2000 SATURN LS Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A TUNE UP AND FOUND OUT THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER HAD GONE BAD DESTROYING MY MOTOR. *TR

ENGINE BEGAN HAVING A SLOW KNOCKING NOISE, PRIOR TO THAT I WOULD HEAR A NOISE OF THE CHAIN SLAPPING, WHICH I WAS EXPLAINED TO BY SATURN THAT THIS WAS NORMAL IN MY VEHICLE. DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME THEN WHILE I WAS PARKING, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND WHEN I GOT OUT - THERE WAS OIL GUSHING FROM UNDERNEATH. PARKED THE CAR AND HAVE NOT REPAIRED IT SINCE... WAS JUST DOING RESEARCH NOW TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT FINALLY THERE WAS ANOTHER ROUND OF RECALLS REGARDING THE ENGINE. I HAVE ASKED MY SATURN DEALER BEFORE ABOUT THIS (WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN BUSINESS) AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY SPECIFIC YEARS WERE COVERED... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE TIMING BELT LOCATED IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN THE ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE, THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION TAKING PLACE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V519000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), DID NOT INCLUDE THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50,000. UPDATED 02/03/12*LJ THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 02/10/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 SATURN L-SERIES SEDAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEAD OF THE ENGINE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TIMING CHAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED AND DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE DAMAGE THE HEAD ON THE ENGINE ALSO HAD TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V519000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE BUT IT DO NOT INCLUDE 2000 MODELS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000 UPDATED 04/19/12*LJ UPADTED 04/27/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UPHILL WHEN THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

HAD THE TIMING CHAIN ON MY 2000 SATURN LS1 SNAP ON ME, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT LATE AT NIGHT AND WAITING MORE THAN AN HOUR FOR A TOW TRUCK TO SHOW UP. REPAIR COST OF THIS PART, WHICH IS MEANT TO LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, RAN $800. A RECALL AGAINST SATURN WAS ISSUED BY YOUR AGENCY BY YOUR AGENCY ON THE 20001 MODEL OF THIS CAR BUT NONE OF THE OTHER YEARS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE MODEL YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2003 ALL HAVE THE SAME DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN AND OILER INSTALLED IN THEM FROM THE FACTORY. *TR

4 CYLINDER SHOT, ENGINE SHOT.THIS 2000 LS2 V-6 HAD THE WHOLE 100,000 MILE MAINTENANCE DONE, TIMING CHAIN BLA BLA BLA.ELECTRIC WINDOWS,4 WAYS HAZARDS, TURN SIGNALS,ENGINE,A/C-HEATER,BLOWER MOTOR,HANDLES BROKE-INTERIOR ONLY,CAR RAN GOOD WHEN IT RAN BUT WHEN IT STOPPED IT ALWAYS COSTS MONEY. *TR

I STARTED THE CAR AND BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN A PUT IT IN FORWARD IT STALLED. IT STARTED AGAIN AND I DROVE TO MY DESTINATION. IT ALSO STARTED AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME. WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO AND FROM MY APPOINTMENT I COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED GOING UP HILLS ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR THE NEXT DAY IT TURNED OVER BUT DID NOT START. FROM THERE ON IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL. MY MECHANIC SAYS THERE NO COMPRESSION ON ANY OF THE CYLINDERS AND IT IS MOST LIKELY THE TIMING CHAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINE BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

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...

