Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 08/09/2003 | 45966 | 2 | 01/18/2003 |
| The automatic transmission failure in 5000 miles [no slipping or shuddering fluid not burnt and level has never changed] just quit like that with no warning!! my delemia help!! =i have purchased this vehicle used from the ontario saturn the car appeared to be as new- even the complete engine compartment not 1 trace of dust and it had 40,202- miles on it = i ask how it could be so clean and new looking =reply- that the cars are maintained by there! service dept. car has 45,724 miles on it now and it has no reverse they want 550.00 for labor and 3400.00 for the automatic trans axle i paid $ 8798.00 5 months a go and have no idea that a economical car could be so ---- = ---- expensive!! plus there charging 18 % on my loan so ive only paid 186.00 off the balance of the loan cant afford to fix it . dont know how it happened but my payments are still due ! but i have no trans to make it to work!! please !! help!! *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - BELL HOUSING | |||
| 43000 | 2 | 11/19/2002 | |
| Clutch starts slipping suddenly. dealer and manufacturer were contacted, and were aware of the problem, but there was nothing they could do.*ak while in cruise control at 5mph vehicle will accelerate to 8mph. *ts | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 06/17/2010 | 103000 | ||
| Tl. the contact owns 1999 saturn sl1. the contact stated while driving 45 mph the stick cable that's connected to the stick shift broke causing the vehicle to shifted into neutral. the contact pulled over. the contact was able to drive the vehicle. the contact went to the the dealer to purchase the parts to repair the vehicle and replaced the cable. also while the vehicle was parked the contact applied the emergency brake and while returning to the vehicle the contact notice the emergency brake was disengaged and the emergency brake button was broken. the contact went back to the dealer to purchase a unknown part to replace the button to the emergency cable. the contact stated if the vehicle was parked on a hill the vehicle could have rolled down a hill and caused a crash. the contact stated the manufacturer should issue a recall. the failure mileage was 103,000. jo | |||