NHTSA Complaint #10095901 — 2004 SATURN L300

PURCHASED ON 9/17/04. AFTER 1 1/2 WEEKS, NOTICED THAT HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY DIM ON & OFF EVERY 1/2 TO 1 MILE. TOOK TO SATURN, WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC, THEY CHANGED SUN SENSOR THOUGHT TO BE THE PROBLEM. THIS DID NOT FIX MY PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THAT THE PROBLEM HAS WORSENED. THE SATURN CORPORATION HAS MAINTAINED THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC IN THIS CAR AND REFUSED TO DO ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT BE NOTICEABLE TO ANY TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. HOWEVER DUE TO MY EXPERIENCES AND OTHERS I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET, THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE AND COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LETHAL SITUATION. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT, ANY SATURN WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE HIGHWAYS UNTIL THIS SITUATION IS REPAIRED. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION NOW THAT SATURN OF HARTFORD HAD IN ITS POSSESSION NOTIFICATION SINCE JANUARY 2004 FROM SATURN CORPORATION THAT THE L300 SERIES VEHICLE COULD HAVE THIS FLAW AND THAT SATURN REFUSES TO REPAIR IT. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS SITUATION PRIOR TO BUYING THE CAR BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE CHANGED MY MIND AS TO WHICH VEHICLE I WOULD HAVE PURCHASED. I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT. *JB