Two problems related to crankcase (pcv) have been reported for the 2001 Saturn LS. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I own a 2001 Saturn l200 4 cylinder sedan. It has just over 70k miles on it. All maintenance has been done on or before schedule. Almost 2 years ago the computer had to be replaced. After that incident, the lights started doing weird things. So I took it to the dealer and that issue was resolved (a recall). I have also had to replace the brakes 3 times. On 3/30/06 I was in rush hour on a busy highway passing a car in the left lane. My car just died (no lights came on indicating the engine stopped, just no power). Thank god I got to the right land. I sat there for an hour and finally got the car towed. The timing chain broke. I have spend $200 just to find that out. I am not sure what other damage has resulted. Saturn is acting ignorant about this problem. They say they cannot tell me anything unless I have it at a Saturn dealership. (another tow charge and diagnostics charge). I saw that there is an investigation into this matter and wanted to file a formal complaint. I strongly believe, after the research I have done, that Saturn should take responsibility and fix this problem.
Consumer stated that while driving vehicle cut off. It did not matter the speed. Consumerhad not taken the vehicle to a Saturn dealer yet, but had a private mechanic look at it. The private mechanic told him it was the crank position sensor that was faulty.