Tl*the contact owns a 1996 saturn sl2. While driving less than 10 MPH and engaging the brake pedal the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. In order to stop the acceleration, the contact had shift into neutral gear and turn the vehicle off. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the contact had the coolant temperature sensor harness replaced. There were no prior warnings. The failure mileage was 76,824. Updated 02/17/10. *lj updated 02/18/10
Saturn SL sudden acceleration problems
16 of the 2,211 owner complaints about the Saturn SL describe sudden unintended acceleration, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 16
- worst model year
- 1995
- typical mileage
- 35,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20011
- 19981
- 19973
- 19962
- 19954
- 19941
- 19933
- 19921
Often reported together
What owners say
After turning the vehicle on and placing the gear in park or neutral vehicle will jumped forward, dealer examined the vehicle, and found that the valve body assembly had to be replaced. *ak the consumer owns four other saturn vehicles. Three of them have also had their valve body assemblies replaced. All of the vehicles had under 50000 miles on their odometer's.
After turning the vehicle on and when placing the gear in park or neutral,vehicle jumped forward. Dealer examined the vehicle, and found that the valve body assembly hasdbeen replaced.
After turning the vehicle on and when placing the gear in park or neutral vehicle jumped forward. Dealer examined the vehicle, and found that that valve body assembly had been replaced.
The vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning.
The vehicle stalled intermittently while driving. The cam switch was replaced twice, the idle control was adjusted and the throttle was replaced yet the problem recurred. The vehicle lunged forward when the vehicle was shifted in reverse. The transmission was replaced.
While driving vehicle w/emergency brakes on of had no knowledge. Was coming off freeway & was applying brakes, vehicle failed to slow down or stop. Started to suddenly accelerate. Turned vehicle off. Had it towed to dealer & found back brakes burnt out. Orginial brakes checked & was not burnt out. Owner has brake parts.
Sudden acceleration whenever in slow traffic. Dealer/manufacturer notified, and nothing could be found.
Sudden acceleration is ongoing. When slowing down for a signal light the vehicle jumps from about 1200 to 1800 RPM, and sometimes it will accelerate while the foot is on the brake pedal. During the acceleration, the brake pedal is trying to come back up.
While driving in a parking space the car suddenly accelerated and went onto the sidewalk and bent the rim . Please describe .
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Saturn SL sudden acceleration
Which Saturn SL years have sudden unintended acceleration problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (4 complaints), 1993 (3 complaints) and 1997 (3 complaints).
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