Other Engine Info: Name Plate: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Saturn, Oldsmobile
Plant City: Wilmington
Plant Company Name: Saturn
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Delaware
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Base
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WE JUST RECENTLY PURCHASHED OUR NEW CAR. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. THE LIGHTS (HEAD LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS) KEPT GETTING DIM ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO GO OUT. WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE HAD A WIRE THAT HAD NOT BEEN TIGHTENED OR THAT HAD COME LOSE. OTHER CARS THINK WE ARE BLINKING OUR LIGHTS AT THEM. WHAT HAPPENS IF A BIG TRUCK THINKS WE ARE GIVING HIM THE "ALL CLEAR TO COME OVER IN FRONT OF ME"? THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO THE SERVICE DEPT AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS "INTERMITTENT DIMMING (FLICKERING) OF HEADLAMPS AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING-NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC. THIS MAY OCCUR BECAUSE OF TRANSIENT CURRENT LOADS ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION" PER THE TSB (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN). WHY WERENT WE TOLD ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE CAR?? THE LIGHTS DONT "FLICKER" THEY GET DIM TO THE POINT THEY ARE ALMOST GOING OUT! SO HOW CAN THIS PROBLEM BE CONSIDERED "NORMAL"? SO MUCH FOR A NEW CAR!
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO FAIL TO START. IT DOES NOT CATCH ON THE FIRST TRY. TODAY IT TOOK FOUR ATTEMPTS TO START. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY KEEP TELLING US THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE LAST TIME, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED FOR OVER 2 HOURS. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER THEY KEPT SEVERAL DAYS AND FOUND NOTHING. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR. I'M HOPING IT WILL NOT TAKE MY DEATH OR THE DEATH OF SOMEONE ELSE TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM . *JB