Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 12/09/2000 | 3 | 07/03/2000 | |
| While driving 55 mph or more vehicle would vibrate. vehicle taken to dealer, consumer was informed that the rear control arm bushing needed to be replaced. *ak consumer states while driving highway speeds, vehicle vibrates, dealer inspected and found all four tires were out of balance, twice at 17748 and 24575 miles. at 40 mph vehicle pops and jerks into gear, whooshing and grinding noise when braking, hearing a clicking noise when accelerating and dealer found power steering pump bad, auto lock not working properly. *yd | |||
| 02/05/2002 | 1 | 07/03/2000 | |
| While accelerating a clicking noise would appear from the right front of vehicle. dealer was notified, and informed consumer that power steering needed to be replaced. *ak there is a rattle noise in dash board. foam tape between clutster and bezel installed. there is a clicking and/or screeching noise while turning left or right and there is vibration coming up through the steering wheel. dealer replaced all four tires along with rear control arm bushings. *tt | |||
| 07/03/2000 | 1 | 07/01/2000 | |
| Vibration at highway speeds 60-70 mph mostly transmitted through steering wheel | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 04/12/2001 | 1 | 04/24/2000 | |
| Consumer states there is a clicking sound from the left front of the vehicle. *slc | |||
| 04/01/2000 | |||
| Front-end vibration at highway speeds. re-balancing and replacing tires has had no effect on the problem. | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER ARM | |||
| 1 | |||
| Left and right lower control arms were defective, causing vehicle to shake at speeds over 45 mph. *yh | |||
| 05/18/2001 | 1 | 02/01/2000 | |
| 1) car shaking problem: dealer replaced lower control arms (right and left) as well as powe steering pump to remedy problem. car continues to shake at most speeds. contacted the manuafcturer, who replied there is nothing else they can do. 2) speedometer: reported problem 4 times to dealership, and dealer claims they cannot duplicate the problem. speedometer making a whining sound at most speeds.*ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR | |||
| 10/28/2004 | 8 | 01/15/2001 | |
| Have owned the car, 2000 ls1, since it had about 8k miles. have had to buy 3 sets of tires so far due to irregular wear. been to saturn dealership and other garages several times about this before finally learning from saturn this past summer that the lower control arms on this make and model are defective and that saturn had put together a shim kit to fix the problem. this solution would cost over $500, especially when you count the four wheel alignment that would also be necessary. also having brake light problems. brake lights don't work when parking lights are turned on. have replaced bulbs several times, particularly the driver side brake light. mechanic cleaned and adjusted the socket's contact points, but 3 weeks later the driver side brake light was not working again. wipers don't get windshield clean, even when brand new. auto unlock stopped working. *jb | |||
| 01/09/2001 | 5 | ||
| Car vibrates at 55 - 70 always. it wears tires out.several new sets of tires worn out. it has had several front end alignments, tire balances. nothing works. ur local saturn dealer recognizes there is a problem and has told me that it needs to have rear shimms installed and that a local auto store can do it at a price of 250.00 per axle! and maybe that willl fix it!*ak | |||
| 02/05/2002 | 1 | 07/03/2000 | |
| While accelerating a clicking noise would appear from the right front of vehicle. dealer was notified, and informed consumer that power steering needed to be replaced. *ak there is a rattle noise in dash board. foam tape between clutster and bezel installed. there is a clicking and/or screeching noise while turning left or right and there is vibration coming up through the steering wheel. dealer replaced all four tires along with rear control arm bushings. *tt | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - AXLE - NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 10/16/2003 | 36800 | 3 | 07/31/2000 |
| I have a 2000 ls1 saturn. i bought it brand new. in the past year i have had to take it in other than for maintenance because something has gone wrong. october 2002- my hydraulics went out of my clutch causing me to be stalled without a car. a few months ago it was recalled due to something gone wrong in the rear axle. so saturn replaced it. on thursday, october 16, 2003, i took it in again because i was hearing a rubbing noise when i made sharp left turns. turns out i need a $1400 new steering rack because there is an internal leak from my power steering fluid. my car only has 36,800 miles on it. but of course the warranty ran out 800 miles ago. i don't think a fairly new car should be having all these problems. *la | |||