With no warning, consumer lost steering control. It could have caused an accident. Dealer notified.*ak. The dealer determined the manual steering gear pinion shaft had fractured.
1995 Saturn SL steering complaints
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While driving steering linkage separated form vehicle. Dealer has inspected and repaired vehicle. *ak the consumer stated that the steering wheel was broke and stopped turning the front wheels. Also, the sir coil was broke.
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While parking vehicle, heard a clunk noise from underneath the vehicle. Without prior warning steering went out. Dealership is aware of problem.*ak. Consumer states the problem was an internal fracture in the steering box, there was a previous recall for the problem, however consumers VIN was not included.
Steering wheel locked, car hit curb.
Steering gear assembly and slip ring broke . While driving consumer noticed a problem in steering wheel. Consumer stopped to check vehicle ,and wiggled steering wheel about 6-8 seconds, and steering wheel broke. Contact technician, and dealer stated it just happened. *ak the consumer later found out that the steering assembly and its related parts failed. Nlm
Consumer was pulling out a space and noticed some resistence. When straighting wheel there was a little more play than usual with steering. Consumer had a couple of miles to get home, and decided to drive vehicle. Next day, consumer took a look to see what was wrong, and wheels wouldn't turn. Consumer purchased a steering gear from dealer to change himself. Rack and pinion pulled out of steering gear housing.
Steering gear broke off from rack pinion steering, causing loss of steering. Vehicle taken to independent repairs shop. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
While making a turn steering popped, and steering wheel had no control over steering. Dealer has been contacted.
Vehicle experienced that same defect as indicated in the federal safety agency recall 94v170000/ manufacturer's recall 7149 concerning steering: manual gear box fracturing during vehicle operation. Manufacturer advised consumer that this vehicle was not part of the recall due to VIN. *ak consumer paid for replacement costs and replaced part was also defective, dealer replaced this part at no cost to consumer, but still stated the part was not part of the recall.
Our son was very blessed to have been stopped at a red light when he lost the steering in his car. Had he been moving, it could have been fatal. We are concerned that there may have been other such reports of this nature. We do know of the 1994 recall of saturns due to a welding default in this same area. Please let us know if a recall has been issued.many thanks, patricia smith
Under normal driving conditions the vehicle abruptly lost steering, I was able to get off the main road by coasting. Luckily there were no cars around mine at the time. The steering was non- existent at that time. I had the car towed to the dealer, they fixed the problem at $465.00. I looked on the federal safety agency web site and found a recall relative to my situation. The federal safety agency id# 94v170000, component steering manual gearbox, mfg campaign# 95c01 1995 saturn sl. The note on this recall is that the dealer will replace the vehicle's manual steering assembly free of charge. The dealer was extremely uncooperative and stated they don't have a recall for my car and I would have to pay. They said they don't care what the federal safety agency says about this recall it is my responsibility to pay for the sudden failure of the steering. Please assist me in this matter. I have requested the old steering part. I will hold on to it once recieved. I want my money back from saturn and others to be safe with similar safety threatening issues with the 1995 saturn sl sedan.
While driving in the right hand lane, and proceeding through traffic, took eyes off the road and rear ended another vehicle. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy.
While pulling out of a parking space noise was heard and vehicle lost steering power. A recall was issued on steering gear box failure. However, this vehicle was not included due to VIN. Recall 94v170. Dealer has been notified.
Tie rod failure on passenger side.
Sttering rack failure.
When making a left turn, the right front spindle failed, resulting in vehicle losing the wheel and hitting curb. Driver's air bag also didn't deploy. Please describe details.
Right front rotors warped/replaced, also steering failure.
Consistant steering malfunction.
The steering column(wheel) was very loose. Consumer was able to read the instructions, on how to install the air bag.
Driving vehicle at speed 45mph, making a right turn, steering locked up, impact 12:00 position.
Vehicle hit broaside by another vehicle. Lost control, resulting in an accident/injuries.
Front brake rotors warp. Also pulsation in steering excessive vibration. Tt
Brake rotors failed.
Steering rod broke, causing loss of control/accident.
When vehicle reaches 60 MPH steering start to vibrates. Tt
Steering wheel turned out of drivers hands, causing accident.
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