2001 Saturn L200 review from North America

First day I had the car, the steering wheel was crooked and shook due to misalignment of tires, the speaker in the driver's side door was broken, and there was a slight knocking underneath. I also had a broken power mirror switch. The dealer replaced and fixed all of these problems.

Within six months of me owning the car, I did a lot of driving (11000 miles) but have had nothing, but problems the whole time. The tail lights never seem to work properly, they are either constantly burning out or are so dim to the point it looks as if they are not on. When the daytime running lights are on and you apply the break, the radio light goes out and comes back on when the break is released. The stabilizer bar links broke, were replaced and broke again two hours later, to find out the part received from the Saturn dealer was defective, so had to be replaced again a week later. The compressor on the a/c does not work at all, dealer refuses to fix it, even though I have never used the a/c since I've owned the car. The windshield wiper on the passenger side doesn't even touch the top of the windshield and the washer fluid dispenser barely works, so I can never see out of the passenger side of the car during the winter.

When I was shopping for a car, everyone I talked too told me they loved their Saturn, they would never buy anything else. I trusted the good name that they have and the fact that they cannot be dented and handle well. Boy was I fooled!

The car was a complete waste of money, definitely not worth the $9000 I paid, even with the few options I have on it, including a sunroof, CD/tape player, heated mirrors, power seat, and a BROKEN a/c!