Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / SL / 1997

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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: 997290440 Incident Date: Jun, 06 1997
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SL Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 06 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I bought a new 1997 saturn , paid cash and 2 months after purchase, i had brake problems. put brakes on, could not stop the car (6/7/97). saturn did nothing regarding this. they said i was not use to the brakes. tapped the back of a van. 2.) had grand child in car, backing into garage brakes did not hold again. hit sand bags husband had in garage that stopped car. some nut came from another state, sisn't drive even 2 miles and saidm there was nothing wrong with the brakes!!!!! i worked in a vocational high school (c.v.s.) in chicago, il, they told me that the inspection was not right. wrote to everbody, not help from nobody!!!!! i would never recommend a saturn to anyone!!!they are lemons!!!i put a sign in my car saying don't buy a saturn, you'll get a lemon like mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!