Head gasket failure in a relatively young vehicle with 52,000 miles. Not covered under warranty and cost $600.00 to fix.
2002 Saturn SL engine complaints
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Intake manifold gasket.
2002 saturn sl2 stalled then vehicle caught on fire. *mr the vehicle begun to smoke then ignited.
Upon starting the vehicle it overheated. Once turning it off, and upon trying to start it again, idle dropped to zero, and vehicle stalled intermittently. Also, dash lights illuminated. Consumer contacted the dealer more than four times for this problem. Dealer stated that there was a bad sensor. However, problem recurred.
Vehicle repeatedly loses power and shuts off at highway speed. Driver is not able to restart vehicle for a few minutes.
While pulling into garage consumer removed foot from gas pedal and vehicle drifted on a slight incline. Consumer applied the brakes to stop vehicle from rolling backwards. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that engine did not have torque power in order to pull the vehicle, and vehicle was working properly as designed.
While traveling on the highway and without prior warning vehicle shutdown.
2002 saturn sl has 3 leaking seals. Very dangerous for a fire. Rear seal, oil pan gasket and crank case gasket all leaking. Dangerous for single women on the road.
The car idles rough, has lousy gas mileage, and no power. I was told on the 5th time to the saturn repair shop, that the sl1s have an engineering defect and saturn does not know how to fix it. Dt
While driving at highway speeds vehicle stalls without any indication. Dealer was contacted and could not duplicate problem, but replaced battery .please provide further information.
After a long distance drive and stopping at local store for a moment vehicle would hesitate while consumer was traveling at about 45mph. Then, when pulling into a parking lot vehicle started smoking, releasing very thick vapor. Also, smoke was coming from exhaust, and vapors was from inside of vehicle. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
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