2002 SATURN LS Suspension Problems

2002 SATURN L300 V6 EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND ENGINE PROBLEMS THE OIL DRAINED INTO THE RADIATOR AND THE WHOLE ENGINE HAD TO BE REWORKED ALL HOSES SENSORS AND RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED THE VALVES AND LOTS OF OTHER HEAD WORK HAD TO BE DONE. WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT ALIGNED 3 TIMES IN 18,000MILES AND 60,000 MILE TIRES LAST ABOUT 12-18,000 MILES BEFORE BEING TOLD THEY ARE HAZARDOUS AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE NEW OIL SENSOR REPLACED WITH THE ENGINE REBUILD NOW IS LEAKING AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. REAR BRAKE LAMPS BLOW OUT CONSTANTLY AND EVEN BURNED THE WIRING AND PLASTIC FRAME. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2002 SATURN L300 BACK ON 9/30/2002. CAR, AT TIME OF PURCHASE, WAS BRAND NEW. SINCE ITS PURCHASE MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE TIMES THAN I CAN REMEMBER. RECENTLY I HAD A PROBLEM WHERE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START SO SATURN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR COLUMBUS, GA LOCATION TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEM. WAS ADVISED BATTERY HAD DIED AND I NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. THE NEW BATTERY REPRESENTS THE 3RD BATTERY THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD SINCE I PURCHASED IT (VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS JUST OVER 55,000 MILES ON IT). I ASKED, WHILE THEY HAD IT IN THE SHOP, TO LOOK AT THE TIRES AS THEY WERE WEARING UNEVENLY. MY WIFE WENT TO PICK THE CAR UP YESTERDAY 8/29/06 AND WAS ADVISED ALL 4 TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WILL BE THE 4TH SET OF TIRES THIS CAR HAS HAD SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED BACK IN LATE...

2002 SATURN L100 MADE CLANKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE POWER STEERING SHAFT AND THERE WAS WEAR IN THE CRADLE BUSHINGS AND EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HER HEAD A ROARING IN THE FRONT END. DRIVE SHIFT CAUSED CONSUMER TO WRECK 2002 SATURN. *TS THE CONSUMER NOTICED NOISE/VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIRES. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT. AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED CORRECTING THE REAR CAM AND SETTING THE FRONT AND REAR TOE. A COLLAPSED MOTOR MOUNT CAUSED ROUGH IDLE. THE ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE REAR HUB ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. LEFT REAR HUB BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DRIVE AXLE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT PURCHASED A USED VEHICLE TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE SECOND DAY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A ROARING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT TIRES ,AND THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH TIRES. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR NUMEROUS REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK TO THE RIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO HIT A CURB. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPAIRS TO THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND JOINTS WHICH HAVE NOT CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. ALSO THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND AXLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN HOPES OF CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ACCURATELY REPAIR THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY THERE IS A NEED FOR NEW ROTORS AND MORE TIRES. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE A...

2002 SATURN L200 WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LIGHTS FLICKER AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED OUT ON EXPRESSWAY AND THE AIR CONDITIONER BECAME INOPERATIVE. *MR SATURN SUGGESTED THAT THE FLICKERING WAS NORMAL. IN VERY HOT/HUMID WEATHER, THE ENGINE WOULD RUN HOT AD THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD STOP RUNNING. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO START. THE SERVICE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS PLUGGED AND THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE STALLING. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF AN ALIGNMENT, TOE AND CAMBER PROBLEM. *SC

THE TIRES ON MY 2002 L300 HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES DUE TO CUPPING CAUSED BY AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM OCCURRED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND THEY CANNOT FIX IT UNLESS A RECALL IS ISSUED. THE CUPPING OF THE TIRES CREATES AN UNEVEN RIDE AND THE TIRES ARE VERY NOISY. WHEN THE TIRES ARE REPLACED, THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED FOR A FEW MONTHS UNTIL THE TIRES BEGIN CUPPING AND THE PROCESS STARTS OVER. NOW THAT I HAVE PASSED THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, THE TIRES WILL NO LONGER BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT MY TIRES WILL NEED REPLACING ONCE AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF 2005 SO THAT MY CAR WILL PASS A REQUIRED SAFETY INSPECTION.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND TURNING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH VIBRATED. DRIVER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

VEHICLE'S ALIGNMENT WAS OFF, MAKING IT HARD TO MANEUVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SATURN FOR REPAIRS, AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BACK TIRES WERE WORN OUT, AS A RESULT OF AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM.*AK THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON IT'S FOURTH SET OF TIRES. *NM

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER FOR A REGULAR MAINTENANCE CHECK UP. THE DEALER INDICATED THE NEED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES AND INSTALL A REAR ALIGNMENT KIT. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR WAS CAUSED BY THE FACTORY ALIGNMENT. *PH *NM

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKERED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE ONLY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT. THE SUSPENSION LINK WAS REPLACED. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SKIPPED WHEN BEING ROLLED DOWN. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULB HAD BURNED OUT, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT ACROSS THE WINDOW HALF WAY BEFORE IT SQUIRTED ANY SPRAY AND THEN SCRATCHED THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE DEALER HAS REPLACED 5 SETS OF TIRES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY CONSTANTLY CUPPED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES, INSTALLED A SHIM KIT AND ADJUSTED THE FRONT TOE, BUT NONE OF THOSE REPAIRS STOPPED THE TIRES FROM CUPPING. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND REQUESTED THAT THEY RE-PURCHASE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE REQUEST BUT OFFERED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 75,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER IS CONVINCED THAT THE PROBLEM WILL RE-OCCUR. *AK *SCC *NLM