NHTSA Complaint #10248886 — 2002 SATURN VUE

I HAD MY 100,000 SERVICE PERFORMED ON MY CAR(2002 SATURN VUE) AND SIX MONTHS LATER (LESS THEN 5,000 MILES) MY TIMING BELT BROKE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65MPH. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO A "POSSIBLE OIL LEAK" OR BECAUSE I HADN'T HAD MY OIL CHANGED SINCE MY LAST SERVICE AND SLUDGE HAD POSSIBLE BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE. WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I NOTED THAT MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN L SERIES AND A FEW VUES. I WAS TOLD TO REPAIR THE TIMING CHAIN, CYLINDER HEAD, AND GASKETS WOULD COST $2600 OR I COULD REPLACE THE ENGINE (NOT SURE OF THE COST OF A USED ENGINE AT THIS POINT). *TR