1997 Saturn SC 2 review from North America
"Not a very good buy!"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I have had to replace the altranator. It costed me a lot more money than it would have with any other car due to the fact that it had to be special ordered.
I only get about 359 km on 40 lt of gas.
I am in the process of replaceing the head on my car, which is supposed to cost about $5000. And this is a supposed problem that happened in a lot of the Saturn cars, but I found no help ith any of the Saturn representatives that I had talked to.
I go through an unbelievable amount of oil.
Sometimes when the car startes out it will spit and sputter for no reason.
General comments?
I would never buy another Saturn, mainly because of when I bought it, I immidiatly started having problems with it.
The back seats are very uncomforatable, not anything you would want to sit in for too long.
However if you want a nice sporty looking car, then here is one for you.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 1997 |
| Year of manufacture | 1996 |
| First year of ownership | 2000 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2004 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.9 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 5 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 4 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 5 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 0 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 4 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 97000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 130000 kilometres |
| Date of Entry | 27th September, 2004 |