Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / LS / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006072967 Incident Date: Jul, 03 2006
Consumer's City: HARRISBURG Consumer's State: PA
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#: 1G8JU52F71Y Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 28 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: July 4, 2006, several months after just having new computer installed on my 2001 saturn l-series 200, i was driving with my mother and two sisters when suddenly the vehicle lost all power including steering and braking capability. the engine died and the vehicle was difficult to control. fortunately, i was traveling at a low rate of speed rounding a rather innocuous bend. but had this taken place under different circumstances the casualty loss, both property and personal, could have been disastrous. the vehicle had to be towed to a dealership, where the next day a mechanic told me that it was the timing chain that broke. proceeded to call saturn, they said it would be roughly three-thousand dollars to fix. the car is outside of warranty, but i was still making payments. there is absolutely no reason why a car in today's day and age, should not be warranted against an unreasonable dangerous defect such as what is happening with the saturn l-series 200. please help with contacting saturn and seeing about a replacement to cover my loss. thank you. *nm