Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / SATURN S SERIES / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007124753 Incident Date: Oct, 26 2007
Consumer's City: SAN DIEGO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SATURN S SERIES 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: Oct, 29 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 01 2007
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Bushing in the shifter broke (end of clutch cable). a small, round, piece of plastic that goes around a center ball pin shifter. i was in the middle of the freeway 94 east close to 5 freeway san diego ca with my 2 kids on the back, and i pull to the side safe but is very dangerous in the middle of the freeway. i bought the entire cable shifter assy for $215+labor+towing cost +the dangerous of been in the middle of the freeway with the family, too much for a simple bad design of this little 0.20 cent plastic bushing. please make this bushing replacement a big recall for all saturn cars. the dealer at convoy and balboa at kerny mesa san diego ca, sells one cable gear every week because this little 0.20 cent plastic bushing. please help the public from being ripped off. i learned from the internet that you can fix this problem in a couple of hours and less than $10.00 dll of hardware parts. *tr