general problems of the 2002 Saturn LS

I lost power at highway speeds and at full throttle there was no acceleration. It made a loud boom like a backfire and a large piece of material that looked fiberglass matting and rocks blew out of the exhaust. The car accelerated fine for about 15 miles then started to bog down again. Shut off vehicle and tried to restart unsuccessful, waited a few hours then car restarted with no issues ran vehicle off and on over a three day period, that is when it started malfunctioning again with very rough idle, almost dies, extreme loss of power w/almost no acceleration at full throttle. Contacted mechanic the vehicle resonator was expanded to the point of splitting the seam, he removed the resonator to find all the fiber packing gone and the resonator packed with what looked like rocks. He stated the bits that looked like rocks were part of the catalytic converter packing that had been heated above the limits of the material. The disintegrated material made a blockage in the resonator not allowing the exhaust gasses to flow he checked for TSB's and recall campaigns and found camp # 03v231000 action # 03033 recall # 03-c-06 (electrical system ignition control module) and camp # 07v519000 action # ea06009 recall # 06074. (eng. Timing chain) called gm recall center given case #8-2430110427 per brandy she is getting many calls on this, she shows only the recall 03-c-06 only and she is to deny any additional claims even though they replaced the part with the same part that was recalled to begin with. Investigated recall # 06074 and found that did not include the 2002 Saturn l series however per my mechanic both recalls are contributing factors with the outstanding issues with my vehicle. The car is unsafe to drive. The 2002 Saturn l series should not be on the road and it shouldn't take an accident or a death before you people decide to recall these vehicles.

Takata recall vehicle in park when started. Lights dim an go bright on dash. Fan goes on when motor not hot. When fan goes on and car is being driven car will jump when car shifts gears. I only can drive on side roads. To nervous to go on highway now. Only happens when cooling fan is on. I have seen lots of reports that people post of other cars like mine having same issues. Was told they reported it. Nothing was done. Seriously this needs to be addressed. Shouldn't matter were the car was made. Parts are the same. I haven't brought it in since 2017. I don't have money for repairs or fix it if it's the manufacturs faulty parts. I've already put 1400 dollars for replacement of fuel pump an other parts. An this problem still exists. Please let me know if an when you can look into this issue.

At 60 mph on freeway the timing belt broke. I lost power and control of the car. It cannot be started. Since the repair cost is too high (more than $2000), and my VIN is not included in the gm recall #06074, I had to junk the car. The car is dangerous to drivers. Gm is not willing to recall all 2001 l200. However, due to so many complains of the same problems from drivers of the 2001 Saturn l200 (whose cars are not included in the recall) NHTSA should force gm to recall all 2011 Saturn l200.

Please help! my key and ignition are burning hot, my car doesn't always start, the power cuts off, the service engine light comes on and off and when I start it in the morning the exhaust is super strong. Gm told me I have to pay a dealer $110. 00 to diagnose the problem that you have clearly defined and recalled in 2003 but I was never notified as the original owner for that recall. I broke my neck and am a single, disabled mom of a 12 year old. I do not want to be trapped in a fire or rearended and totally paralyzed or dead! what the heck is gm thinking? they said they only act on recalls if they come from you!.

Vehicle timing chain broke as vehicle was being backed out of a parking space at 2-3 mph. No injuries occurred, but engine was catastrophically damaged. Estimated repair costs from my mechanic was $1700 for parts and labor. Updated 11/24/2014.

After stopping waiting for traffic to pass I turned to pull into my driveway at 5 mph the timing chain broke and engine stalled causing me to get stuck in the middle of the road blocking traffic. Car gave no indication anything was wrong until it just stalled in the road. No noises or rough running or anything! valves were destroyed and engine is junk. Found out later that there was a recall on this car and system and may or may not have included my year car I have not yet called dealer to see if they will help in any way! but with only 80500 miles on this car I am really unhappy that I now need.

The vehicle has been well maintained with regular oil changes. While turning onto a main street the engine just quit, leaving me stranded in the middle of the road. I was fortunate I was not on the highway at a high rate of speed as I would have had no means to remove the vehicle from the highway causing extreme danger to the occupants of the car. Authorized Saturn dealership diagnosed the timing chain had broken, causing further damage to the valves and possibly the pistons in the engine. $3000 repair bill. There had been a prior recall #07v519000 on the Saturn l200 2001 version for the same issue and it appears it was not resolved in the 2002 model. Vehicle was built in 09/01.

The contact owns a 2002 Saturn Ls. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle jerked and the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle did not accelerate. The vehicle was pulled over to the shoulder of the highway where it stalled. The vehicle did not restart. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the timing chain failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 106,192. Updated 6/8/cn.

On Friday, January 29, 2010, my daughter was driving on the highway, when the car started knocking and then just cut off. She was not able to restart it and struggled to quickly guide it to the shoulder of the road. She then called a wrecker who towed it to a local garage. They ran an analysis and discovered the timing chain had broken. He said , in his opinion, that this was highly unusual which spurred us to search the internet to learn if this was a documented problem with other 2002 Saturn l200's with less than 100,000 miles, and apparently it is. We called the only Saturn dealership left in our city and were told that her VIN number was not on the recall list. With all that I have read in the past 24 hours, I find it very hard to believe this problem is only limited to just the 2001 l200 series. Saturn seems not to want to help in any way, shape or form other than to bring the car in and replace the parts and/or engine at our expense! this is not acceptable for her or anyone else with similar problems! she has always taken good care of this vehicle. If my daughter had not had the presence of mind to get the car off the road when she did, there could have been a far different outcome!.

2002 Saturn l200 52,000 miles I was driving on the loop here in lubbock going about 65mph when my car suddenly lost power. My car started going very slow and then came to a complete stop. The car also lost power steering so I was lucky enough to be able to get on the shoulder of the road. I had my car towed to a local mechanic to be worked on and he thought it might be the fuel pump. Well he called later and said it was the timing chain and it had broke. He was very concerned about this because he said it should have outlasted the life of the engine. Not only did this break, but when it broke, it tore up my engine as well. I then did a search on google for "l200 timeing chain" and it seems this is a common problem. Not only is this a common problem, but Saturn was aware of this problem and posted a bulletin to their service centers.

The contact owns a 2002 Saturn l200. The contact attempted to start the vehicle and was unable to do so. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer who replaced the ignition cylinder according to recall 03v231000 (electrical system:ignition:module). The brake lights were inoperable and the timing chain failed without warning on a separate occasion. The dealer repaired the timing chain and the contact paid half of the repair cost. Most recently, the powertrain control module and body control module suddenly failed. The vehicle had not been repaired. The VIN was unavailable when the complaint was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.