| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005004478 | Incident Date: Jan, 22 2005 |
| Consumer's City: MERAUX | Consumer's State: LA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SL | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission:floor shift assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8ZF5284WZ | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 02 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 16 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While parking my 1898 saturn sl in a hospital garage, the shift lever went limp without warning. there was no way to operate the transmission. when i removed the console, i discovered that the plastic bushing that connects the manual shift lever to the shift cable was missing. there was no longer any connection between the shift lever and the cable to the transmission. the entire shift cable assembly had to be replaced to fix the problem. saturn told me that the bushing is made onto the cable rather than being available as a separate part. if this bushing had failed in a traffic situation it could have resulted in an accident. the bushing should be designed such that if it brakes; the shift lever will remain connected to the shift cable and just cause sloppy shifting thereby warning the driver that repair is required. i still have the old shift cable assembly. *jb |