2000 SATURN LS TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. ENGINE NOISE FROM RIGHT FRONT, DEALER REMOVED VALVE COVER FOUND PIECE OF TOP CHAIN GUIDE MISSING. DEALER REMOVED FRONT COVER AND FOUND CHAIN TO HAVE EXCESSIVE PLAY. REPLACED TIMING CHAIN, GUIDES AND TENSIONER ASSEMBLY COST OF $846.68 AND LATER DISCOVERED NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE OTHER THEN WITH THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF SATURN LS AND L-SERIES SEDANS AND WAGONS WITH BAD TIMING CHAINS AND NOISE THE ONLY WAY TO NOTICE IT FAILING IS IF YOU REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE CAR AND THE NOISE AND CAN REMAIN UNNOTICED TO AVERAGE OWNER AND PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE TO RESULT. TIMING CHAIN REPLACED AT 72550 MILES. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING, THE TIMING BELT BROKE ON OUR 2000 SATURN LS, AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE. IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE CAR STALLED. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED APPROX. 50 MILES HOME, AND ESTIMATED REPAIRS ARE $1000 FOR PARTS ALONE. *TR

TIMING CHAIN ON MY 2000 SATURN LS1 IS FAILING WHICH COULD RESULT IN ENGINE BEING DAMAGED AND FULL POWER LOSS, WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. MY SATURN HAS THE SAME EXACT TIMING CHAIN AS THE 2001 SATURN LS1 WHICH WAS RECALLED AFTER YOUR AGENCY DEEMED IT SUSCEPTIBLE TO FAILURE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. SATURN REFUSES TO FIX THIS FOR ME AND INSTEAD WANTS TO BILL $400 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. REPAIRING THE FAILING CHAIN, THE DEALER SAID, WOULD COST $900. IT'S A KNOWN DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE COVERED BY SATURN, AS PER YOUR AGENCY'S INVESTIGATION LAST YEAR.*TR

I HAVE A 2000 SATURN L SERIES SEDAN. THE TIMING CHAIN IS MAKING A HORRIBLE RACKET AND OUR MECHANIC INFORMED US THAT IT MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,200. IF WE DON'T REPLACE IT, THE CHAIN COULD BREAK, CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND COULD LEAVE US STRANDED OR EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO WAY TO GET OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I'VE NOTICED THAT THE NHTSA ADMINISTRATION HAS A RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER OF 07V519000 (AND ACTION NUMBER - EA06009) UNDER WHICH SATURN WAS REQUIRED TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR 2001 MODEL YEAR L SERIES SEDANS WITH THIS VERY SAME ISSUE. I DON'T SEE WHY MY CAR SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS WELL SINCE IT IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND COULD CAUSE THE EXACT SAME DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE APPEARS TO BE THAT THE RECALL IS LIMITED TO MODEL YEAR 2001 AND MY CAR...

TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND ENGINE HAD TO BASICALLY BE REBUILT. *TR

SATURN 2000 LS TIMING CHAIN I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2000. I GOT STUCK YESTERDAY AND AAA HAD TO TOW IT. MECHANIC SAYS IT'S TIMING CHAIN. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIMING CHAIN SINCE I BOUGHT IT. LAST ONE WAS REPLACED AT 52,000 MILES IN MARCH 2006. NOW I HAVE 66,000 MILES AND IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS TOLD LAST TIME, A TIMING CHAIN SHOULD LAST A MINIMUM OF 100,000 MILES. IT COST ME ALMOST 3,000. LAST TIME. MY DEALERSHIP, SATURN OF STAMFORD IS NOW CLOSED. I WILL HAVE IT TOWED TO SATURN OF FAIRFIELD. THIS TYPE OF THING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AFTER ONLY 66,000 MILES. I'VE KEPT UP WITH MAINTENANCE AND MY OIL AND FILTER WAS CHANGED JUST ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. I FEEL SATURN SHOULD COVER THIS REPAIR, AND PROVIDE ME WITH A RENTAL. *TR

THERE WAS NO WARNING., NO NOISE, NO WARNING LIGHTS. THE CAR DID NOT START IN THE MORNING SATURN SAID THE CHAIN BELT BROKE AND DAMAGED ENGINE. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE TIMING BELT AND IT'S POOR DESIGN. GM HAS DENIED ANY COMPLAINTS AND STATED THAT ODI PUBLISHES BOGUS REPORTS. *TR

