Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 12/21/2009 | 76824 | 3 | 03/15/1997 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1996 saturn sl2. while driving less than 10 mph and engaging the brake pedal the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. in order to stop the acceleration, the contact had shift into neutral gear and turn the vehicle off. the vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the contact had the coolant temperature sensor harness replaced. there were no prior warnings. the failure mileage was 76,824. updated 02/17/10. *lj updated 02/18/10 | |||
| 10/13/2002 | 5 | 11/01/2095 | |
| Cruise control failure. random acceleration one to fifteen minutes after cruise control engaged. cc system does not respond to decel button. cc system will disengage with system set to off. acceleration on failure is strong, believed to be a fully open throttle on failure. mr | |||
| 04/26/1996 | |||
| Driver was driving and set cruise control at freeway speed, began to exit, touched the break to shut cruise off, cruise control did not shut off. stood on brake pedal to slow vehicle, removed pressure momentarily and vehicle attempted to accelerate to set cruise speed, turned off cruise at main switch, lost control of vehicle, hit guardrail, and vehicle spun around and had approximately 55mph impact to rear from the guardrail. | |||
| 03/28/1998 | 1 | 05/15/1996 | |
| When turning on cruise control, the throttle stuck, causing vehicle to increase speed, and would not decrease speed when applying brakes. consumer tried to engage / disengage cruise control, but engine continue to run at high rpms. consumer resulted to using heavy braking to control vehicle speed. vehicle was brought to dealer, where mechanic was able to force throttle and replaced cruise control. *ak *tt | |||
| 03/26/1997 | 4 | 08/02/1996 | |
| Vehicle hesitates to start at some mornings/continuously revs at 2500 to 3000rpms and accelerates at all speeds without depressing gas pedal. *ak | |||
| When driving with the cruise control on the car accelerates . please describe. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 09/29/1997 | |||
| While driving the gas pedal fell off of the vehicle . the dealer has replaced the gas pedal. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 06/10/1997 | |||
| Engine idles extremely high, with use of automatic transmission, vehicle resulted in crash. please describe. *ak | |||