NHTSA Complaint #10093363 — 2000 SATURN LS

BOTH REAR LIGHTS ASSEMBLIES SHORTED OUT, LEAVING MY VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY REAR LIGHTING. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THEY KNEW THERE HAD BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE UNITS SHORTING OUT AND THAT THEY WOULD "ONLY" CHARGE $25 PER TAIL LIGHT FOR THE REPLACEMENT UNITS INSTEAD OF THE COTS ($165) FOR EACH. I FEEL THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECALL AND REPLACEMENT- ESPECIALLY IN THE 2000 SATURN WHICH HAS BEEN A COMPLETE 'SAFETY' NIGHTMARE WITH PROBLEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT.*AK