| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003222257 | Incident Date: Jun, 30 2003 |
| Consumer's City: WEST HOLLYWOOD | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SL | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZH5280TZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 05 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 10 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Unsatisfactory responses from saturn customer service; repairs that should be covered per californias lemon law for our 1996 saturn sl1 with only 46k miles. rote to gm & saturn ceo's. they lie and do not stand behind their crappy product. we will never buy american again!per my recent conversations with saturn customer service, there has been absolutely no effort of goodwill to reimburse and fix the below aforementioned mechanical problems from the inferior materials used in building our saturn vehicle. the failures we need reimbursement for are: 1.starter replacement: $211.08 + 45.17 = $256.25; we were broken down and had to get fixed immediately at a pep boys shop, 2.new interstate battery: $108.15; we were broken down and had to get fixed immediately at a chevron shop, 3.transmission gasket parts and labor: $ ~150. (tbd); already paid and in saturn database; trans. seized up now and needs $3000 work; saturn won't pay for repairs, 4.alternator parts and labor: $176.61; we were broken down and had to get fixed immediately at a pep boys shop, the work that needs to be done at saturn now is: 5.radiator parts and labor (saturn work order estimate so# 123412): $417.16 6.oil gasket parts and labor (saturn work order estimate so# 126859): $ tbd 7.repeat transmission service and gasket parts and labor (saturn work order estimate so# 126859): $ tbd, this has already been done 18 months ago and is leaking again! also complete rebuild/ $3000.8.front passenger seat reclining mechanism needs repair. *ak |
