Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 10/17/2012 | 102012 | 1 | |
| I had just gone to the gas station to fill up my 2000 saturn lw2 when i was about two blocks from the gas station. i was right around the corner from my house, and had just turned right onto a street with a hill. suddenly, my car started sputtering so i immediately tried to pull over. i wasn't completely out of the street when i suddenly lost all power brakes and power steering going down the hill at 25 miles per hour. i couldn't stop the car so i put it in park, which stopped it instantly, causing my neck to jerk, which has been sore from whiplash for the past four days so far. i had the car towed to the mechanic who found bits of my timing belt all through the motor, which blew the entire engine. after hearing that it would be over $3,000 for a used engine installed, we've been trying to determine our next move, financially. *tr | |||
| 10/17/2012 | 102012 | ||
| I had just gone to the gas station to fill up my 2000 saturn lw2 when i was about two blocks from the gas station. i was right around the corner from my house, and had just turned right onto a street with a hill. suddenly, my car started sputtering so i immediately tried to pull over. i wasn't completely out of the street when i suddenly lost all power brakes and power steering going down the hill at 25 miles per hour. i couldn't stop the car so i put it in park, which stopped it instantly, causing my neck to jerk, which has been sore from whiplash for the past four days so far. i had the car towed to the mechanic who found bits of my timing belt all through the motor, which blew the entire engine. after hearing that it would be over $3,000 for a used engine installed, we've been trying to determine our next move, financially. | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 06/13/2004 | 54050 | 4 | 10/15/2002 |
| At 54,000 miles my water pump, timing belt, engine oil cooler, and power steering pump all failed at the same time. *ak | |||
| 06/05/2001 | 1 | 03/16/2000 | |
| 2000 l2w model. power steering pump is leaking possibly causing a groaning sound after 20 minute cold start. *tt | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 02/08/2001 | 9011 | 3 | 04/12/2000 |
| 2000 l-series wagon has continuing power steering problems. power steering pump was leaking and was replaced 2/01 and again on 8/01 at which time the power steering rack was also replaced. now on 8/03 the power steering rack needs to be replaced again!!!*ak | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION - RACK | |||
| 05/01/2005 | 55000 | 9999 | 10/31/2003 |
| The power steering fails after about 5 mins of operation. the dealer said it was an unspecified failure of the steering rack, and that it would cost $1500 to replace. this has been going on since spring of 05. i contacted saturn corporate directly, but they refused to help with the problem. *nm | |||