2002 Saturn LS Other or unknown Problems

“Timing chain broke. Complete loss of power and destruction of engine. No noise or warning beforehand. Traveling in center lane of three lane interstate highway during afternoon rush hour traffic. Lucky to make it to shoulder without accident. Could have easily been injured or killed if stopped on roadway. After reading about the investigation, I'm appalled that no information has been sent by GM suggesting a replacement of the chain tensioner and oiler. I could have done this myself. Instead, I spent $2000 for an engine.”

“Odometer reads 694978 and that is not correct. Actual mileage on the odometer should be less than 20000. The trip-meter doesn't not move from zero and the 694978 doesn't change. I am driving it but the mileage isn't adding up. How do I determine when ii require service??”

“2002 Saturn l 200 had complete engine failure while on route 197 and car stopped in middle of road and wouldn't restart. Car has about 60k miles on it. Fortunately my daughter was able to get the car off the road. Problem was found to be timing chain failure with destruction of the engine. Saturn reviewed our maintenance record, deemed it excellent and said it would cost me only $3500 to get a rebuilt engine put in. They refused to acknowledge any problem with timing chain. …”

“Approx. March 2013 started having this problem, never before! Driving home as it got dark and head lights running on dusk to dawn sensor head lights all of a sudden started going from day time running lights to low beam and back to high beam the whole ride home which took approx. 1 hour. Has happened again off and on and had the car in the shop twice for this problem and they said they could not find anything wrong and that the e-mails they get says it is normal operating conditions??? …”

“The contact owns a 2002 Saturn J-Type. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle's brake lights failed to illuminate. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 05V245000 (Exterior Lighting), however, the part to do the recall repair is no longer being manufactured. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 118,000.”