Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 11/16/2008 | 150000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 saturn ls1. while parked on the side of the road due to icy conditions, a semi-truck lost control while driving up an incline. the semi-truck was headed directly towards the contact's vehicle, so he jumped out of the passenger side and fell into a ditch. the semi-truck struck the front corner panel of the contact's vehicle and placed a few dents in the door. when the contact jumped out of the vehicle, all of the doors automatically locked and prevented him from re-entering. he sustained hip and minor spine injuries, for which he is currently being treated. throughout the entire incident, the air bags in the vehicle never deployed. he believes that had he remained in the vehicle with the air bag failure, he could have suffered major injuries. he called the manufacturer and was informed that nothing could be done about the vehicle. the vehicle was completely destroyed. a police report was filed. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 150,000. | |||
| 09/08/2002 | 1 | ||
| While driving the vehicle consumer hit a curbed island and the air bag deployed. the dealer has been notified. ts the consumer stated, in turning to find a parking spot, she did not complete the turn and ended up on the island hitting the bottom of the vehicle. the air bags injured both the driver and the passenger badly. *scc | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 07/29/2008 | 93000 | 1 | |
| My 2000 saturn ls1 completely shut down while driving, and never started again. it will cost $2500 for a used motor and installation, plus $175 for the tow and the diagnostics; and now i'm enduring significant transportation challenges without a vehicle. *tr | |||