2001 SATURN LS Suspension Problems

REPLACED WATER PUMP, TIMING CHAIN AND PULLEYS AT APPROXIMATELY 90K MILES. APP. 10K MILES LATER, TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH SUSPENSION, FUEL SENSORS, OIL FILTER CASING.

I GET VERY POOR MILEAGE ON MY TIRES AND I INEVITABLE GET CUPPING IN MY REAR TIRES. THIS CAUSES A SOUND IN MY CAR THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE TIRE IS FLAT WHEN I AM DRIVING WHEN IN FACT IT IS DUE TO CUPPING. I READ ON ALLDATADIY THAT A SPACER NEEDS TO BE PLACED BETWEEN THE REAR SUSPENSION SUPPORT AND THE VEHICLE BODY DURING ALIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. TIRES ARE EXPENSIVE AND IT CAUSES ME TO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR TOO FAR. *TR

LOW BANG NOISE IN PASSENGER SIDE FRONT END. WORSE TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. SOUNDED LIKE MAJOR BREAK, BUT NOTHING COULD BE SEEN VISUALLY. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. HAD TO REPLACE UPPER STRUT MOUNTS ON BOTH FRONT AND RIGHT STRUTS. PASSENGER SIDE UPPER STRUT MOUNT WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY, AND DRIVER SIDE UPPER STRUT MOUNT WAS CRACKED. UPPER STRUT MOUNTS BOTH MADE OF A PLASTIC BASED MATERIAL. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THE SHOCK COULD HAVE BROKEN THROUGH, AND HIT HOOD OF CAR IF WE HAD NOT SERVICED IT IMMEDIATELY. REPLACEMENT PART MADE OF SAME MATERIAL. HAD TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE. VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX, AND I AM NOW CONCERNED THE CAR COULD BE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

MY 2001 L200 SATURN HAD A PROBLEM WITH DASH LIGHTS/AND GAUGES DIMMING AND AT TIMES I HAD NO INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS....IT ENDED UP BEING A MAIN MODULE WHICH COST ME $595. SEEMS LIKE READING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE THEY HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. I THINK THIS IS A SATURN PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS FOR FREE. I HAVE REPLACED THE STEERING BOX, STRUTS FRONT/REAR...STABILIZER REAR BAR, CATALYTIC CONVERTER TWICE.....I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS CAR. I HAVE PUT MORE MONEY IN THIS THAN MY OTHER TWO SATURN'S WHICH I HAD ONLY NORMAL THINGS; TIRES, BRAKES, ETC. I WISH I HAD NEVER BOUGHT THIS 3RD ONE. *TR

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED THIS USED 2001 SATURN IN 2001. I HAVE PUT 2 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, STEERING RACK, STABILIZER BAR, FRONT STRUTS, HAD A HEAD GASKET MAJOR PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED TWO OTHER NEW SATURN'S WITH NO PROBLEMS...I AM ROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS CAR. ALSO MY DASH LIGHTS DIMMED WHEN SECURITY LIGHT FLASHED ON AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED ALSO MY TEMP GAUGE AND GAS GAUGE WOULD GO FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND THEN BACK QUICKLY. I HAD TO HAVE A MODULAR REPLACED. AGAIN, I AM SOOOOO DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS CAR. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THIS I HAD TWO INLINE FUEL FILTERS AS THE CAR JUST STOPPED WHILE DRIVING...SPEED WENT DOWN AND DOWN AND NOTHING. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS *TR

2001 SATURN 200L KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN ENGINE, STEERING SHOOK VIGOROUSLY WHILE DRIVING. *TS WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, ON THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND PULL TO THE RIGHT. THERE WAS ALSO A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONSUMER ASSUMER THE PROBLEM WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF BUT IT DIDN'T. TWO WEEKS LATER THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WA TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEEL BALANCING. THE ADJUSTMENT WERE MADE AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TOT HE CONSUMER. ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER WHO EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY FEATURE. SEVERAL MONTHS WENT BY AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR. SOMEONE SUGGESTED TOT HE CONSUMER THAT SHE NEEDED A NEW STARTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE...

