Two problems related to power steering pump have been reported for the 2001 Saturn LS. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Complete failure of power steering pump. Dealer replacement required.
2001 Saturn l200 - started having intermitten "groans" occurring when making left turns (before 50,000 miles), and then over time had intermitten power steering failures for short periods. Power steering pump was replaced today. Symptoms sounded like the 1. 5 million recall gm had for the bearing in their power steering gear assembly I read about in Nov.