1993 SATURN SL Complaints

I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY 4 TIMES SINCE 08/97 AND THE ALTERNATOR 2 TIMES SINCE 08/97. I SEE RECALL INFORMATION FOR THESE PARTS BUT SATURN SAYS THAT MY CAR IS NOT IN THE VIN SECTION COVERED. I HAVE LOGGED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AS WELL, PLEASE RESEARCH THIS PROBELM FURTHER. AS IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE CAUSING ACCIDENTS BUT FOR SURE IT IS CAUSING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. I HAVE A CO-WORKER WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBELMS WITH THIS CAR.

WHILE DRIVING THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO TECHNICIAN, AND THE GENERATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE DISCUSSED IN RECALL 93V132000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM COULD POSSIBLY BE WITH THE VALVE GUILDES AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OLDER SATURNS. I CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING ON THIS AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP. *AK

THE HEATER CONTROLS STARTED TO SMOKE AND FLAMES BURSTED WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. NO PRIOR WARNING. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS SYSTEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES HEATER SPARKED UP SMALL FLAME AND LOTS OF FOUL SMELLING SMOKE. *JB

SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 1996, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A NUMBER OF REPAIRS DONE TO AVERGING $200. OR MORE . I AM HAVING REPAIRS DONE ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS. I GOT THE HISTORY OF MY CAR AND FOUND THAT IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE THE DAY IT WAS READY TO BE SOLD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

TRANSMISSION HESITATES BEFORE GOING INTO REVERSE AND LURCHES BACKWARD WHEN IT DOES.

I HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME PUTTING CAR IN REVERSE, I BELEIVE BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION...THE REVERSE GEAR TAKES A WHILE TO "KICK-IN". THERE IS A LOUD NOISE (COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHEN I WAS UNDER MY 60DAY WARRANTY ABOUT THE REVERSE PROBLEM (THERE WAS NO NOISE YET) AND HE TOOK IT FOR A RIDE AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG (IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYTIME). NOW, I CALLED HIM AND SAID THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO THE TRANSMISSION AND HE SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER ..AND THE WARRANTY IS UP.

ENGINE BLOCK HAS SPLIT NEAR THE LOCATION OF ALTERNATOR ,CAUSING IT TO BE LOSE AND CUT INTO THE BELT. THE BLOCK BUSTED UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION HAS A PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING, AND SATURN HAS TOLD ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ODD ABOUT IT. NOR IS THERE ANYTHING ODD ABOUT THE ENGINE OVERHEATING DURING BARELY WARM DAYS IN THE SUMMER. POSSIBLY CONNECTED. *AK

THE SHOULDER BELT RETRACTORS ARE JAMMED ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES, LEAVING OCCUPANTS UNPROTECTED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER WENT TO STOP AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. CONSUMER HAD TO JUMP CURB TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLE THAT WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN, BUT THERE WAS A BRICK IN THE WAY, CAR WENT INTO A PEDESTRIAN WALK AREA, AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A VAN. THEN VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK