2003 Saturn L200 complaints

FAULTY BODY CONTROL MODULE. *JB

THE RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM ON MY SATURN L200 HAS FAILED. THE DEALER HAS ONE IN STOCK THAT COSTS ALMOST $900.00. THE ONLY REASON A DEALER WOULD STOCK A PART THAT IS THIS EXPENSIVE IS IF THE FAILURE IS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE. *NM

DT: 2003 SATURN L200. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE CUT ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 2 DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER CHECKED ALL OF THE FUSES HIMSELF AND NOT FOUND ANY PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER FOUND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS. ALL OF THE LIGHTS; FRONT, BACK, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF.*AK

DT: WHILE DRIVING ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 THERE WAS SMOKING COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN IT IN TO BE REPAIRED. THE PERSON ON THE PHONE TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A SHORT IN THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH OR WIRING. THERE WAS NOTHING LEADING UP TO THE OCCURRENCE. *AK

THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS ON MY 2003 SATURN L200 INTERMITTENTLY DIM. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS A DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER, SATURN. THE FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT IT IS DIFFICULT, DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE, EXCEPT FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO HIDE BEHIND A TECHNICAL INFORMATION BULLETIN (04-08-42-001) CLAIMING THIS IS "NORMAL". I MUST ASSUME THEN, THAT EVERY OTHER VEHICLE WHOSE LIGHTS DON'T FLICKER MUST BE "ABNORMAL". THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT. *NM

2003 SATURN L200 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER SYSTEM.*MR THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 6 TIMES FOR CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT HOLD A WARM SETTING. HVAC WAS REPROGRAMMED 5 TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TT SATURN CORPORATION REFUSED TO LET THE DEALER WORK ON THE VEHICLE. THE HEAT WOULD ONLY COME ON WHEN THE CLIMATE CONTROL WAS SET AT 90 DEGREES. THE HEPA FILTER WAS REPLACED. WHEN THE HVAC WAS SET TO HEAT AND HAS BEEN ON FOR A WHILE, IT WOULD BLOW COLD AIR. THE CONTROL ASSEMBLY/A/C WAS REPLACED. THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AIR FILTER WAS REPLACED. AT TIMES, WHEN USING THE HVAC CLIMATE CONTROL, IT WOULD BECOME TOO HOT OR TOO COLD AND WOULD HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE ADJUSTED. *SC

PROBLEMS WITH START ENGINE LIGHT. HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSON. READING P1887 CODE. ALSO WHEN DRIVING, WHEN I TURN TO THE LEFT THE WHEEL MAKES NOISES. THE TRANSMISSON COULD EVENTALLY CAUSE A FIRE. IT IS NOT PROPERLY RELEASING.

THE TIRES ON MY 2003 SATURN LW300 HAVE TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 23,000 MILES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE SUSPENSION ON THE L SERIES FOR SATURN IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE TIRES. I DO FEEL IT IS WORTH YOU LOOKING AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO BUY NEW TIRES AFTER ONLY 2 YEARS AND LOW MILEAGE USE. *NM

MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO SATURN DEALERSHIP IN LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. IT HAS COME ON AGAIN AND IS READING THE SAME CODE. I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CODE READS P1887. I TRULY THINK THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SATURN L 2003. *JB

MY 2003 SATURN L200 FUEL PUMP FAILED AT 54K MILES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MY POSSESSION FOR 1 1/2 YEARS (PURCHASED USED) APPROX 30K OF THE TOTAL MILES WAS PLACES ON VEHICLE SINCE MY OWNERSHIP, REGARDLESS THE FUEL PUMP SHOULD NOT FAIL. IT COST ME $800.00 TO HAVE REPAIRED (PARTS AND LABOR). WHY IS THIS NOT AN UNDER LYING CAUSE FOR THE INITIAL CONTROL MODULE SATURN RECALL # 03C06. *NM

TIMING CHAIN BREAKS PREMATURELY RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER CREATING A POTENTIAL ROAD HAZARD. *JB

PRECEEDING THE TWO ELECTRICAL FIRES IN MY VEHICLE, I HAD INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH SHORTS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (THE LOCKS UNLOCKING/LOCKING AT RANDOM; LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF AND THE ALARM SYSTEM TRIGGERING EVEN WHEN NOT SET). THERE WAS ALSO LEAKAGE FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE CAR (EITHER THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OR ELSEWHERE IN THE FRONT) THAT WAS QUITE NOTICEABLE DURING A HEAVY STORM. EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS EXITING A PARKING GARAGE WHEN I FIRST SAW AND THEN SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM OUT OF THE DASH. THE ELECTRICAL WIRES SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED A FIRE THAT MELTED A PORTION OF THE WIRING IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT REPAIR THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND DURING A STORM TWO DAYS LATER, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHORTED OUT AGAIN (LIGHTS AND OTHER COMPONENTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF) AND THE BATTERY COMPLETELY DISCHARGED. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE LEAK WAS DUE TO A FAULTY WINDSHIELD PLACEMENT AND REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD (AND WATER-TESTED IT) ALONG WITH THE AFFECTED WIRING SYSTEMS, THE BATTERY AND THE CARPETING. NOW, JUST TWO DAYS AGO, I HAVE HAD A RECURRENCE OF THE SAME ISSUE. AGAIN, AFTER A HEAVY STORM, I WOKE TO DISCOVER THAT THE WIRING IN THE SAME AREA OF THE CAR HAD SHORTED OUT. THIS TIME, THE RESULTING FIRE MELTED THE PLASTIC HOUSING SURROUNDING THE FUSEBOX, AND THE HOUSING IS NOW A PILE OF MELTED GOO ON THE CARPET IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SHORT.

MY 2003 SATURN L200 REQUIRED A FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 39,000 MILES. THIS IS A $560 REPAIR INCLUDING THE $326 FUEL PUMP ITSELF. CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND IS ONLY 2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS OLD. SINCERELY, GARY SANDERS

DT: TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICE AND PICKED IT UP AND THEN THE BUMPER FELL OFF. DEALER WAS GOING TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT WAS JUST A PLASTIC AIR GUARD. BUT WHEN THEY GOT IT ON A LIFT AND SAW THE MOLDING WAS CRACKED , DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. SHOULD MAKE IT DURABLE. *AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE LOCKED AT 30 MPH ,AND WHEN TRYING TO GO FASTER, VEHICLE SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY.*AK

TEMPERATURE CONTROL IS LIMITED THERE IS NO MID POINT BETWEEN HOT AND COLD. IF TEMPERATURE IS SET BETWEEN 87-90 BLOWS ONLY HOT AIR, IF TEMPERATURE IS SET FROM 60-86 BLOWS OUT COLD AIR. *JB

TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 32,000 MILES. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED, AND HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, WHEREBY THE CONTROL ARM HAD TO HAVE HOLES GROUNDED IN ORDER TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE CONTROL ARM WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

REPLACED REAR DOOR WINDOW REGULATOR AND REPLACED REAR DOOR WINDOW SWITCH NUMEROUS TIMES, YET IT CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION AND RESULTS IN TOTAL INABILITY TO USE REAR WINDOWS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE REAR STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BLOW OUT. *LA *NM

WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONSUMER STARTED SMELLING WHAT SEEMED LIKE ELECTRONICS BURNING. AFTER DRIVING A FEW BLOCKS THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR AN EXAMINATION. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE SIGNAL INDICATOR ARM WAS THROWING SPARKS. B*JB

SEVERE LIGHT DIMMING; ALL LIGHTS DIM SEVERELY (ENOUGH TO CAUSE A TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER TO THINK I GAVE HIM THE FLASH TO PASS SIGNAL, CAUSING HIM TO MOVE OVER INTO MY LANE) AT RANDOM, SOMETIMES 2 TO 3 TIMES PER MILE DRIVEN. SATURN HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN, 04-08-42-001, STATING LIGHT DIMMING IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE L-SERIES, YET THEY HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT TO SEE THE EXTREMITY OF THE DIMMING IN MY VEHICLE. SOMETIMES IT OCCURS RIGHT AWAY, OTHER TIMES IT TAKES A WHILE. SATURDAY NIGHT, 04/24/04 I TOOK THE CAR TO ATLANTA, GA. BETWEEN MOBILE, AND MONTGOMERY, THE LIGHTS DIMMED SEVERELY FOR DOZENS OF MILES. SATURDAY NIGHT, 06/19/04 I TOOK THE CAR ON A TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM, AL TO TRY TO RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM AND DOCUMENT IT. IT DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL AFTER DRIVING IT 220 MILES. IT THEN DIMMED SEVERELY MANY TIMES FOR AROUND 10 TO 15 MILES (AS MANY AS 2 - 3 TIMES PER MILE). AFTER THAT POINT, IT STOPPED DOING IT. *AK

THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT, SECOND IN SAME DAY, WHERE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. AUDIBLE CLICKING SOUND UNDER DASH AND LIGHTS REPEATEDLY TURNING ON & OFF, LOCKS ON AND OFF AND HORN SOUNDING. ON 1 PRIOR OCCASIONS, AUDIBLE CLICKING HEARD AND LOCKS REPEATEDLY TURNING ON AND OFF. CLEARLY NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AS I CAN SEE FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MODEL ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROBLEM --- NEIGHBORS CALLED POLICE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT NOISE. UNABLE TO KEEP ALARM ON DUE TO CONTINUING PROBLEM, LEADING TO INSECURE CAR. ALSO, SAFETY ISSUE WITH LIGHTS AND LOCKS REPEATEDLY TURNING ON AND OFF WITH THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. DEALER WILL SERVICE IN TWO DAYS (FIRST AVAILABLE APPT!!) AND WILL UPDATE THEN.

2003 L-200 PURCHASED FEB 03. SOON FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH CAR, TO THIS DAY HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED. TRIED SATURN 800 # TO NO AVAIL. REP WAS RUDE. FLAT OUT TOLD ME NOTHING TO BE DONE BY SATURN IF LOCAL DEALER CAN'T FIX. TOLD BY LOCAL SVC MGR SUPV I WAS MAKING PROBS UP & NO ONE ELSE HAD THESE PROBLEMS. HE TOLD SVC REPS HALT CORRECTING OR REVIEWING WARRANTY WORK ON OUR CAR. ESCALATED & WRKD W/ DIR OF OPRTNS. HE WASN'T ABLE TO FIX PROBS DUE TO RESISTANCE FRM SATURN. WAS TOLD NO MORE WORK ON PROBS BECZ SATURN INTERVENED IN DOING MORE WARRANTY WORK. IN "ALL" INSTANCES WERE GIVEN FINAL RESOLUTION PER SATURN ALL PROBLEMS ARE "WORKING AS DESIGNED", HAVE NO INTENTION TO FIX THEM. SAID NOT GOING TO INVEST MONEY TO FIX IN '03 BUT USE COMPLAINTS LOOK AT POSSIBLE CHANGES FUTURE CARS. WE HAVE HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH 1) "SAFETY ISSUE": EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHING ON/OFF 2) "SAFETY ISSUE": EXTERIOR AUTO ON/OFF FOR DAY RUNNING AND HEADLIGHTS DOESN'T REGISTER PROPERLY WHICH ONE TO USE & WHEN 3) INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM HIGHER & LOWER INTERMITTENTLY 4) AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. DOES NOT PROPERLY REGULATE THE HEAT & A/C. TEMP MUST BE SET A MIN. 84 DEGREES FOR HEAT THEN WILL ONLY STAY FOR AWHILE WHEN SUDDENLY IT GOES AWAY &THE A/C COMES ON. ONLY 1/2 WAY FIX FOR ISSUE IS TO USE THIS UNIT IN A MANUAL MODE SET TO A MIN. 84 DEGREES & BURN UP THE INSIDE THEN TURN OFF, TURN BACK ON TO WARM, KEEP REPEATING. IN MANUAL MODE YOU ALSO EXPERIENCE COLD AIR WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF HOT

THE DRIVER HAS TO APPLY EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO ACTIVATE THE HORN AND ONCE IT WAS PRESSED THERE WAS A 4 TO 5 SECOND DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. *NM

MY CAR HAS A 1/4 TANK OF GAS & IT WILL NOT START. I HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL & COAST IT SLIGHTLY DOWN A HILL WITH THE FRONT END FACING DOWN THE HILL. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE & THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR.... ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ASKED ME WHAT BRAND OF GAS I WAS USING... I TOLD THEM SUNOCO. SILLY ME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USING AMOCO!?!?!? BUT THIS PROBLEM PERSISTS! *JB

