NHTSA Complaint #10265182 — 2002 SATURN LS

SIX DAYS AGO I WAS ON MY TO WORK IN MY 2002 L-SERIES200 2.2 LITER THAT ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT JUST DIED ON ME. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR CAUSE I COULDN'T GET OUT OF TRAFFIC, SO I HAD TO PULL INTO A DITCH. THAT DAY MY UNCLE HELPED ME TOWED IT BACK TO HIS PERSONAL WORK SHOP CAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO WORK ON VEHICLES. HE TRIED EVERYTHING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH WITHOUT GETTING INSIDE THE ENGINE, WELL IT CAME TO THAT. THE TIMING CHAIN IS BROKE AND HE SHOWED IT TO ME AND SAID HE SAID IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LINK WAS WEAK.. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WAS STRETCHED, JUST THAT ONE.. AND BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN BREAKING THE CHAIN OILER IS BROKEN ALSO, THE BOLT HOLDING IT UP WAS COMPLETELY BENT, SO WE THINK THE CHAIN HIT IT.. BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY WAS ALREADY OUT WE WERE GOING TO FIX IT OURSELVES. I WENT TO GO GET A TIMING CHAIN AND THE CHAIN OILER, BUT THE CLERK ASK ME IF SATURN HAD REPLACED YOUR CHAIN OILER? I TOLD HIM NO, AND HE ASKED ME IF MY VALVES WERE BENT BECAUSE WHEN THE CHAIN BREAKS THAT USUALLY HAPPENS. SO I ASKED MY UNCLE AND HE WENT AHEAD TO CHECK AND YES THEY WERE. SO I WENT BACK TO THE CAR PARTS STORE AND TOLD THEM YES THAT THE VALVES WERE BENT.. I COME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE OILER BECAUSE OF A BRASS INSERT THAT IN THE OILER. BUT HE SAID IT WAS ONLY FOR THE 2001 NOT 2002. MY UNCLE SEARCH AROUND IN THE OIL PAN AND HE FOUND PIECES OF THE OILER ALONG WITH A BRASS INSERT, SO I THINK MY CAR WAS ALSO INSTALLED WITH PART. SO THAT'S WHEN I WENT HOME TO GET ONLINE TO DO RESEARCH ON THIS AND FOUND PICTURES OF THAT RECALLED OILER, IT LOOK SIMILAR. AND THEN I FIND OUT THERE ARE SO MANY OWNERS WITH THIS SAME YEAR MODEL THAT ALSO HAD THEIR TIMING CHAIN BROKE.. I CALLED SATURN AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO NOTHING AND PLUS I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS MATTER. MY CAR IS STILL AT MY UNCLES SHOP AND I KEPT ALL THE BROKEN PIECES IN HOPE SATURN WILL HELP WITH THIS MATTER. *TR