Engine problems of the 1996 Saturn SL1

1. High revving on idle manual trans 2. Front end noise manual trans p/s similar to other recall worn out ?.

1996 Saturn sl-1 cylinder head cracked. A known defect to the Saturn corporation. $2400 to fix! my "check engine soon" light comes on often. . Read more...

In summer of 2002, I paid over $1500 to have a head gasket repaired on my Saturn. Last Thursday, the car was having the same issues and it was determined that it has a cracked engine cylinder. This is an item on a TSB issued from Saturn, I realized today. Now I am facing over $2000 to have the cylinder replaced, putting my total cost for repairs over $3700 on an issue that Saturn has been aware of for some time, yet never notified its customers.

My wife and I own a 1996 Saturn Sl1 with 69001 miles on it. I notice that oil was in the coolant reservoir. Contacted Saturn of corpus christi and asked if they had an idea of the problem. Maybe a bad head gasket and gave me an estimate of $840 plus $2. 30/mile to tow it in. Living outside of beeville 65 miles away a total of 13o miles. Contacted my mechanic told him the problem and he gave me an estimate of $900 saving on towing fee, I went to him. He looked at it and told me that my cylinder head was also cracked. He then showed me a technical service bulletin #96-t-65b that Saturn sent out in may 1999 documenting this problem with the cylinder heads cracking. He then showed me that my cylinder head was cracked just like the diagrams on page 2 of the bulletin showed. I contacted Saturn in tennessee talked to chad of customer service, his supervisor ms. Ramirez, her supervisor brenda salsberry, her supervisor joey fitzgerald and all gave me the same answer that our car was over 6 years old. They said that they'll sent out to all Saturn owners special policy#99-p-01 in June 1999 extending our warranty for this specific problem for 6 years or 100,000 miles we never received any extension policy from Saturn for us to be aware of this problem. After them knowing and documenting problems with cylinder heads does this not make it a defective or flawed part, and there is no warranty time on defective parts. I'm asking you to investigate this for us individuals who are getting no where with Saturn. I don't think that it is just a coincidence that my cylinder head crack just as they drew up on page 2 of bulletin 96-t-65b. Help!.

Cracked head cylinder caused by oil mixing with coolent. Saturn refused to honor supplimental warranty provided in TSB 99p01.

Vehicle experienced overheating, dealer replaced cylinder head.

The cylinder head cracked while I was commuting home from work. It cost me 2000. 00 plus to repair. Saturn told me they would cover the repair up to 100,000 miles. Of course I was about 7,000 over that. I never received any info on any problems to look out for from the dealer. Prior to this I did notice my coolant was discolored so I had the fluid replaced. I did not suspect any interenal engine problems. I want to know who I can get in contact whith to get a refund of my money. I.

Consumer backed out driveway. On right side of driveway where the front of vehicle was sitting, there was brown oil/water mixture. When she opened the hood and looked into the reservoir there was a colored liquid. Mechanic discovered a cracked engine cylinder. Checked computer and found a bulletin--id. #96-t-65a--issued Feb. 1997,that deals with this problem.

Problem diagnosed by Saturn of thousand oaks as a cracked cylinder head; as a result, coolant and coolant system was contaminated with oil; all had to be replaced. Despite comment by Saturn of thousand oaks service representative that there was a problem with "the process" with 1996 Saturns, Saturn corp. Denies cause is manufacturer's defect. I know of at least one other 1996 Sl1 purchased at the same dealership which experienced the same problem in June/98. Both cars were purchased new and were less than 3 years old at the time of the problem.

Cracked engine cylinder head.

Valves replaced.

Head gasket cracked.