| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006077202 | Incident Date: Aug, 27 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BRADENTON | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SL | Model Year: 1999 |
| 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#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 28 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: like many other owners of saturn automobiles with five-speed manual transmissions, i had the bushing on the shift cable break. the repair set me back $400. from what i have seen on the internet (http://www.chaosmagnet.com/blog/archives/000112.html) and other websites, this is a common problem. i have a 1999 saturn sl. according to reports from many people, this problem has persisted over many model years. my question to you is this: why has saturn been allowed to provide a known faulty design to the american public? a shift cable breaking (rather the cheap plastic bushing which attaches to the shift lever breaking) when the driver is in traffic or on the interstate highway system could cause havoc at the very least. a driver unable to shift the gears of his vehicle could cause problems to others on the road. i wonder how many accidents this design fault has caused. again i ask, why has this manufacturer been allowed to provide a faulty product to the american public? with the advent of the internet, many people who have a common problem can discover just how large the magnitude of any problem can be. i wonder if the executives of saturn expect to "sweep this problem under the carpet" like the executives of ford during the "flaming pinto" era. lee iacocca was even able to get a large loan from the american taxpayers to help out chrysler. according to witnesses, lee (then at ford) and other ford executives decided that paying injury lawsuit awards would be cheaper than fixing the problem. well, they were wrong -- they had to do both. again i wonder, why does the u.s. government allow another automobile manufacturer (saturn) to produce another faulty product? thank you for your attention to this matter.*jb |
