Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| I don't own a saturn, but i wanted to report a problem with saturn's daytime running lights (dtrls). their size and positioning pose a safety hazard. expecially early in the evening and when visibility is limited, they are very easily mistaken as regular lights of a very distant car. twice i almost got into an accident, trying to pass some other car, and misjudged the distance to an oncoming saturn who was driving in the twilight and dark, respectively, with only their dtrls. the small, bright, white lights looked *identical* to the headlights of a distant car. only an extremely hard breaking on my as well as the other car's parts prevented a frontal crash at rather high speed (about 50 mph each car). i suggest that you require that dtrls are colored yellow rather than white, and/or repositioned to the outer edges of the car, to allow for better evaluation of distances. the additional cost should be close to zero, but it would prevent virtually any confusion (especially when some of the saturn drivers forget to turn on their headlights because they see sufficiently well with their dtrls). please, please, please, do something. i think it will save lives. check the stats, find out if there are disproportionately many frontal crashes during passing maneuvers involving saturns. i would appreciate some feedback on what you decide to do (both preliminary and long-term), and why. thanks a lot. jan ostermann. *ak | |||
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| Headlights have a daytime glare, impair visibility. *ak | |||