| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004267638 | Incident Date: Mar, 12 2004 |
| Consumer's City: TORRANCE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SL | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZK527X1Z | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 25 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 05 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Battery acid leak on positive battery terminal (saturn 2001 sl2). on 3/13/04 at night tried to start my saturn and couldn't start it. called saturn roadside service for a jump (car started). *ak on the drive home car lost all power coming off the freeway after pushing the car to a gas station i found the positive battery was corroded. i attempted to clean the positive battery terminal and the battery terminal with the cable fell out of the battery. called saturn roadside service for a tow to saturn of torrance dealership for repair. 3/15/04 saturn of torrance service department took the can in for repair. and found the following: positive battery terminal out of battery positive battery cable corroded cleaned affected area i was charged $127.57 for a replacement battery the positive battery cable corroded was replaced under warranty (no charge) note: battery was only 2 years old and had green indicator light showing the battery was still good. i am not happy with being charge for a replacement battery for a new car, after learning that quite a few other people had the same problem and that saturn service bulletin addressing this issue (service bulletin 01-t-26) note: (statement posted on the internet same problem) yes this is a well-known condition. this problem is basically caused by someone over-torquing the cable mounting bolts. there is actually a service bulletin on the problem (not a recall or campaign) )1-t-26 .the condition can occur on any year and model saturn or otherwise with a side post battery. but for what-ever reason the bulletin specifies only 2000-2001 s-series. (over-torqued at factory??) http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/showthread.php3?s=d24372b7d0378a6ebf7db656f9578e7e&threadid=26203&highlight=saturn+battery+leak |
