1998 SATURN SL Complaints

THE BRAKE ROTORS WARP EASILY, THEY ARE EITHER INSUFFICIENTLY THICK OR COOLED. NLM

WHEN I DON'T LET THE CAR WARM UP FOR A WHILE THE GAS PEDAL STICKS AND WILL NOT COME BACK OFF OF THE ACCELERATION UNLESS YOU PULL IT UP OR IF IT RELEASES FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK (TIRESIZE: P28565/R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P28565/R15 )

REAR LAP BELT DOES NOT LOCK, WHEN PLACING A CAR SEAT IT CAUSES SEAT NOT TO BE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MOVES FREQUENTLY. SATURN SAID LAP BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRAVELING ON I-5 SO @ APPROX 72MPH LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. ORIGINAL STOCK TIRE ON SATURN. LUCKILY VEHICLE DIDN'T FISHTAIL OR GO OUT OF CONTROL @ FREEWAY SPEEDS. SATURN DEALERSHIP REFERRED ME TO FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE CLAIMED NO CREDIT TOWARDS NEW TIRES; REPLACED ALL FOUR AT THIS TIME. TIRE HAD MULTIPLE GASHES/HOLES & TREAD COMING APART. HAD TO DRIVE ON RIM TILL GOT TO SHOULDER 2 LANES OVER. DON'T KNOW IF LUCKY I WAS IN A LOW PROFILE VEHICLE SO AVOIDED THE PROBLEMS THE SUV'S HAVE OR NOT? DUE TO LONG COMMUTES WILL NOT PURCHASE THIS TYPE OF TIRE. HAVE HAD BETTER RESULTS FROM OTHER BRANDS.DAMAGE OF $120 IS ONLY 1/4 COST OF COMPLETE SET OF TIRE REPLACEMENT OF $467.87 PAID. (TIRESIZE: P185/65HR1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/65HR1 )

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARTION: REPORTING TIRES WERE CUPPING AND A FLAT WAS RECEIVED AFTER TWO MONTHS OF PURCHASE ON A 1998 SATURN, SL. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P195/60R15, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. *AK

THIS VEHICLE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. WE WANT TO FIND OUT FOR SURE! NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

NOT LONG AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES MADE NOISE AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE UPON BRAKING. BROUGHT IN THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE AND THEY SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED, THEY CUT THEM DOWN. SINCE THEN THE BRAKES HAVE MADE NOISES AND THE REAR WHEELS LOCKUP UPON INITIAL DRIVING DAILY. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR REGULAR OIL CHANGES, WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISES, AT 10.209 MILES &16,284 MILES, BUT THEY ALWAYS SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOW THE BRAKES ARE STILL MAKING NOISES WHEN YOU FIRST START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, NOW THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES UPON BRAKING, MORE AT HIGHER SPEEDS, CAUSING HARDER BRAKING AT TIMES WHEN QUICK BRAKING IS NEEDED. UPON SLOW ROLLING STOPS, LIKE COMING TO A LIGHT, THE CAR SURGES, LIKE THE BRAKES ARE GRABBING AT CERTAIN POINTS THEN RELEASING. SOMETIMES BRAKING IN NORMAL CITY ROADWAYS, THE BRAKES DON'T RESPOND WHEN QUICK BRAKING IS NEEDED TO AVOID DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. IT'S LIKE THE BRAKE PEDAL IS TOUGH TO PRESS.

THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS. I HAVE SEEN THIS ON RETREADS BUT NEVER NEW TIRES. IT IS AS IF YOU TOOK A KNIFE AND CLEANLY SEPARATED THE TREAD ABOVE THE BELT.( DOT NUMBER: W2EP TIRE SIZE: P175/70R14 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE INFINITY P185/65R15. *AK