NHTSA Complaint #10284866 — 2000 SATURN LS

I USED THE VEHICLE TO PICK MY SON UP FROM COLLEGE FOR THE WEEKEND, WHEN WE RETURNED HOME HE WENT OUT TO START THE VEHICLE LATER THAT NIGHT IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. ALL ELECTRICAL AND POWER TO THE CAR WORKED, LIKE THE RADIO, LIGHTS, WINDOWS, ETC., BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE REPAIR COMPANY CALLED ME TO INFORM ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD WENT ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $1,500 TO $3,000 TO BE REAPIRED. AS I DID MORE RESEARCH ABOUT THE VEHICLE I CAME ACROSS A FEW WEBSITES THAT HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME VEHICLE AND THE SAME PROBLEMS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOCATING A REPAIR SHOP THAT WILL DO THE WORK FOR LESS THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT QUOTED BY THE REPAIR SHOP, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS JUST PURCHASE ON FEBURARY 13, 2009. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 I CONTACTED SATURN ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE RECALL OF VEHICLES FROM 1999 TO 2003 L-SERIES SATURNS, BUT I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ON THEIR LIST FOR ANY RECALLS, SO I QUESTIONED IF THEY HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, BUT HAVE ME TOW MY CAR TO A SATURN DEALER ABOUT 25 MILES FROM MY HOME AND PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CAR AND THEY MIGHT, "MIGHT" NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME! *TR