1995 Saturn SL: excessive oil consumption

Filed Dec 28, 2006 · Engine · 82,000 miles · AR

Loud engine knock. Engine consumes oil but no leak. Took to saturn dealer in fayetteville, ar and told it needs a new engine. Engine has less than 85,000 miles on it. Told there was a bulletin about this sometime in the past. All regular maintenance done as recommended by saturn. Cost to replace engine $2600. Engine should not be on brink of failure at 83,000 miles.

Filed Oct 9, 2005 · Engine · 65,000 miles · CA

Excessive oil consumption, uses 1 qt every 500 miles, no leaks. Saturn says this is normal!

Filed Aug 18, 2004 · Engine · 64,750 miles · GA

Oil change at saturn dealership on 6/10/04. Car driven only every 10 days afterwards, then driven 400 miles to north carolina. With no dash warning lights, oil was 3 quarts low. Refilled oil, drove 1 mile, engine blew with connecting rod through block. Stopped in heavy traffic on I-95. Engine replacement required, saturn acknowledged no responsibility as car not maintained in their system. Car had 64,000 miles and oil was changed every 6 months. Suggest that saturn has a manufacturing defect in engine block, lubrication or connecting rods.

Filed Feb 11, 2004 · Engine · 49,000 miles · MI

The caris a 1995 saturn sl1 was bought in oct of 2002 it had only 38,962 actual miles on it, when I seen the overall shape of this vehicle it was awesome, the low mileage was the ultimate reason for buying the car ( since all I heard was how great these cars run) from a local chevrolet dealership in the area it has a sohc 4cyc. Motor,within 10k miles of driving this car it started drinking oil uncontrolably, now the car has 84k onit and every month it needs a fresh set of plugs in it because the oil consumption that blows past the pistons fouls out the plugs.in 1000 miles of driving this car it will consume 3.5 quarts of oil,the car has regular oil chages at every 2000 miles(along with a case of oil in the trunk) needless to say the car still looks awesome...but loves that oil.

Filed Dec 4, 2003 · Engine · 114,000 miles · IN

1995 saturn sl1 - crack in cylinder head causing oil to leak into cooling system. I had to purchase new head and gasket set, oil pump and various other misc. Parts in order to fix this. Saturn has known about this problem and has not corrected it-I am a very unhappy saturn owner. Up until this point, I was happy with the car.

Filed Feb 26, 2002 · Engine · NY

Car was using oil, but was not leaking or burning it. Car then started overheating, and I took it to the service station I always use. When changing anti freeze for overheating problem, found oil in the anti- freeze. This LED to engine head problems. And head was sent out to be repaired and reinstalled. Drove car for about a week and it started using anti- freeze again. This time when the head was pulled off, it was found to have a crack in it and now I have to buy a new head. I have spent about $1,800.00 so far and hope I din't have to spend more. My mechanis called the saturn mechanic in albany n.y. And he said this was common with 1995 saturn sl-1s. I also looked it up on the internet and found it to be a big problem with consumers of this year car. Are you people going to do any thing about this problem. I think the comsumers of these junk cars are getting the shaft from you people, and you should be reinbersing all of us for these problems that your engines are causing. Right?.

Filed Dec 14, 2001 · Engine · CA

Took car to saturn of san francisco when it died suddenly for 120k servicing. Mechanics told me engine cylinder plugs #2 & #3 were loaded w/oil deposits. Recommended rebuilding or replacing engine. They told me I should have noticed car using excessive oil. 10 mos. Earlier I took car to saturn of santa maria for 100k servicing and told mechanics that engine was using excessive oil. Mechanics dismissed the problems as being normal for older saturns. Early maintenance could have prevented engine failure which eventually occurred. Possibly a common problem with saturn engines. I have letter from other saturn owners who have experienced same engine failure problem, and same problem with mechanics at saturn of santa maria.

Filed Mar 13, 2001 · Engine · NY

Engine excessivley burns oil. Head gasket has been replaced, and problem still occurs. Please add additional information. *ak.

Filed Mar 2, 2001 · Engine · MD

Car overheated after a week of problems with the coolant fuild. At time of failure, oil was found mixed with the coolan fluid, and coolant fluid was in the engine. A cracked cylander has since been found. Car has burned oil for 4 of the 6 years. Mechanic has documentation of identical failures on 2 other 1995 saturns.

Filed Jan 23, 2001 · Engine · VA

I became aware of an oil consumption problem when my oil light came on when the car was 1000 miles and one month early for the next oil change. The complaint was dismissed by service techs at that time, explaining that "saturn egines run hot, and that it was not unusual to use one or two quarts of oil between changes. On a trip back to virginia form new jersey, my ses light came on, and I began to notice a fairly loud ticking in my engine. When I pulled over I found I had no oil in my oil pan. My engine could have seized on a major highway, and the oil light never came on (I was about 500 miles and two weeks early for my next oil change). I had regular routine maintenance at the dealership, but the dealership recently informed me that I would have to have a massive overhaul of my engine before I even had 100,000 miles on it. This seems highly irregular for a vehile which was impeccably maintained. I have also become aware of similar complaints on other internet sites. This is not an uncommon problem, but it is a very cosly one.