1993 SATURN SL Complaints

THIRD GEAR ACTUATOR IS BURNED OUT DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT IN COMPUTER CONTROL.*AK

METAL FRAGMENT INSIDE FABRIC HAS PUNCTURED THROUGH IT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. METAL FRAGMENT JAMS INTO BACK OF DRIVER WHILE DRIVING. IT'S EXPOSED & HARD TO RECESS BACK WITHOUT RIPPING FABRIC. HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MANUFACTURER. *AK

JUST WANTED THIS IN THE RECORD BOOKS IN CASE OTHERS EXPERIENCED IT. TWICE THIS YEAR, I HAD BLOW-OUTS OF MY FIRESTONE TIRE ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65MPH. BOTH TIMES THE BLOWOUT WAS CAUSED BY THE TREADS FALLING OFF THE TIRE. I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL RECENTLY AND JUST REPLACED THE TIRES. I AM LOOKING FOR NO COMPENSATION. I JUST WANT TO LET OTHERS KNOW THAT I HAD THIS PROBLEM ON MY LITTLE SATURN CAR WITH ITS FIRESTONE TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: P175 70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P175 70R14 )

PE00-020;WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION.TIRE DID NOT WENT FLAT. FIRESTONE, P175/70R14. *AK THE CUSTOMER BOUGHT NEW TIRE AND REPLACED THE FAILED ONE. *YH

BRAKES DO NOT WORK SOMETIMES NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SPEED IS SOMETIMES THEY STOP AND SOMETIMES THEY HIT THE FLOOR.DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHY,APPARENTLY THE ABS SYSTEM RUNS A CHECK WHEN YOU FIRST START YOUR CAR THAT IS WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE DOING WHEN I LOOSE MY BRAKES NO ONE KNOWS WHY

VALVE BODY FAILED - TROUBLE WITH GEARS ENGAGING THEN DURING TOTAL FAILURE, TANSMISSION WENT INTO 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN INCLINE, OR POWER APPLICATION AND SURGED IN AND OUT OF SECOND GEAR (AT HIGHWAY SPEED). VALVE BODY REPLACED - DEALER READILY ADMITS A COMMON PROBELM WITH SATURNS BUILT IN EARLY 90'S. IF GEARS FAIL TO ENGAGE I SEE A SAFETY CONCERN - ESPECIALLY SINCE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ORIGINAL STOCK - THE A SOLUTION TO THIS HAS BEEN ENGINEERED BUT WHY NO RECALL?

THE WINDSHIELD INCREASES AND SCATTERS THE SUN'S GLARE IN LATE AFTERNOONS, EARLY EVENINGS WHEN THE SUN IS LOW IN THE SKY. TWO TIMES I HAVE ALMOST HIT PEOPLE ON BICYCLES BECAUSE I WAS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO SEE THEM.

TWO OF THE FIRESTONE MODEL FR480 TIRES EXPERIENCED BULGES IN THE TREAD CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *MJS

DUE TO THE RECENT RECALL OF SOME OF FIRESTONE TIRES I WANTED TO ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT MY FIRESTONE TIRES WHICH ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCE. I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRES TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE ROADSIDE BEFORE A BLOWOUT OR FURTHER INCIDENT. THE TIRE HAS ABOUT A 36 INCH LONG AND 3 INCH WIDE SECTION WHERE THE TREAD IS MISSING. THE TIRE OVERALL IS ABOUT 8 INCHES WIDE. I ALSO HAVE A FORD EXPLORER WITH WILDNERNESS AT TIRES THAT WERE NOT MADE AT THE DECATER PLANT AND THUS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. ALTHOUGH MY FIREHAWK TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON THEM AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I STILL FEEL THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HAD OTHER TIRES THAT RAN UNTIL THE TREAD WAS BALD AND THE TREAD NEVER SEPERATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT A FIRESTONE TIRE NOT INDICATED IN THE RECALL HAD THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPEN TO IT, I DON'T FEEL THE PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES IS LIMITED TO THE LARGER SUV TIRES. I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED TO INSURE OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES ARE SAFE FOR THEPEOPLE WHO HAVE THEM ON THEIR VEHICLES. MY CONFIDENCE IN FIRESTONE TIRES IS LOST AND I WILL BE REPLACING THE WILDERNESS TIRES EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T COME FROM THAT PARTICULAR PLANT. I STILL HAVE THE FIREHAWK TIRE THAT HAD THE TREAD COME OFF IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PICTURE OF IT I CAN ARRANGE THAT. THE TIRES WERE MADE IN 1995. THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 07-95 IN WYOMING. OF THE 5 YEARS ON THE CAR 2 YEARS WERE IN WYO. AND 3 YEARS WERE IN FLORIDA. THE DRIVING ON THE TIRES IF A GOOD MIXTURE OF HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING. IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME. THANK YOU.( DOT NUMBER: W2V9 TIRE SIZE: P195/60R15 )

ENGINE ACCESS MOUNT COLLAPSED DUE TO AGE AND BECAUSE IT HAS WORN OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND RATTLE BAD. *AK *ML