Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 10/01/2008 | 81000 | 1 | |
| Within the past few months when i put the vehicle in reverse it jerks violently. this problem is not consistent. i attempted to have it looked at by the dealer they said they couldn't replicate the problem. upon speaking to one of the associates at the dealer they said they think they know what it is ... its a common problem but wait until the car does it regularly and it will cost approx $1200 to fix. this is a known problem and saturn/gm needs to do a recall on these transmissions. *tr | |||
| 10/15/2004 | 1 | ||
| While pulling inside of the garage without warning the vehicle shifted into reverse. the driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle. the driver contacted a mechanic and the mechanic came over to inspected the vehicle. the mechanic informed the driver that the asm-m cable lever for the transmission needed replacement. please fill in additional information. *nm | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 50000 | 2 | |
| While driving at 30 mph the transmission failed without warning. as a result the steering and brakes also failed without warning. please provide additional information. *jb | |||
| 01/23/2004 | 56039 | 1 | 08/07/2003 |
| Explosion in transmission of 1999 saturn sl2. *jb | |||
| 01/11/2003 | 30550 | 1 | 06/11/1999 |
| 1999 saturn sl2 with 30,500 miles transmission exploded. | |||
| 09/01/1998 | |||
| Vehicle bucks when transmission shifts, jerks back and forth. also, loses power when going uphill. shifts into wrong gear while driving. dealer cannot remedy.*ak | |||
| 06/15/1999 | 2 | 04/01/1999 | |
| Second occurrance: 7-26-99 reported trans. bucks when accelerating. transaxle-reset adaptives, said nothing wrong. 08- 25-99 lost reverse gear again..dealer refused to supply paperwork for work performed. said not in computer yet. after 3 calls, mailed hand-written work-order post-marked 9-10-99. to date have not received computer printout. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - FLOOR SHIFT | |||
| 10/28/1998 | 1 | ||
| When floor gear shift is touched or bumped,the shift will pop out of gear suddenly while driving down the road. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 03/12/1999 | 1 | 01/01/1999 | |
| I wish the state had more stringent lemon laws. i will have had to bring my car in for repairs 5 times now, and i feel that is ridiculous for a car ive only had for 6 months. there are problems that exist now and have reoccurred or probably will. saturn should definitely produce but better cars if they want people to buy them... i certainly won't buy another one or any gm product. i have not contacted saturn directly because i know that they won't do anything about it as i had dealings with another saturn. furthermore, bringing the car to the dealer seems to be a hassle. i have to go out of my way to get my lemon car fixed repeatedly for minor problems which are really annoyances. no defect mentioned in summary. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 01/28/2009 | 160000 | 1 | |
| There are pins holding together the differential in manual and standard transmissions. this pin gets worn out and falls out of place causing the differential gears to explode out of the bottom of the transmission causing chunks of metal to fall and hit the pavement leaving hazards on the road way and in the process causes total loss of control by locking up both front tires on the vehicle. i was a victim of this and almost struck a vehicle head on and in the process hit several obstacle before the vehicle cam to rest in a ditch. the vehicle is now at aamco transmission in tulsa ok. all this information about the pins are coming from them. this happens in all 1999 saturn sl and sl2 vehicles with the standard and automatic transmissions. my vehicle is the 1999 saturn sl2 with the sohc 5 speed transmission. if you take a look at complaints there are many bearing the same problems. *tr | |||
| 07/13/2008 | 126000 | 1 | |
| My manual transmission 1999 saturn sl2 1.8 ltr sohc was driving down the road and the shifter went limp. i was almost hit from behind. i found it was the cheap plastic shifter bushing which attaches the shift cable to the stick. i don't have the money to buy the entire cable, saturn does not sell the bushing only, went to a junk yard and got the part for a dollar. *tr | |||
| 08/25/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving fourth gear on the manual transmission doesn't engage properly. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| 1 | 12/18/2001 | ||
| Consumer was informed the transmission fluid was burnt.*jb | |||