Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 08/14/2008 | 118000 | ||
| Tl*the contact's father owns a 1995 saturn sl2. the contact stated that after driving the vehicle and attempting to remove the key, the key would not go back to the lock position. the current and failure mileages were 118,000. | |||
| When attempting to start vehicle it would not start. all electrical doors locked in positions, occupant could not exit vehicle/doors could not be manually opened. consumer has contacted dealer in reference to other problem. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 1 | 08/08/1995 | ||
| The alternator failed.*yh | |||
| 03/26/1999 | 365 | ||
| While driving on highway vehicle would shut down after reaching 65mph. also, instrument lights would come on prior to shutting off. alternator was replaced & 2 weeks later the vehicle stalled out again on the highway. had the vehicle serviced on 27 may 1999 & no problem was found at that time. *ak | |||
| 04/30/1999 | 2 | 12/01/1994 | |
| Car has only 38,000 miles on it. in the last 30 days, it's been towed three times. it overheated, the clutch went out and then the alternator went out. | |||
| 04/01/1998 | 08/01/1994 | ||
| The alternator wore out, draining the battery. dealer has a back order of the alternators. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 12/21/1997 | 1 | 11/08/1997 | |
| Battery failed. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 03/17/2004 | 1 | ||
| The owner states that, | |||
| 01/16/1997 | |||
| Electrical starter/ignition malfunction. | |||
| 12/20/1994 | 0 | ||
| Ignition failed. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| No deployment of driver's/passenger's airbags in a front end collision. also ignition/air conditioning and muffler replaced. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||
| 12/28/1994 | 8 | ||
| Starter failed. *skd | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 04/01/2004 | 2 | 12/01/2001 | |
| While driving 60 mph driver noticed that smoke was coming from the hood. the driver was able to pull over to a gas station. opened the hood, and vehicle caught on fire. *ak while driving at 60 mph, consumer noticed an orange glare from the sunroof. it was found that the electrical wires in the front passenger side were not insulated. *la | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 07/03/2000 | 1 | ||
| While driving at about 60 mph heard a rattle. as consumer was pulling over, heard a thump. piston went through the engine block. consumer opened hood and the engine was on fire. took vehicle to dealer, and they were not very helpful. another mechanic said he saw four or five different saturns that had same problem within a month. *ak | |||