Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Saturn Sl submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ENGINE WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS IT BEING THE BRAKE BOOSTER DIAPHRAM THAT IS WORN AND LEAKING. THE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE CHECK VALVE GROMMET IS TORN. *JG *AK
BRAKES FAILED AND BUMPER IS 36 INCHES LONG AND SIDES HAVE NO BUMPER PROTECTION.
ABS SENSOR AND BRAKE CABLES ARE ATTACHED TO BRACKETS WHICH HAVE FALLEN OFF, AND CAUSING CABLES TO SHEAR OFF, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES AND CONTROL. CONSUMER ADDS THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE REPAIRS DUE TO WRAPPED ROTORS AND PADS WEARING PREMATURELY, CONSUMER FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TT
SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED DUE TO STIFF POWER STEERING.
FRONT DISC BRAKE PULSATION/VIBRATION.
DRIVER REPLACED BATTERIES 4 TIMES, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN 2ND GEAR, REPLACED GENERATOR WIRING AS PER SERVICE RECALL, ALSO REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS AND BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. *AK
WHEEL CYLINDER LEAKS. *SD
WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT BRAKE ROTOR SEPARATED FROM CENTER AND BROKE INTO HALF, ALSO THE COVERS THAT PROTECT THE MOTORIZED TRACK RUN IN FRONT SEATS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BROKE OFF. *AK
RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WARPED.
SQUEAKING SOUND COMES FROM BRAKES AREA; METAL TO METAL LIKE GRABBING NOISE; ROTORS REPLACED; PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
AFTER BRAKES WERE CHECKED AND SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE-THEY FAILED WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING-NO INJURIES WAS SUSTAINED. TT
VEHICLE INVOLVED FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00, APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD FRONT BRAKE LOCKUP SPEED 55MPH. TT
BRAKES FAILED, CAR DID NOT STOP WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH. TT *JB
BRAKES FAILED DUE TO 'BOILING OF FLUID WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME DOWN A STEEP HILL. *SD
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES/BRAKES RETURNED ONE HOUR LATER. *AK
THE FRONT DISC ROTOR ARE WARP. TT
REPLACE ROTOR IN 4/94 AND 5/95 WAS WORN OUT . TT
ABS BRAKES FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO GARAGE WALL. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP IMPACT 12:00 SPEED 30 MPH. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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