I WENT TO START MY 2000 SATURN AND IT DID NOT START. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM OR WARNING THE DAY BEFORE, SATURN OF RAMSEY SAID THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND CAUSED OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS AND QUOTED A PRICE OF ALMOST 3,000. AFTER READING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM YOU, I CALLED GM. THEY SAID ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET WAS "BOGUS" AND NOT TRUE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD OFFER NO HELP. I ALWAYS DID REGULAR OIL CHANGES. I NEED HELP PLEASE..THANK YOU. *TR

2000 SATURN L-SERIES TIMMING CHAIN BROKE ENGINE NO GOOD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN LED TO ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $2,300. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 89,000.

I WAS PICKING MY KIDS UP FROM THE BABYSITTERS WHEN I HEARD A TICKING NOISE. LET ME REMIND YOU THAT I HADN'T ANY ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS DAY. ANYWAY, I HEARD THE TICKING NOISE AS I WAS PULLING UP TO THE SITTERS HOUSE AND CUT MY CAR OFF. RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE NOISE WAS LOUDER. TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING CHAIN WAS BROKEN AND THAT MY ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER SATURN BECAUSE MY CAR ONLY HAS 70K MILES. IT'S A 2000 SATURN LS2 AND IT WAS RUNNING FINE UP UNTIL THIS DATE. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENED AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY $3600 OUT MY POCKET BUT SATURN WILL TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MAJOR PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP ME...

MY MECHANIC GAVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT A RECALL THAT IS BEING DONE ON 2000 AND UP SATURNS ON THE TIMING CHAIN, HOWEVER SATURN HAS YET TO ACCEPT THAT AS A RECALL. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE FROM NHTSA AND THEY DIRECTED ME TO SATURN WHO AGAIN DIRECTED ME BACK HERE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE RECALLED. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2000 SATURN LS2 AT 30 MPH, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED AND WOULD NOT START. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE WAS NO COMPRESSION WHEN TURNING OVER THE VEHICLE. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THAT THE TENSIONER ARM HOLDING THE TIMING BELT SHATTERED. THE TIMING BELT ON THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP 18 MONTHS PRIOR. LUCKILY, MY SON WAS ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED RESIDENTIAL STREET AT THE TIME OF THE MALFUNCTION AND WAS NOT INJURED NOR WERE HIS PASSENGERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L-SERIES WAGON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SLIPPED ON THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL FOR THE 2001 SATURN L-SERIES DESCRIBED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE SHE WAS EXPERIENCING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $900; HOWEVER, SATURN OFFERED TO TAKE $100 OFF THE COST BECAUSE THE FAILURES WERE RECOGNIZED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR OF THE SATURN L-SERIES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 90,000. UPDATED 11/26/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/01/08. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR MADE A STUTTERING NOISE. I PULLED OVER - LUCKILY NEAR A SERVICE STATION AND THEY DISCOVERED THE TIMING CHAIN HAD SNAPPED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 SATURN LW2. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL WOULD ILLUMINATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER SEVERELY REDUCING SPEED AND POWER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS A FAILED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE RECALLS AND DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURES NOTED IN RECALL # 03V231000. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT ALL REPAIRS WOULD BE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

TIMING CHAIN BROKE ON 2000 SATURN L200 CAUSING BENT RODS AND ENGINE FAILURE. SATURN ESTIMATES COST OF REPAIRS TO BE $2000-3000. I HAVE BEEN READING OF THE CURRENT NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF 1999-2003 SATURNS AND THE HIGH OCCURRENCE OF TIMING CHAIN FAILURES. I DO HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE FOR SATURN TO RECALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TR

TIMING CHAIN FAILURE ON 2000 SATURN LS1 MODEL. FAILURE CAME UNEXPECTEDLY. LOOKING INTO IT, I FOUND DOZENS OF OTHER SATURN OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SIMPLE FAILURE HAS DAMAGED MY ENGINE. I AM FACING A MINIMUM OF $2600 IN REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. MECHANICS I HAVE CONSULTED STATE THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN MANY TIMES BEFORE. *TR

