1997 Saturn SL complaints

PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED, NOT RELEASING PROPERLY.

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT STUCK.

THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHICH CAUSED BOTH FRONT SEATS TO BREAK FROM THE FRAME. BOTH SEATS WENT BACK INTO THE REAR SEAT BECAUSE OF THE FRONT SEATS BROKE FROM THE FRAME. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

GAS GUAGE MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

HORN DESIGN IS DIFFICULT TO FIND IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

EXTREMELY FOUL ORDER FROM THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IN THE CAR, ON ORDER WHEN CAR IS STOPPED, REPEATEDLY FAILED TO CORRECT PROBLEM, FOUND FUNGUS (MOLD, MILDEW, BACTERIA) IN A/C UNIT.

VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, AND THE FORCE OF THE ACCIDENT HIT ANOTHER VEIHCLE IN WHICH NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE AIR BAG SHOULD OF DEPLOYED. *AK

TRUNK LID SPRINGS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO HOLD LID, RESULTING IN LID FALLING ON CONSUMER.

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 25 MPH HIT POTHOLE , NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR WHEELS. BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING PASSENGER TO BREAK HIS THUMB. SEAT BELTS WERE WORN AT THE TIME. *AK

WHILE OPENING REAR TRUNK IT WILL NOT STAY UP WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRUNK FALLING AND STRIKING OWNER. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR COMPARTMENT LID TORQUE RODS AND HAD ADDED A THIRD TORQUE ROD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS RESULTED IN A VASTLY IMNPROVED CONDITION. *YH

AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSED BURNS TO SEAT BELT, WHICH RESULTED IN SEAT BELT RIPPING. DUP OF 811097, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. HAVE TO PUT THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HAS HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED 6 TIMES. THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED SINCE HAVING FIXED. *AK *YH

BRAKES,MASTER CYLINDER; DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 73MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET, CAR CROSSED INTERSTATE GOING SLOWELY, TAPPED BRAKES AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE, PUMPED BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTHING HAPPENED. BY THIS TIME VEHICLE WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE C OULDN'T GET VEHICLE TO STOP. TRYING TO GEAR CAR DOWN TO REDUCE THE SPEED, GOT OVER ON RIGHT HAND SHOULDER OF ROAD AND BRAKES CAUGHT. *AK

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATES AT INTERVALS, INDICATING THAT MALFUNCTION EXIST WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER REPLACED DEFECTIVE MODULE SENSOR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EXITING STREET FROM DEAD END WHERE CONSUMER LIVED 11 YEARS, ATTEMPTED TO SLOWLY STOP, BRAKES REJECTED, THEN SLAMMED ON BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN, A CAR CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE, CONTINUED TO MOVE THEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKES GRABBED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE THEN PULLED VEHICLE IHNTO A PARKING LOT. CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF STEERING, AND STEERING WHEEL HAD NO CONNECTION TO COLUMN. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

TRAVELING ABOUT 5 MPH THERE WAS TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING, RESULTING IN STEERING LOCK UP DIAGNOSIS, THE RETAINING CLIP OMITTED DURING ASSEMBLY. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING APPRX. 55MPH THE VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BURNED THE SHOULDER STRAP OF DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT BELT. *AK

STEERING WHEEL CAME COMPLETELY APART WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE DURING THE RAINY WEATHER REAR WINDOW WOULD BE DISTORTED OR WAVY, VISIBILITY WOULD BE VERY POOR; TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO CALLED IT "THE CHRISTMAS TREE EFFECT." SATURN HAS PIN-STRIPPED THE ORANGE DEFROSTER LINES BLOCK. THIS ELIMINATED "THE CHRISTMAS TREE EFFECT," BUT DARKENED THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT WHEN LOOKING INTO REARVIEW MIRROR AT NIGHT SHE SEES 24 LIGHTS FROM VEHICLE BEHIND HER AND ALSO FROM THE REFLECTION OF THE LIGHTS ON DEFROSTER PANEL IN HER OWN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING SPACE THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND WENT ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND BENT THE RIM . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

SEAT BELTS ARE DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE, THE LOCKS ARE NOT SECURE. *AK

WINDSHEILD WIPERS WILL NOT CLEAN THE WINDOWS IN WET WEATHER, CAUSING VISUAL PROBLEMS. *AK

THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR STICKS IN THE RESUME POSITION INTERMITTENTLY.*AK