Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Saturn Sl submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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
REAR LIGHTS KEPT GOING OUT - SATURN DEALER SAID THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN BUTT-SPLICED. SINCE ONLY SATURN WORKED ON THE VEHICLE, THIS WAS UNEXPLAINABLE. IT SEEMS, HOWEVER, MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY, THE BUTT-SPLICING IS BEING DONE BY SATURN AND BEING BLAMED ON THE CONSUMER -- AND CHARGED TO THE CONSUMER. I DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM AFTER BEING STOPPED BY THE POLICE, TWICE.*AK
WEATHER STRIPING TO VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN THERE IS RAIN VEHICLE FILLS UP WITH WATER IN REAR. *AK
TRUNK LID CLOSES TOO EASILY, LID COLLAPSED ON CONSUMER ON TWO OCCASIONS RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE HEAD.
VENTILLATION SYSTEM BLOW AIR THAT SMELLS AND CONTAINS MOLD.
HEAD GASKET CRACKED.
KEY REMOTE MODULE FOR KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED.
IGNITION KEY STICKING.
ALL VEHICLE DOORS CAME OPEN UPON IMPACT, OWNER LOST CONTROL, FISHTAILED ON GRAVEL ROAD, SKIDDED, HIT DITCH/EMBANKMENT, VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. ALSO, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, VEHICLE TOTALED. SEATBELTS SAVED DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S LIVES, OWNER WILL INCLUDE VIN. *AK
SUSPENSION FAILURE.
EXTERIOR REAR DOOR SEAL FAILED TWICE.
DOOR CHECK LINKS BROKE SIX TIMES. *AK
TRUNK LID DOES FAILED TO STAY IN OPEN POSITION AFTER SPOILER WAS INSTALLED.
ON THE EDGE OF DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE FINGERS CAN BECOME INJURED, THE EDGES ARE VERY SHARP. 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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