MY 2000 SATURN LS1 WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE. I CAME BACK TO MY CAR AFTER WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A SATURN DEALERSHIP, WHO THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A FAULTY TIMING CHAIN. *TR

2000 SATURN LS1 TIMING CHAIN FAILED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED AND BENT THE VALVES AND THE HEAD. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V579000 (POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT) WAS REFERENCED FOR THE 2001 SATURN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/15/08 *JB

2000 SATURN WITH BROKEN TIMING CHAIN CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. SHE STATES THAT UPON HER RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SATURN VEHICLES. *KB CONSUMER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF HER FATHER-IN-LAW. *JB

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY MY RELIABLE, CARING MECHANIC THAT MY TIMING CHAIN IS ABOUT TO GO OUT AND NOT TO DRIVE ANY DISTANCES OR IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. I HAVE TAKEN PROPER CARE OF MY CAR WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES. THIS PART SHOULD LAST THE LIFETIME OF MY CAR. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX IT AND FEAR THE DANGER OF DRIVING IT. *TR

CAR STOPPED BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AT MY HOME - WOULD NOT RESTART - BATTERY OK. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IN OAK LAWN IL -- ADVISED $2,500.00 REPAIR TO SNAPPED TIMING CHAIN AND RELATED ENGINE DAMAGE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HER 2000 SATURN LS2 3.0 MY DAUGHTERS CAR SUDDENLY DIED ON HER. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT OFF THE INTERSTATE. AFTER TOWING IT TO TWO INDEPENDENT CAR REPAIR SHOPS, THEY BOTH REFUSED TO WORK ON IT. AFTER TOWING IT TO SATURN, THEY CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE TIMING BELT. THEY CLAIM THAT THIS CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL BUT THAT DOES NOT MITIGATE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A HUGE FAILURE RATE WITH THEIR TIMING BELTS. WHY IS THIS ONE NOT COVERED UNDER THE SAME RECALL AS THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA06009? THERE IS A GREATER PROBLEM THEN THEY ARE LETTING ON TO IF YOU READ THE INTERNET PAGES ABOUT THE 2000 LS2. THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

TIMING CHAIN BROKE, TIMING CHAIN COVER AND VALVE COVER GASKET ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. CAR ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

MY 2000 SATURN LW1 HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING A NEW TIMING CHAIN. SATURN SERVICE HAS INDICATED THAT THE 2001 VERSION OF MY CAR HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT MINE. *TR

BROKEN TIMING CHAIN ON 2000 SATURN LS. RECALL DOES NOT COVER MY VEHICLE BUT COVERS THE SAME EXACT 2001 MODEL WITH THE SAME EXACT ENGINE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGWAY AT 65MPH AND THE ENGINE QUIT I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER ANDS HAD THE CAR TOWED TO SATURN DEALER THEY SAID THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND CAUSED ENGINE DAMAGE SATURN SAID I WILL NEED A NEW ENGINE. *TR

TIMING CHAIN FAILURE ON A 2000 LW1 STATION WAGON. ENGINE MUST NOW BE REPLACED WITH AN ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST OF $2500. *TR

CAR STARTED TO MAKE LOUD RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE...I SAW A SMALL CRACK ON THE TOP OF THE CAM COVER ABOUT 4 IN. LONG. I WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT I HAVE USED BEFORE AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN HITTING THE COVER!! THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPENED TO A CAR WITH 61,000 MILES ON IT ! I CALLED AND WROTE TO THE MFG. IN TN. AND TALKED TO THE AREA MGR.AND SHE ADVISED BRING THE CAR TO THE DEALER. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND THE SERVICE MGR. SAID THE CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED AND THAT CAUSED THE CHAIN TO HIT THE COVER. THE TIMING CHAIN AND ALL PARTS MUST BE REPLACED $985.00 + TAX. THE AREA MGR. SAID THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD DO FOR THE REPAIR COST THAT IS A MECHANICAL PART AND IT JUST FAILED! I TOLD HER THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE...