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING SYSTEM.*MR CONSUMER NOTICED THE FAILURE WHEN DRIVING OFF THE LOT BUT THOUGHT I WAS DUE TO COLD WEATHER. LATER SHE LEARNED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FLUID LEAKING. AFTER THE REPAIR, CONSUMER STARTED HEARING GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNING. ON 10/08/03, THE CONSUMER LEARNED THE STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE ON THIS DATE, CONSUMER HEARD MORE NOISES. THIS TIME IT WAS A AIR POCKET IN THE STEERING FLUID. IN ADDITION, THE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM FAILS TO WORK AS DESIGNED. IT'S PROGRAMMED AT 87 DEGREES WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE. INSTEAD OF HEAT, IT WOULD BLOW WARM THEN COLD AIR. THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED AND THE PROBLEM BECAME WORST THAN AT FIRST. THERE WERE COUNTLESS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *PH

THE SATURN L200 I OWN WILL NOT START ON AN INCLINE WHEN THERE IS 1/4 TANK OF GAS IN IT. IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE I MUST PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND ROLL DOWN THE INCLINE TO A LEVEL STREET. THIS IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE CALLED BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND SATURN THE MANUFACTURER. THEY HAVE STATED IT IS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM. IT MUST BE FIXED. THERE IS A GENUINE DANGER HERE. *LA

CONSTANT ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH 2003 SATURN L SERIES SEDAN..LIGHTS DON T WORK PROPERLY(DAYTIME RUNNING REGULAR LIGHTS)..CONSTANT SHORTING ..HORN BLASTS..CRUISE CONTRLL GOES ON.. MAP LIGHT.. ALARM ACTIVATES WHILE DRIVING..SENDING UNIT FAILURE..HEATER CORE FAILURE..*AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL FEELS REAL LOOSE, AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE. DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION AND STEERING PUMP ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

HEADLIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY. A FAINT CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE DAS,H AND THE HEADLIGHTS MOMENTARILY FLASHED OFF. HAPPENED ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. WHEN IT OCCURRED, LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER FOR A SECOND OR TWO ABOUT ONCE A MINUTE AS MANY AS A DOZEN TO 20 TIMES AFTER STARTING THE CAR FROM A COLD START. DEALER DENIED THER WAS ANY PROBLEM, AND KNEW OF NO SOLUTION. *AK

*SATURN BUYERS BEWARE* I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW L200 IN MARCH 03. TO DATE I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: -CAR DOES NOT START ALL THE TIME -TEMPERATURE CONTROLS DOES NOT WORK -REMOTE ENTRY SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO SATURN 4 TIMES, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. SATURN CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TERRIBLE AS WELL. *LA

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY LIGHTS FLICKERING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY GO ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT. THE DATE THAT I LISTED BELOW IT WAS THE WORST OCCURRENCE THUS FAR. THERE WERE NO APPLIANCES RUNNING ( AIR OR HEAT ) TO CAUSE THIS. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE TRY TO RUN ME OFF THE ROAD AND TURN THEIR HI BEAM LIGHTS ON ME THINKING THAT I WAS FLASHING THEM WHEN MY LIGHTS WERE ACTUALLY FLICKERING. I FEEL THAT WITH ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS OF THIS TYPE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A VEHICLE FIRE THAT THIS POSSES A SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE. *LA

