Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / LS / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006063366 Incident Date: Apr, 22 2006
Consumer's City: SAVAGE Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LS Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8JU52F11Y Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 23 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 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 on my saturn l200 failed when i was traveling south on highway 169 in golden valley minnesota. at the time of the failure i was traveling at 65 mph and the vehicle became was difficult to control. thankfully it was 3 am in the morning and there were no other vehicles on the road so i was able to successfully negotiate off the highway without incident. upon investigating the failure i found out that this has already been logged in defect investigation pe06006. in addition i found that 29 other people posted timing chain failures on this message board http://www.carsurvey.org/viewcomments_review_56674.html. *nm