Door Latch problems of the 2000 Saturn LS

The contact owns a 2000 Saturn Ls1. While parked on the side of the road due to icy conditions, a semi-truck lost control while driving up an incline. The semi-truck was headed directly towards the contact's vehicle, so he jumped out of the passenger side and fell into a ditch. The semi-truck struck the front corner panel of the contact's vehicle and placed a few dents in the door. When the contact jumped out of the vehicle, all of the doors automatically locked and prevented him from re-entering. He sustained hip and minor spine injuries, for which he is currently being treated. Throughout the entire incident, the air bags in the vehicle never deployed. He believes that had he remained in the vehicle with the air bag failure, he could have suffered major injuries. He called the manufacturer and was informed that nothing could be done about the vehicle. The vehicle was completely destroyed. A police report was filed. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.

When attempting to start vehicle would not start. The consumer would have to wait 10 minutes before the vehicle would start. The consumer took the vehicle to dealership for inspection, however, the mechanic could not duplicate the problem. The modules in the engine and the remotes were changed but the problems continued to get worse. There was an extended crank at times which was intermittent, the security and wrench light would come on, the body control module caused the intermittent start, the pass lock was replaced due to the sensor(s), the bcm was replaced, the driver's side door would lock due to broken latch, and the ignition coil burned out.