A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS PASSING ME ON THE INTERSTATE. JUST AS HIS TRAILER WAS APPROXIMATELY 2/3 PAST ME, MY LIGHTS DIMMED OUT ON MY CAR BY THEMSELVES. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER THOUGHT I HAD FLASHED MY HEADLIGHTS AT HIM, TO LET HIM KNOW HE HAD CLEARED MY CAR AND WAS SAFE TO COME INTO MY LANE, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE. THIS MADE THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME AND THE TRACTOR TRAILER IN ALL 3 LANES, TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES. THE TRUCK DRIVER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF HIS RIG TRYING TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE CLEARANCE AS MY LIGHTS "SUGGESTED" TO HIM THAT HE HAD. ALL OF US WERE FORTUNATE AT THIS TIME NOT TO HAVE WRECKED. (YET I RECEIVED A LOT OF JERKING OF MY NECK AND HEAD WHEN BRAKING AND STEERING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY). NEXT TIME MY LIGHTS DO THIS IT COULD MAKE ANOTHER TRUCKER OR PERSON PULLING AN RV OR A SCHOOL BUS FULL OF KIDS OR TOUR BUS FULL OF TOURISTS THINK I HAVE GIVEN THE "CLEARANCE" TO MOVE INTO MY LANE; WHEN I HAVE NOT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS ISSUE WON?T FORCE TO BE REPAIRED BY GM/SATURN. I REPORTED TO SATURN, WHAT CAUSED THIS SEVERE POWER DRAIN ON MY CAR. WHEN THE AUXILIARY COOLING FAN NEAR THE COMPRESSOR KICKS IN, IT PUTS A SEVERE POWER DRAIN ON THE CARS LIGHTS, WHICH WAS USING THE HEAT OR A/C THAT COULD BE DOZENS OF TIMES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IF IT APPEARS THAT I AM FLASHING MY HEADLIGHTS TO THOSE IN FRONT OF ME AND TAPPING MY BRAKES TO THOSE BEHIND ME. LAST WEEK, MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS TRYING TO FIX MY CAR. ON THE 2ND

A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS PASSING ME ON THE INTERSTATE. JUST AS HIS TRAILER WAS APPROXIMATELY 2/3 PAST ME, MY LIGHTS DIMMED OUT ON MY CAR BY THEMSELVES. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER THOUGHT I HAD FLASHED MY HEADLIGHTS AT HIM, TO LET HIM KNOW HE HAD CLEARED MY CAR AND WAS SAFE TO COME INTO MY LANE, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE. THIS MADE THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME AND THE TRACTOR TRAILER IN ALL 3 LANES, TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES. THE TRUCK DRIVER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF HIS RIG TRYING TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE CLEARANCE AS MY LIGHTS "SUGGESTED" TO HIM THAT HE HAD. ALL OF US WERE FORTUNATE AT THIS TIME NOT TO HAVE WRECKED. (YET I RECEIVED A LOT OF JERKING OF MY NECK AND HEAD WHEN BRAKING AND STEERING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY). NEXT TIME MY LIGHTS DO THIS IT COULD MAKE ANOTHER TRUCKER OR PERSON PULLING AN RV OR A SCHOOL BUS FULL OF KIDS OR TOUR BUS FULL OF TOURISTS THINK I HAVE GIVEN THE "CLEARANCE" TO MOVE INTO MY LANE; WHEN I HAVE NOT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS ISSUE WON?T FORCE TO BE REPAIRED BY GM/SATURN. I REPORTED TO SATURN, WHAT CAUSED THIS SEVERE POWER DRAIN ON MY CAR. WHEN THE AUXILIARY COOLING FAN NEAR THE COMPRESSOR KICKS IN, IT PUTS A SEVERE POWER DRAIN ON THE CARS LIGHTS, WHICH WAS USING THE HEAT OR A/C THAT COULD BE DOZENS OF TIMES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IF IT APPEARS THAT I AM FLASHING MY HEADLIGHTS TO THOSE IN FRONT OF ME AND TAPPING MY BRAKES TO THOSE BEHIND ME. LAST WEEK, MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS TRYING TO FIX MY CAR. ON THE 2ND

BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES SINCE CONSUMER OWNED THE VEHICLE. BRAKES WERE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BOOSTER/ ROTORS/ MASTER CYLINDER AND THE BRAKE PADS.*AK

SUDDEN ELECTRICAL FAILURE RELATED (ACCORDING TO DEALER) TO FAILURE OF BCM (COMPUTER MODULE. RESULTED IN LOSS OF GAGES IN DASHBOARD, LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS, LOSS OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ELECTRIC DOORLOCKS FAILING, CAR COULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF GEAR (PARK) WHEN STOPPED.*AK

2003 SATURN L200 DOES NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS OF ADVERTISED FUEL EFFICIENCY.*MR TRANSFERRED TO OVSC. 08/13/2003.*CB

MY 2003 SATURN L200 WAS STRUCK IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NEITHER THE SIDE CURTAIN NOR FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL. THE IMPACT WAS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE CAR TO BE DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. I SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION AND WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS UPON IMPACT. *JB