2004 Saturn L300 Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 4about this part
- Share
- 7%of 61 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 40,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2004 Saturn L300, 7% of the 61 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 40,500 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I have a 2004 Saturn L300.1 sedan with cruise control. A couple of times over the past years when using the cruise control and pressing the cruise control accelerate button, the button stuck in the accelerate position causing the car to accelerate until the cruise control was turned off by brake or switch. Knowing this can happen, I am careful using cruise control and have not reported it. With the current publicity about acceleration problems, I thought it should be reported. Better late than never. Thank you.”
NHTSA complaint #10315665, filed 2010-03, 60,000 miles“The contact owns a 2004 Saturn L300. The contact was driving approximately 20 MPH and depressed the brakes very gently when the vehicle accelerated. The motored roared after accelerating. The vehicle crashed into a trailer that was in front of it. The contact then put the vehicle in neutral. The contact was able to drive in reverse after the crash occurred. The air bag did not deploy. The police were called and a police report was taken. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic and repaired. …”
NHTSA complaint #10316014, filed 2010-03, 21,000 miles“While driving on the freeway 70 MPH acceleration will drop down to 5 MPH. Dealership stated that there was something wrong with computer that threw the vehicle into idle mode. This problem also occurred in the owner's previous Saturn model l200 2002. The cause was still undetermined.”
NHTSA complaint #10110932, filed 2005-02Vehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2004 Saturn L300
15 complaintsExterior lighting
12 complaintsEngine cooling
8 complaintsFuel system
7 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
6 complaintsBrakes
4 complaintsAir bags
3 complaintsEngine
3 complaintsSteering
3 complaintsBody and structure
3 complaintsTires
3 complaintsElectronic stability control
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2004 Saturn L300
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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