Tl* the contact owned a 1993 saturn sl-2. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact attempted to coast the vehicle off to the right shoulder, but lost control and crashed into three poles. The air bags failed to deploy and ejected the contact through the front windshield. A police report was filed. The contact sustained broken ribs and a permanent head injury. The contact was in a coma on life support for three weeks. The vehicle was towed and the insurance company declared that it was destroyed. The dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 10/05/17*lj *js
1993 Saturn SL: engine stalls while driving
8 of the 174 complaints about the 1993 Saturn SL describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below
Engine stalls while driving by model year
What owners say
Problems with the harmonic balancer having excessive run out causing improper serpentine belt alignment which created excessive belt wear. If problem is left unattended, serpentine belt/balancer can separate causing engine stall and loss of power steering which may cause accident. Contacted manufacturer but did not acknowledge a problem existed even though the balancer was redesigned. Balancer was replaced by the owner as a precautionary measure to prevent potential hazards. I also noticed several failure notices by other owners of this same brand/model of vehicle posted on the internet. Vehicle in question is a 1993 saturn sl2 sdn w/dohc 1.9l engine could not find the proper category to classify the vehicle I the next pages.
My biggest problems is with the stalling of the car in the middle of traffic. I have almost been in one accident and there has been alot of times at which this car has stalled. This vehicle is very dangerous to me and my 4 year old boy and the place at which I am still paying for this car as not been cooperative in fixing this problem which was brought to there attention from day one. Anna cole.
Engine runs rough, stalling continually.
Vehicle will run at high idle and sometimes will stall.
The engine flooded with rain water and stalled.
Vehicle indicate that it wants to stall and loss of power, replace filter. Tt
Continuous stalling/engine idling high after repeated attempts to repair.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1993 Saturn SL stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 1993 Saturn SL?
8 of 174 owner complaints about the 1993 Saturn SL (5%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 2002.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1993 Saturn SL?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1993 Saturn SL
Adaptive cruise 18Brake failure 14ABS 9No deployment 8Fire or smoke 5
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