| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006077695 | Incident Date: Aug, 18 2006 |
| Consumer's City: PATASKALA | Consumer's State: OH |
| 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 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8JU52F91Y | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 04 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My wife was driving our 2001 saturn l-100 west bound on i-70 traveling at approx 65 mph. when she began decelerating while approaching the exit ramp for us 33 south the engine quit. fortunately traffic was light and she was able to navigate the car to as safe stop on the berm of the exit ramp. after having the vehicle towed to the saturn dealer, we were in formed that the timing chain had stretched and skipped a tooth causing this zero clearance engine to require a rebuild costing nearly $3000. the dealer told me this was probably due to insufficient oil changes on my part. i change the oil in this car every 5000 to 6000 miles. since this incident i have discovered that hundreds if not thousands of other saturn l-series owners have experienced this same failure, many with less miles than my car. fortunately this did not happen during a high traffic time of day while driving in a middle or left lane ore while attempting to merge in a high traffic situation. *jb |
