Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / LS / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005066243 Incident Date: Dec, 15 2005
Consumer's City: LEWISBURG Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LS Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8JT52F5YY Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 25 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 12 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The timing chain broke and ruined my engine while driving the car at only 60,000 miles. they are not due for a change before 100,000 miles. from doing a little research i found out that the problem is with the saturn ls series 4 cylinder engines due to a problem with engine design and an oilier problem. the problem is wide spread and a dangerous one. *jb