Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||
| 03/01/2002 | 4 | 04/24/2000 | |
| Consumer states a/c experienced a funny smell, dealer found corobeal infestation in evap vents, a/c made loud noise when starting vehicle, there is a rumbling sound when recycle button is on and the fan is off, faulty ventilation is causing air to come from the bottom of the front passenger seat. *slc | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - WINDSHIELD - BLOWER | |||
| 12/28/2004 | 62000 | 2 | 05/09/2000 |
| Currently the blower motor for the heater/defroster is not working. i have had many many problems with this car, inparticular with the brakes and steering. the rack and pinion was repaired twice. i have had brakes replaced twice, and recently the brake drums, rotators and pads. i have had the power steering pump repaired and from time to time need to have the steering wheel lubricated when it starts to make noise again. i am wondering if i am the only one with these problems or are others with this same car having the same problems. i do not feel safe when i am driving this car. i have brought it to the dealer many times to have things checked with wheels and steering. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 06/01/2004 | 61000 | 4 | 07/06/2000 |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2000 saturn ls1. the contact states that the electrical components on the driver's side of the vehicle do not work. the windows, the horn, and brakes lights are not working. the brake light problem has been happening for years, but the window, horn, speaker, driver side turn signal, and the dash lights started to malfunction at one time. the consumer indicates when she rolled the driver's side window down and back up that was when every thing quit working. the service dealer stated that each component would need to be replaced. the consumer has contacted the manufacturer.*ak | |||
| 06/12/2005 | 2 | 09/14/2000 | |
| Dt: the power window switches on the driver and passenger front doors failed. the consumer had them both replaced. the passenger side occurred approximately 3 weeks ago, and the driver's side happened on june 12,2005. *ak the master switch was replaced on both front and passenger side windows. *sc *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | |||
| 1 | |||
| The power steering pump was replaced due to noise. and rear mirror view mirror was replaced.*ak *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 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 | |||
| 1 | 02/01/2000 | ||
| The windshield wiper arm and blades were defective. *yh | |||
| 02/01/2000 | |||
| The windshield wipers on my saturn ls1 do not work properly. i brought the problem to the attention of the dealer one week after purchase, and they swapped the driver's side wiper with one from another new saturn ls, but offered no other solution. the blades on both sides scape the windshield, like fingernails scrapping over a countertop. the problem is worse at higher speeds, and the wipers do not clear the windshield effectively. during snowfall, the blades are virtually useless. i believe this is a design flaw; or the windshield is warped. the lack of visibility during rain and snow is a safety problem for this vehicle.*ak | |||