1996 Saturn SL Electrical system Problems

“First problem is door chimes with key out of ignition. Second problem is dome light stays on in front or rear position with all doors shut. Third problem is no power at all to the cab when I tried to start car, and then my passenger opened and shut the passenger front door and the power came back on and I was able to start the car. I had to reset the clock and radio.”

“1996 Saturn sl2. Horn turns on by itself and won't turn off, had to unplug it. Have spoken to many people on the internet with the same problem, some of the people had the horn short out and cause a fire. I've almost been run off the road a few times because I couldn't honk the horn when someone was changing lanes and didn't see me. Very, very dangerous. Many people had to replace their horn more than 3 times.”

“I replaced my brakes and rotors today. The mechanic wanted to show me the mess that they were. I looked at them and he pointed out how unusually destroyed the inside pads are. He said he rarely sees anything that bad. The horn works when it wants to. The key gets stuck in the ignition and some days I really have to work hard to get it out or get the steering wheel to release so I can turn the key. Also the exhaust system is just hanging on before the rust overruns it.”

“Recall 98-v307. Saturn refuses to reimburse me for a repair that was outlined in this recall campaign due to the fact that my vehicle falls outside the VIN range. If you look at the recall documents, it shows vehicles all around my VIN but not my VIN. I had the two parts in question replaced 5/20/03 due to the fact that the exact same symptms described in the recall occured to my vehicle. The horn would sound with no one around. I finally had to disconnect the horn manually. I do not know exactly when it failed but I had it fixed on that date.”

“I own a 1996 Saturn sl1 that I purchased used in december of 2000. I have been having problems with my horn since I bought it. I have had to have it serviced twice and the horn is broken for a third time. I replaced a fuse in spring 2001, because it went out. In december of 2002 the horn went out again, so in may of 2003 had the dealer replace the entire horn assembly. This lasted until october of 2003 when my horn started going off wildly in the middle of the night, causing the local police to respond and give me a warning for a noise violation. …”