2000 Saturn SL SL2 from North America - Comments

This car has had many issues with it. Too many to list. The top one is: Squealing front brake problem since new, dealer has yet to resolve, related to this rusted brake calipers. Next, spacing in dashboard against gauges there is a big gap, dealer has yet to resolve, leaving a creaking sound from the dash every time you go over a bump. Molding strips have also had their problems. The Saturn Corp, gives you the round-about about repairs as does the corp headquarters. They think you know nothing about what is wrong, they tell you to take it in to the dealer to be looked at. The final answer it is the mechanic say within Saturn specs, that is BS. I know they have a lot of problems that they don't know how to resolve, all I can say is the SL series is being replaced at the end of this year with a new version, the Ion. To all my future car buyers, watch out for Saturn, take a good look before buying, check over the entire car, and see what you are really getting. Cars are getting more expensive and less quality is going into them, leaving the consumer with the buck to pay.

The 5speed manual is awful, the clutch is awful. You must give yourself at 4 thousand on the tach between gears to keep up with traffic. The seats are not comfortable. You sit to low, when exit it is very hard. Also if you turn the wheel a bit when shutting off the car and then try to restart it is next to impossible. I have had this problem on all my saturns.

I agree totally with the bad Saturn review. I have a 1997 Saturn sc1, and it is a piece of crap. The car is a base model with a/c. The air has never worked as good as my other car (It is not a Saturn), and they are both R-134A. The seats are too low and uncomfortable, the ignition doesn't work unless you play with the key for 10 minutes, so I leave it just past the lock, but not on accessory, If you put one person in the back seat, it bottoms the suspension on a small bump, with four people in the car it can't get up hills, the starter doesn't work when it's hot, the clutch is totally unbearable (If you stop at a light, you have to put it in neutral, then fight to get it back in gear), all the plastic creaks and rattles, and I'm sure there's lots I can't think of now.

I don't think I will ever own another Saturn.

Thanks,

It's no wonder all the kids today drive foreign cars.

Marcel.

Yea sure they aren't the best cars on the road, but they are sooo cheap to buy that it is a deal. You can't complain about this car being unrefined when it only costs $10000 brand new! My 2000 SL1 has over 100,000 miles on it and it runs like a champ. The seats aren't comfy for long distances, it rattles a bit, especially in the cold, and the engine is starting to burn oil... but that's all my complaints! I can't complain about the tranny or clutch because they are pretty decent and the car is as reliable as hell... what cars are you comparing this one to?

My Saturn is a piece! I had to get a new engine after 75,000 miles. It was having a problem with burning oil and we took it to get fixed and it was running fine, but then I was getting on the highway and had to speed up and hit 4 thousand rpms and it almost died on me. The entire way home it was rattling and everything, then I turned it off at home and it wouldn't start again. Turned out I had a cracked piston.

Saturn is calling me tomorrow to follow up with a complaint I filed. Engines should be built to last more that 75,000 miles. I see bunches of cars older than mine on the road. Currently I am having no problems with my car with the engine from the junk yard I got, but it was also from a Saturn. I was also advised by a mechanic that my car would most likely not see 80,000 miles, and he was right, at least about the engine.

Try changing the oil, maybe even on time.

Ever had a timing belt break on a Honda? Result; boat anchor.

I have 5 SL series Saturns (2000, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997), 1 has 500 k, 1 has 475, 2 have ~ 350 1 has 90 k. The TOTAL amount I have spent on repairs in the years I have owned them: $2672.40.

If you can beat that, good for you.

I just bought a Saturn SL1 2000, which has about 120 000 miles on it, and so far, it's working wonderfully.

Honestly, the only problem I've got with it is that, I think it's ugly, LOL.

I don't like the "curved" form that the designers gave it.

But besides that, I haven't faced any other mechanical problems with it, yet.

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