| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003276287 | Incident Date: Oct, 14 2003 |
| Consumer's City: MONTROSE | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SC | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZF5281WZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2004 | Complaint Type: CAG |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Air conditioning unit stopped cooling.dealer wanted to trouble shoot@$80.00/hour. haynes service manual said to check fuse .replaced diode @$4.00 and fixed myself. manual transmission whining in 2nd and 3rd gear. checked transmission dipstick and transmission fluid was low. added fluid and anything over 1 quart poured out. had transmission shop check it out for blown seal and they found internal metal fracture in transaxle inner case caused by shear pin movement. saturn issued service manual notification in jan.1998. dealer and saturn are no help. vehicle only warranteed 3 years or 36k even though this has been a known problem since 1997. saturn blames owners for their bad engineering and does not stand behind their crappy vehicles |
