUCH DAMAGE TO OCCUR BEFORE THE TIRE CAN CONTACT THE CURB.*AK

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SEATBELT DID NOT ENGAGE, CONSUMER SUFFERED BACK AND WRIST INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 2000.00. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED, AND CONSUMER, IN RETURN, REARENDED CAR IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FULLY RECLINED/ SEATBELT POPPED OFF, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ACCORDING TO DIAGRAMMED POLICE REPORT AND PERSONAL PHOTOS TAKEN (I CAN PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL, SATURN SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 80 FT DUE TO LEFT, FRONT BRAKE LOCKING AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE STARTED TO TURN TO RIGHT JUST BEFORE IMPACTING A SUBURBAN REAREND. SATURN DOES NOT HAVE ABS; HOWEVER, AT 35 MPH MOST VEHICLES WILL STOP BEFORE 80 FEET. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF OTHER INCIDENTS. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF HEAVY BRAKE PULSATION CAUSED BY FRONT ROTORS, AND ONE FAILURE OF ABS SENSORS CAUSING ABS FAILURE. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT RECURRING PULSATION PROBLEMS.*AK

VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER ON TWO OCCASIONS, ON FIRST OCCASION, VEHICLE STALLED WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND IT WAS TOWED WHERE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, THE SECOND OCCASION THE VEHICLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TURNED OFF AND ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, DEALER AGAIN COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, DEALER TOOK A BEST GUESS AND REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING OKAY SO FAR. *SLC

VEHICLE BUCKS WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, JERKS BACK AND FORTH. ALSO, LOSES POWER WHEN GOING UPHILL. SHIFTS INTO WRONG GEAR WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL FELT SOFT AND SPONGY, NO BRAKING ACTION. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, WHO DID NOTHING MORE THAN LOOK AT THE BRAKE PADS AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.*AK