NHTSA Complaint #10267038 — 2002 SATURN LS

I HAVE A 2002 L200 SATURN WHICH HAS 97,000 MILES. THREE DAYS AGO WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A CITY STREET THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO AN EMPTY PARKING METER SPACE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A MERE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE, WHEN I WAS ON A TRAFFIC-PACKED INTERSTATE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE. MY SATURN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEADS. THEY STATED IT WOULD COST ME $2,800 TO FIX THE DAMAGE. THIS MAKES ME EXTREMELY UPSET AS I BOUGHT THIS SATURN BRAND NEW FROM A SATURN DEALERSHIP. I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS CAR AND HAVE PERFORMED ALL THE SATURN REQUIRED MAINTENANCE IN A TIMELY FASHION FROM THE SAME SATURN DEALERSHIP. I FEEL THAT SATURN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FIXING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE PERFORMED SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS REPORTING TIMING CHAIN OR TIMING BELT PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SATURNS. I KNOW ONE RECALL (FOR THE 2001 YEAR I BELIEVE) IS ALREADY IN PLACE. PLEASE START A RECALL FOR THE OTHER YEARS AS WELL. SATURN NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE TIMING CHAIN/BELT PROBLEMS. *TR