Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 05/24/2008 | 86757 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 saturn l200. the contact stated that her air bag light illuminated and would not dim. in 2007, she had her air conditioning system serviced, but it continued to fail. she took the vehicle to the dealer several times before the failure was finally corrected. most recently, as the temperature became hotter in her state, the air conditioning failure recurred. the dealer stated that the alternator was the cause of the noise in the air conditioning. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer regarding a timing belt recall. after discussing the failures with the dealer, the contact was informed that they would only repair the air bag failure if she repaired the issue with the alternator. the recall number was unknown. the current mileage was 86,857 and failure mileage was 86,757. | |||
| 08/26/2001 | 2 | ||
| 2001 saturn l 200 series customer states that the car would not start and then after getting a booster the car started smoking and sparks came out of the ignition area**cc the consumer has experienced several problems with the vehicle. the ignition switch had burned out due to the starter being stuck. the dealer had to replace the burned out starter, ignition switch, ignition housing and ignition cylinder. on another occasion, the battery would not hold a charge, and had to be replaced. the air bag light was on, the dealer found a code and the bcm had to be recalibrated. the serpentine belt was replaced. the air condition was inoperable, the dealer stated the ac control had shorted out. *jb | |||
| 02/16/2007 | 64000 | 1 | 03/15/2004 |
| Air bag light on won't go off was in wreck and air bag did not deploy only lit up on dash *jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 04/26/2001 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was traveling at approximately 40 mph when she slammed on brakes, and front of vehicle impacted a tree. when this happened, frontal, driver's and passenger's air bags failed to deploy. rate of incline and location of sensors could have resulted in failure of air bag to deploy. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 02/19/2003 | 64000 | 1 | 03/10/2001 |
| When the ignition was turned on, the side air bags deployed.*jb | |||