Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 05/01/2008 | 105000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 saturn l200. while driving at any speed or even while the vehicle is in park, the headlights turn on and off, the gauges constantly flash on the instrument panel, the door locks will lock and unlock themselves, and the windows will roll down and back up automatically. the windows are currently inoperative due to this failure. whenever the contact drives the vehicle, he smells burning wires, but there is no smoke. he feels that the vehicle is extremely dangerous to drive. he took the vehicle to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the body control module was the cause of the failure. the contact did not get the vehicle repaired because he believes it should be covered under a recall due to the safety risk involved. the manufacturer stated that the owner was responsible for the repairs. the failure mileage was 105,000 and current mileage was 115,000. | |||
| 05/21/2008 | 47233 | 1 | |
| Sometimes would have a hard time starting the car or the car would not start at all. after about a week,the check engine light and passenger seat airbag light would come on. when these lights were on, the speedometer and tachometer did not work. shortly after that the engine lock light came on and then nothing worked. the defrost front and rear, a/c, heating control, interior lights, airbag failure light lit up, seat belt light lit up and the self locking for the doors did not engage when putting the car into gear. sometimes i would turn the car off and about a half an hour later, the exterior lights would come on all by themselves, sometimes draining the battery if i did not notice this. i felt totally unsafe driving the car when this would happen - i had no safety features to rely on and i did not even know if i would have a car that would run. i took the car to a saturn dealer and had the bcm (body control module) replaced. i also found out that saturn is having a problem with this and i have asked others that own similar saturns also experienced this problem. this was quite costly to replace approximately $600.00 (the cheapest around). others paid more for this repair than i did. *tr | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - CONTROLS/WIRING | |||
| 12/21/2004 | 750 | 1 | 03/18/2003 |
| Temperature control is limited there is no mid point between hot and cold. if temperature is set between 87-90 blows only hot air, if temperature is set from 60-86 blows out cold air. *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - HEATER CORE | |||
| 01/01/2004 | 12646 | 6 | 04/01/2003 |
| 2003 saturn l200 developed problems with the heater system.*mr the vehicle has been in the shop 6 times for climate control system that will not hold a warm setting. hvac was reprogrammed 5 times, however the problem still exist. *tt saturn corporation refused to let the dealer work on the vehicle. the heat would only come on when the climate control was set at 90 degrees. the hepa filter was replaced. when the hvac was set to heat and has been on for a while, it would blow cold air. the control assembly/a/c was replaced. the passenger compartment air filter was replaced. at times, when using the hvac climate control, it would become too hot or too cold and would have to constantly be adjusted. *sc | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 07/02/2003 | 0 | 5 | 07/02/2003 |
| Replaced rear door window regulator and replaced rear door window switch numerous times, yet it continues to malfunction and results in total inability to use rear windows. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 07/10/2005 | 43400 | 2 | 01/21/2004 |
| Preceeding the two electrical fires in my vehicle, i had intermittent issues with shorts in the electrical system (the locks unlocking/locking at random; lights going on and off and the alarm system triggering even when not set). there was also leakage from somewhere in the car (either through the windshield or elsewhere in the front) that was quite noticeable during a heavy storm. earlier this year, i was exiting a parking garage when i first saw and then smelled smoke coming from out of the dash. the electrical wires shorted out and caused a fire that melted a portion of the wiring in the front of the car. the dealership could not repair the car for several days and during a storm two days later, the entire system shorted out again (lights and other components would not turn off) and the battery completely discharged. the dealership determined that the leak was due to a faulty windshield placement and replaced the windshield (and water-tested it) along with the affected wiring systems, the battery and the carpeting. now, just two days ago, i have had a recurrence of the same issue. again, after a heavy storm, i woke to discover that the wiring in the same area of the car had shorted out. this time, the resulting fire melted the plastic housing surrounding the fusebox, and the housing is now a pile of melted goo on the carpet in the driver's side of the car. the dealership has yet to determine the cause of the short. | |||