Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 10/01/2009 | 125000 | 1 | |
| I own a 2001 saturn l200, about two years ago i replaced my engine due to my timing chain breaking and causing internal damage. i recently had the same problem happen and need to replace the engine again. after researching this problem i found that their are many people with this problem. if saturn knows this situation is such a big problem why cant they be made responsible? i just don't think its right that so many incidents are going unanswered.. thank you for the chance for our problem to be heard. *tr | |||
| 05/15/2009 | 164000 | 1 | |
| My wife was driving to work and the timing chain became defective. i had to load it on a trailer and take it to a garage. the top side of the motor is ruined. i don't know what we are going to do with the car. the sedan is a 2001 saturn l200 with the 2.2 4cylinder. *tr | |||
| 09/06/2008 | 67000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 saturn l200. while driving less than 45 mph, the vehicle stalled and came to a complete stop. there were no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. he was unable to restart the vehicle. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and it was discovered that the timing belt needed to be replaced. the failure and current mileages were 67,000. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 11/26/2007 | 66900 | 1 | 03/07/2002 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 saturn l200. while the vehicle was still in drive, the contact was able to easily remove the key from the ignition. as a result, the vehicle struck two vehicles and caused $2,320 in damages. the manufacturer stated that nothing could be done because the failure was not due to a safety defect. the saturn dealer stated that the failure may have been due to an old steering column and the number of times the key has been used. the failure mileage was 66,900 and current mileage is 68,000. updated 01/29/08 *bf there was no damage done to the consumers vehicle. the consumer discovered he left the vehicle in drive, in though he had removed the key. updated | |||
| 03/17/2006 | 71500 | 1 | 02/28/2004 |
| On march 17, 2006, my wife and i returned home from supper around 8:45 pm. at approximately 9:00 pm, i heard a crash outside. i soon discovered that our saturn had rolled out of the garage and into our neighbors yard across the road. upon inspection inside the car, i discovered the car was not in park, yet the ignition system had allowed me to remove the key. this is a major safety failure. no car should allow a key to be removed from the ignition without the car being in park. as yet, the failure hasn't been corrected since the car is still at the body shop.*jb | |||
| 04/01/2001 | |||
| While accelerating transmission is harsh or fails to shift immediately, resulting in car surging forward. dealer has replaced seals and problem diminished some. problem then came back to pre-repair state- taken to dealership. problem cannot be identified. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 09/06/2002 | 2 | 06/01/2001 | |
| On june 11, 2001 i purchased a new (2001) saturn l-200 4-door sedan at saturn of cerritos, 18400 studebaker road, cerritos, ca 90703. the following problems have occurred: on 6-16-02, i was traveling north on the 405 freeway to woodland hills, ca. the clutch began to fail. i was able to 'limp' to my destination and thereafter had my car towed to saturn of the valley, 15421 roscoe blvd. sepulveda, ca 91343 818-895-3800, where they inspected the problem and thereafter replaced the master clutch cylinder on 6-17-02. thereafter, on 7-14-02, again on the 405 fwy., the clutch completely failed again. i pumped the clutch many, many times and the clutch began to perform normally. the car performed normally until (for the 3rd time) on8-3-02, upon exiting the fwy., the clutch failed again. after pumping the clutch several times it began to perform normally again. (note: my car was serviced on 8-2-02 at saturn of cerritos and no problems were found.) then on 8-25-02, while exiting a freeway, i tried to downshift gears, however it was impossible since my clutch was not working at all! i had to grind the gears, after pumping the clutch repeatedly, it regained 'life', until 9-6-02,friday, on my home from work while on the freeway, i pushed the clutch in and there was absolutely zero clutch, i was forced to drive home in 3rd gear, i made it, from there i arranged to have the car towed to saturn of cerritos where it currently is. they told me they only make 1 out of every 500 l-200's with a 5peed manual transmission, i will appreciate hearing from you with regard to this unusual and frustrating situation. thank you, patrick lira. *ak | |||
| 11/05/2001 | 03/01/2001 | ||
| Clutch / engine vibrations felt in clutch. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 09/06/2002 | 2 | 06/01/2001 | |
| On june 11, 2001 i purchased a new (2001) saturn l-200 4-door sedan at saturn of cerritos, 18400 studebaker road, cerritos, ca 90703. the following problems have occurred: on 6-16-02, i was traveling north on the 405 freeway to woodland hills, ca. the clutch began to fail. i was able to 'limp' to my destination and thereafter had my car towed to saturn of the valley, 15421 roscoe blvd. sepulveda, ca 91343 818-895-3800, where they inspected the problem and thereafter replaced the master clutch cylinder on 6-17-02. thereafter, on 7-14-02, again on the 405 fwy., the clutch completely failed again. i pumped the clutch many, many times and the clutch began to perform normally. the car performed normally until (for the 3rd time) on8-3-02, upon exiting the fwy., the clutch failed again. after pumping the clutch several times it began to perform normally again. (note: my car was serviced on 8-2-02 at saturn of cerritos and no problems were found.) then on 8-25-02, while exiting a freeway, i tried to downshift gears, however it was impossible since my clutch was not working at all! i had to grind the gears, after pumping the clutch repeatedly, it regained 'life', until 9-6-02,friday, on my home from work while on the freeway, i pushed the clutch in and there was absolutely zero clutch, i was forced to drive home in 3rd gear, i made it, from there i arranged to have the car towed to saturn of cerritos where it currently is. they told me they only make 1 out of every 500 l-200's with a 5peed manual transmission, i will appreciate hearing from you with regard to this unusual and frustrating situation. thank you, patrick lira. *ak | |||