Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 02/21/2003 | 1 | 01/03/2002 | |
| The vehicle caught on fire under the hood.*jb *ts | |||
| 04/05/2002 | 1 | 11/08/1997 | |
| The consumer added coolant several times but the low coolant light kept coming. the dealer determined the cause to be a cracked cylinder head which was a manufacturing defect that caused the engine oil to be contaminated with the antifreeze. *yh | |||
| 09/15/1999 | 09/01/1992 | ||
| I was told the problem could possibly be with the valve guildes and to see if there was a recall because it is a common problem with older saturns. i can not find anything on this and hope you can help. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Engine valves failed. | |||
| 04/01/1997 | 12/15/1992 | ||
| Cracked engine head. *ak | |||
| 11/14/1994 | 2 | 03/01/1993 | |
| Upper motor mounts failed 2 times. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 09/15/2002 | 2 | 09/01/2002 | |
| Valve train seems to fail at about 95-160 thousand miles with unknown cause. called both dealer and repair shops. both seem to say the same. either valve seats or piston rings fail at these points of milage. between 95,000 to 160,000 miles with unknown cause. some said might be the aluminum head defect, others said that there are stress cracks from the molding of the head. they all say can not really tell until taken apart and visually checked. high cost to do this. but no known recalls on the head defect or valve seat or valve train system. also on the door hinge, the door seals let water down to the hinge and it rots out the hinge on the door, causing the door to fall or rot off. | |||
| 3 | 06/01/1993 | ||
| Engine runs rough, stalling continually. | |||
| 12/08/1997 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle will run at high idle and sometimes will stall. | |||
| 06/08/1996 | |||
| Vehicle was parked on parking lot, left vehicle for a half hour, returned to vehicle, fire & police dept. surrounded vehicle which had caught fire/burned. *ak | |||
| 02/15/1995 | 5 | ||
| Continuous stalling/engine idling high after repeated attempts to repair. *skd | |||
| 02/25/1995 | 5 | ||
| Engine continues to hesitate after repeated repairs. *skd | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE - BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | |||
| 01/26/1996 | 29000 | 4 | 02/08/1993 |
| The alternator belt broke four times since ownership. on one occasion, the consumer was driving at 50 mph and the belt broke, which caused the power steering to become inoperative, and almost resulting in an accident. dealer and the manufacturer have been informed of the problem.*ak the serpentine belt fell off while driving, dealer replaced. *ts *jb | |||