I HAVE A 2000 SATURN LS 2.2 THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE. *TR

ACCORDING TO THE SATURN SERVICE ADVISOR, SATURN RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE TIMING CHAIN AT 100,000 MILES. AFTER PERFORMING $1500 WORTH OF REPAIRS (A/C, AXLE, OIL PAN DENT, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK, AND AIR FILTERS), THE MECHANIC STARTED TO TAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE, AND THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE - AT JUST UNDER 89,000 MILES. SINCE THEY DIDN'T THINK THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED, I AUTHORIZED THEM TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN FOR $800. A FEW DAYS LATER, I LEARNED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED - $1500. I CHOSE NOT TO DO THIS AND DONATED THE CAR TO THE SALVATION ARMY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WITH THE CRUISE ON. I THOUGHT THE CAR DID SOMETHING FUNNY, MAYBE IT SLOWED DOWN SO I LOOKED DOWN AT MY SPEEDOMETER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING, I TAPPED MY BRAKES. THEN MORE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR WAS JUST SLOWING DOWN. I THOUGHT I SHOULD START PULLING OVER TO STOP SO I TAPPED MY BRAKES AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING FLEW OFF MY CAR. I SLOWLY COASTED TO A STOP. I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND IT WASN'T RUNNING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND LIGHTS AND CALLED MY HUSBAND. IT WAS REALLY SCARY TO HAVE THE CAR JUST STOP ON YOU WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN GOOD IF PEOPLE WERE AROUND. MY HUSBAND CAME TO SEE IF HE COULD GET THE CAR RUNNING AND WHEN HE TURNED THE KEY IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE METAL SCRAPING...

MY CAR WAS PAID OFF IN MAY 2007 AND THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE IN NOVEMBER 2007. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER ABOUT A YEAR AGO WITH POOR FUEL ECONOMY, ROUGH IDLE IN THE MORNING, OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE AND RANDOM CYLINDER MISFIRE. THE DEALER COULD NOT ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. THEY PRESSURIZED THE FUEL SYSTEM TO CHECK FOR LEAKS. CLEANED THE INJECTORS AND CHARGED ME 150$... DID NOT HELP. THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A BAD INJECTOR... HAD THE INJECTORS CHECKED AND THEY WERE FINE. HAD THE OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED 3 TIMES. NOTHING HELPED. TURNS OUT THE TENSIONER ON THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FAILING. THE DEALERSHIP NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS EVEN THOUGH IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MOTOR. WELL THE PROBLEM PERSISTED UNTIL THE CHAIN JUMPED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. 1250$ IS THE ESTIMATE TO INSTALL THE UPDATED TIMING CHAIN KIT NOT TO MENTION THE COST...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND THEN DECELERATED. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 108,700.

2000 SATURN L SERIES TIMING CHAIN FAILURE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I WAS NOT INJURED BUT HAVE CONCERN THAT SOMEONE COULD BE. THIS IS A COSTLY CATASTROPHIC AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FAILURE THAT GM HAS SEEMED TO KNOW ABOUT FOR SOME TIME AS EVIDENCE SHOWS THEY RELEASED AN UPGRADE TIMING CHAIN KIT. THE COST FROM $2700 TO OVER $4000 TO REPAIR. THE REPAIR COST COULD EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE CAR. *JB

WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY INTERSTATE AT 70MPH WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD NOISE (WHILE PRESSING THE GAS DOWN) AND LOST POWER. WHEN I HAD THE CAR LOOKED OUT I WAS TOLD THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKE AND PROBABLY CAUSED FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. NEW ENGINE WAS QUOTED AT $3,000.