Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / LS / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059316 Incident Date: Mar, 11 2006
Consumer's City: BROCKTON Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LS Model Year: 2002
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#: 1G8JU54F92Y Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 14 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 07 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving my 2002 saturn l200 home from boston on 3-12-06 approx. 6:00 pm when the engine stopped. i had the vehicle towed home and contacted saturn. after they examined the vehicle, they came up with the diagnosis of a failed timing chain and engine failure. i asked the technician if this was a common problem and i was told that it wasn't. i googled common problems for the saturn l200 and broken timing chains are very common with many saturns. gmac even went as far as to issue tech. bulletins about timing chain issues. gmac knows about the high failure rate of these timing chains and has not taken appropriate measures to rectify the situation and are trying to pass the cost of repairing this defect on to their consumers.*jb