Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. 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. 24 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
WE MOVED FROM LOUISIANA TO ARIZONA AT THAT TIME WE NOTICED OIL IN COOLANT-REPLACED HEAD GASKET NO NOTICEABLE CRACKS IN HEAD, VEHICLE NEVER OVER HEATED WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. LEFT FRONT SEAT IN A PERMANENT SLANT BACKWARD.*AK
SINCE 1993 THE ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES DUE TO HEAT RELATED ISSUES. CJ
MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE DETERIORATED. MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE.*AK *SLC
ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED SPONTANEOUSLY. HEAD GASKET PROBABLY RUPTURED.
PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM ON PASSENGER SIDE FAILED WITHOUT TRAUMA, ENGINE MOUNT FAILED CAUSING STEERING DIFFICULTY AND LOUD NOISE, GAS GAUGE BEGAN BOUNCING RANDOMLY, O-RINGS IN A/C FAILED TWICE, DESPITE RETROFIT, A/C AGAIN INOPERATIVE DUE TO "O-RINGS" WATER PUMP LEAKED AT 40,000 MILES, BATTERY DEAD IN ONE YEAR IN ARIZONA. *AK
AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND NOTICIED ENGINE WAS BURNING TWO QUARTS OF OIL FROM THE EXHAUST EVERY 2000 MILES. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEY THINK IT COULD BE A LEAKING VALVE STEM OR VALVE GUIDES, BUT THEY NEEDED TO DO A COMPRESSION TEST, AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT A 1,000. *AK
SATURNED REFUSED TO HELP WITH THE COSTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH THREE SEALS AND THE VALVES BURNED OUT, AND IT REDUCED THE POWER. THE DEALER STATES NEEDS ENGINE OVERHAUL. *AK
SERPENTINE BELT AND TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING POWER STEERING, ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND WATER PUMP TO FAIL, RESULTING IN DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL OF VEHICLE.
VEHICLE STARTED TO GRADUALLY VIBRATE DUE TO MOTOR MOUNT BOLT MISSING, AND ONE WAS BROKE IN HALF.SATURN CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
THE CAR OVERHEATED DUE TO THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKING. DEALER WILL REPLACE DAMAGED PARTS. *AK
SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED DUE TO STIFF POWER STEERING.
COOLING SYSTEM OVERHEATED 3 TIMES CAUSING AIR DAM TO FALL OFF.
HEAD GASKET IS VERY POROUS CAUSING LEAKS WHICH MADE WATER FLOW INTO THE OIL AND OIL FLOW INTO THE RADIATOR.
POOR STEERING CONTROL.
THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED, CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT AND OIL TO LEAK IN THE ENGINE COOLANT.
ENGINE OIL PUMP FAILURE, INTERIOR WARNING LIGHT DIES NOT CORRECTLY INDICATE WHEN THERE IS NO OIL PRESSURE. AK
THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*AK
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
RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WARPED.
PISTON RINGS FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO BURN OIL EXCESSIVELY. *DH
MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE CRACKED. *AK
THE ENGINE BOLT BROKE . TT
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