EIGHT MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT A 2001 SATURN L300 I STARTED HAVING TIRE PROBLEMS. IT STARTED OUT WITH THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE RUBBING WHEN I TURNED THE WHEEL WHILE BACKING UP. I ONLY HAD 6400 MILES ON THE TIRES. LOUD NOISES WERE COMING FROM THE TIRES AT 12964 MILEAGE. MY SATURN SERVICE DEPT. RESET THE FEA TO NEW SPECS AND INSTALLED A CAMBER CASTER KIT AND 4 NEW TIRES. THIS WAS THE 2ND SET OF TIRES FOR MY 2001 SATURN L300. AT 17224 MILEAGE THE RUBBING ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS BACK. THIS TIME THE SERVICE DEPT. RE-SECURED THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HOUSE. THEN ON NOV 24, 2003 (25277 MILEAGE) THE LOUD NOISE WAS BACK. AT THIS TIME THE TECH FOUND THE TIRES STARTING TO SLIGHTLY CUP. HE RE-INSPECTED AND FOUND ALL 4 TIRES OUT OF SPECS AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO REALIGN ALL. I TOOK THE CAR (27115...

ABNORMALLY QUICK WEARING OUT OF TIRES. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE VEHICLE BEING SET UP FOR EUROPEAN ROADS AND FOR $800 THEY COULD INSTALL A KIT TO MAKE IT ALIGN CORRECTLY FOR AMERICAN ROADS.*AK I SAID BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A KIT TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT WAS BASICALLY IT. THE OUTSIDE THE SERVICE GARAGE HE FLAGGED ME DOWN AND TOLD ME TO COMPLAIN TO SATURN AND IF THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS IT MAY BE RECALLED.

CONSUMER HAS A CONCERN THAT THE VEHICLE HAS THREE AND A HALF SETS OF TIRES REPLACED AFTER THE FRONT END HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM WITH TIRES WEARING OUT EXCESSIVELY ARE STILL RECURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *LA

2001 SATURN L200 - HEAVY STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION/NOISE AND SEVERE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS THAT THIS WAS NORMAL ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND MANY TIMES NOTHING WAS EVEN DONE, THERE HAVE BEEN 3 BRAND NEW SETS OF TIRES PUT ON BY THE DEALER OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO AS WELL AS NEW FRONT END COMPONENTS AND 2 SETS OF ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS. THE NEW TIRES ONLY LASTED APPROX. 5-6MOS BEFORE NEW ONES WERE NEEDED WITH THE TIRE BRAND BEING FIRESTONE. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS SAFTEY ISSUE. A FOURTH SET OF TIRES WERE PUT ON WITH 1/2 PAID BY DEALER AND 1/2 PAID BY ME (PRO-RATED USE) ALONG WITH ANOTHER NEW SET OF ALIGNMENT SPECS. SO FAR IT APPEARS TO BE GOOD. HOWEVER, IT APPEARED AS SUCH EVERY OTHER TIME AND ALL THE WHILE THE WARRANTY CLOCK IS TICKING....

ALIGNMENT IN THE SUSPENSION CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR(CUPPING) ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. *JB

VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY AND NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION CAN BE HEARD. THE STEERING IS MISALIGNED. ALSO THERE IS EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR 3 TIMES. *TT

CONSUMER STATES STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES CONTINUOUSLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST LOOKED AT WITH NO SUCCESS AT FIXING IT. AFTER THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHAKING AND VIBRATING WAS COMMON AND THAT MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER CLAIM THE FUEL INJECTOR SENSOR HAD FAILED. CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE NOW RUNS BADLY THEN BEFORE. *TT

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MASSIVE VIBRATION WITH CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN .AFTER SEVERAL TIRE CHANGES AND PARTS, SUCH AS BUSHINGS AND STEERING ROD. THIS VIBRATION REOCCURS ALWAYS AFTER EACH ADDITIONAL 500 MILES. FIRESTONE TIRES, SIZE 5519515. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK