Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. 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. 9 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
1996 SATURN SL2, A VEHICLE DEFECT CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND STRIKE THE CONCRETE BARRIER. *BF THE LEFT FRONT STRUT BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0304-91)*JB UPDATED 08/05/10 *BF
1. HIGH REVVING ON IDLE MANUAL TRANS 2. FRONT END NOISE MANUAL TRANS P/S SIMILAR TO OTHER RECALL WORN OUT ? *NM
FEDERAL-MOGUL BEARING MANUFACTURE #512000 WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 2000, BROKE WHILE DRIVING , THE WHEEL CAME OFF . I WAS LUCKY I WAS GOING SLOW AROUND A SHARP CURVE, AND THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE ROLLING WHEEL. *AK
THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILURES SINCE PURCHASED NEW
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES FAILED AND WEREN'T STOPPING THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. ALSO, THERE IS VIRBRATION WITHIN THE STEERING AND A SHORT WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK
ENGINE STALLS DUE TO VALVES STICKING.
SUSPENSION FAILURE.
THE CAR WOULD SHAKE WHEN COMING TO A STOP, WITHIN 13800 MILES THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE EXPLAIN MORE. *AK
THE CAR SHIMMIES AND CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. 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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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