Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | ||||||
| PE05010 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 02/15/2005 | 06/03/2005 | INOPERATIVE TAIL LAMPS | 05V245000 | |
| General motors has decided that a safety related defect exists on certain model saturn sedans and wagons.the plastic housing in the rear tail lamp assembly can become distorted if the brake lamps remain on for an extended time.this can cause (1) an intermittently inoperative brake/tail lamp bulb or (2) a short circuit that opens a fuse causing inoperative brake or tail lamps (including the center high-mounted stop lamp).gm will conduct a safety recall on an expanded scope of saturn vehicles to install a reinforcing socket adapter (and corresponding nw socket) to the back of the existing lamp assembly.general motors will recall 291,652 my 2000-2002 saturn ls sedans and my 2000-2004 saturn lw wagons.the recall is identified by nhtsa number 05v-245. | ||||||
| DP05001 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 02/10/2005 | 02/22/2005 | INOPERATIVE TAIL LAMPS | ||
| On january 25, 2005, a safety defect petition was received by the office of defects investigation (odi), requesting an investigation of inoperative tail lamps on my 2000-2002 saturn l-series vehicles.the petitioner alleges a defect in the design and assembly of the tail lamp assembly circuit board and light socket contact.the petitioner identified 47 vehicle owner questionnaire's (voq's) associated with the alleged defect, and odi concurs that 40 of those voq's satisfy the scope of this investigation.odi has found an additional 10 voq's related to the allegation.odi has granted the petition and opened a preliminary evaluation (pe05-010). | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 07/25/2011 | 94841 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2002 saturn l-series. the contact stated that the instrument panel was inoperable and he was unable to determine how much gas was in the vehicle, how many miles were on the vehicle, how fast he was traveling, or what temperature the vehicle was. the dealer had not been notified. the manufacturer was aware of the failure. the vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. the current and failure mileages were 94,841. bw | |||
| 05/02/2002 | 25000 | 1000 | 03/02/2002 |
| My saturn 2002 l100 has a problem with the headlights, dash lights and turn signals that's been happening for over one year. the headlights and dash lights flicker; turn signals work off an on only. after 5 attempts by the dealer, the problem has not been solved. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 03/03/2005 | 46000 | 4 | 08/28/2003 |
| The car was brought into the saturn dalership in dec 2003 to fix a recall on the electrical system: ignition: module. the recall on our vehicle was closed. the vehicle had not shown any problems since that time until recently, march 2, 2005. i went to start the car on the 2nd of march and the car was difficult to start. once started, the car ran very rough and lost power when i tried to give it gas. when my husband tried to drive the car later, the car backfired and seemed to be missing. we had our mechanic come look at initially that night, and he asked us to bring the car to his shop. although we would have to drive it very slow, he didn't see any reason why the car could not be driven to the shop instead of having it towed. my husband took the car to the shop and en route, the car lost power, the brakes went out, it then began to smoke so much my husband could barely see. he was able to pull the car over and bring it to a stop with the emergency brake. after stopping the car all he could do was get out and run before the car was engulfed in flames. it was a total loss. the recall on the car and the consequences of not fixing the recalled parts reads like a book of the events that occured. the fire is currently being investigated by our insurance company.*ak | |||