2003 Saturn L200 Exterior lighting Problems

“I have been having problems with my lights flickering to the point where they go almost completely out. The date that I listed below it was the worst occurrence thus far. There were no appliances running ( air or heat ) to cause this. I have had people try to run me off the road and turn their hi beam lights on me thinking that I was flashing them when my lights were actually flickering. I feel that with road rage incidents of this type and the possibility of a vehicle fire that this posses a significant traffic safety issue.”

“2003 l-200 purchased feb 03. Soon found numerous issues with car, to this day have not been fixed. Tried Saturn 800 # to no avail. Rep was rude. Flat out told me nothing to be done by Saturn if local dealer can't fix. Told by local svc mgr supv I was making probs up & no one else had these problems. He told svc reps halt correcting or reviewing warranty work on our car. Escalated & wrkd w/ dir of oprtns. He wasn't able to fix probs due to resistance frm Saturn. Was told no more work on probs becz Saturn intervened in doing more warranty work. …”

“A tractor trailer was passing me on the interstate. Just as his trailer was approximately 2/3 past me, my lights dimmed out on my car by themselves. The driver of the tractor trailer thought I had flashed my headlights at him, to let him know he had cleared my car and was safe to come into my lane, which was not the case. This made the drivers behind me and the tractor trailer in all 3 lanes, to slam on their brakes. The truck driver almost lost control of his rig trying to keep from hitting me when he realized that he did not have clearance as my lights suggested to him that he had. …”

“Brakelights have quit working twice. Also multiple electricle problems. On 1 occasion, ABS light was out, came on again with restart. Another time fuel gague showed empty, showed full on restart. Another time turned key and no elecric at all, unplugged battery and all was well.”

“Dt: while driving on september 23, 2005 there was smoking coming from the steering wheel. There was no fire. The consumer has not taken it in to be repaired. The person on the phone told the consumer that she thought it was a short in the turn signal switch or wiring. There was nothing leading up to the occurrence.”