2001 Saturn LS Suspension Problems

“I get very poor mileage on my tires and I inevitable get cupping in my rear tires. This causes a sound in my car that sounds like the tire is flat when I am driving when in fact it is due to cupping. I read on alldatadiy that a spacer needs to be placed between the rear suspension support and the vehicle body during alignment to correct the problem. Tires are expensive and it causes me to not want to drive my car too far.”

“Replaced water pump, timing chain and pulleys at approximately 90k miles. App. 10k miles later, timing chain broke and had to be replaced again. Multiple issues with suspension, fuel sensors, oil filter casing.”

“Continuous cupping of rear tires due to an engineering defect. Shims placed in rear of car. The cupping has continued causing dangerous wearing of the tires at one point, the tread was beginning to separate from the core after a highway trip. Saturn told me that they corrected the problem with the shims. The fourth set of tires in 90,000 miles is now placed on the car because on the continuing cupping.”

“Front left spring in mcpherson stut suspension. Spring snapped at bottom. Mechanic said he had seen this on another Saturn. Repair cost is $972.00. Clean break with rust. Mechanic suggested manufacturing flaw.”

“Low bang noise in passenger side front end. Worse turning right or left. Sounded like major break, but nothing could be seen visually. Had car towed to mechanic. Had to replace upper strut mounts on both front and right struts. Passenger side upper strut mount was broken completely, and driver side upper strut mount was cracked. Upper strut mounts both made of a plastic based material. Service manager stated the shock could have broken through, and hit hood of car if we had not serviced it immediately. Replacement part made of same material. Had to have an alignment done. …”