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Eber of Williamsburg VA (07/30/08)
Another Timing Chain replacement needed! Took to Saturn dealer for dead AC compressor, was also informed that Timing Chain needs replacing (loud rattling noise). 2001 Saturn L200.

Price to replace timing chain is about 900.

Scott of Middletown, NY July 30, 2008

Scott of Middletown NY (07/30/08)
1994 Saturn dohc stuck timing chain tensioner,caused timing chain failure destroying valves

needs new valves and timing chain ,guides,tensioner

Leza of Austell, GA July 29, 2008

Leza of Austell GA (07/29/08)
my timing belt broke, they charged me 2110.33 to fix, not replace. from that point on there has been nothing but trouble with my engine. the dealership refused to take ownership of the faulty work. then they want me now to pay another 2000.00 for another engine. when on numerous occasions I have complaine to them that this did not occur until after my timing belt broke. then I see on the internet that there is a recall on my timing belt. I called back to Saturn Corp and they say it is not my vehicle which is not in accordance with with the report indicates.

It has been nothing but heartache and disappointment. I paid an initial 2110.00 then after I complained that there is still a problem with my car, they said it was a catalytic convertor which I had replaced for another 300.00 and the problem was still there and not until I took my car to another mechanic who told me there was a problem with my cylinder head did they admit was a problem, and they would correct for an additional 2000.00. but this was supposed to be corrected when the timing belt broke or on any of the occasions in which I complained about the problems with my car. I will never buy another Saturn due to the way I was treated by the dealership. I loved my car until this time, but because of the them not listening and trying to assist me while my car was under warranty after THEIR repair due to a faulty timing belt.

Deanna of Bridgeport, CT July 17, 2008

Deanna of Bridgeport CT (07/17/08)
I have a 2001 Saturn L series and when I was driving it I almost crashed due to the recall. The time Chains in some saturn L series cars have been breaking and this is exactly what happened to me.

I took it to the Saturn dealer because I saw that it was recalled and that they would fix it for free, at least thats what they told me. I am upset because they never sent me a letter stating that my car was recalled and I could have got into a bad accident with other car, instead i hit the curb. I brought it to saturn and they said they would fix it for free and they have had it for about 1 month now and they just decided to call today to tell me that it doesnt look good. They said it would take 400 dollars to just look at it. The reason why my car is broken down is because of the timing chain going, so they should fix it for free. They are telling me that I need to pay for a whole new engine. I talked to my friend who works on cars for a living and he said because of the timing chain breaking it resulted it everything that is wrong with my car now, so they should fix everything. Now i've had to call out of work several times because of them having my car and not doing anything with it and lieing to me telling me they were fixing it and now they say that aren't arent unless i pay. This is very unfair and I dont know who to contact to help me. Im a full time college student and I also work full time and I need my car.

Jennifer of Addison, IL July 15, 2008

Jennifer of Addison IL (07/15/08)
My 2002 Saturn L200, purchased from Saturn of Schaumburg in December of 2005, no longer runs because of a'serious design flaw in the timing chain mechanism'. The vehicle has only about 48,000 miles on it and the timing chain broke while I was driving. This caused the valves in the engine to bend. I was told by Saturn of Shaumburg that this problem did not effect my make or year, only 2001 vehicles. I was further told that this problem 'hardly ever happened with the L-series' However, upon further investigation I discovered that the timing chain assembly used in the recalled vehicles was also used in model year 1999 through 2003 Saturn L-series vehicles with 2.2 liter engines, which would include my vehicle. I got this information from Consumer Affairs. I also found that Saturn has repaired 2,932 vehicles under warranty because of timing chain failures and there are another 890 consumer complaints regarding this problem. When I called with this new information I was told that I had to tow my disabled vehicle to Saturn for their diagnosis at additional cost to myself before they could tell me if any of the cost of repair (estimated at 2,272.00 by an independent mechanic) would be covered by Saturn. I also spoke to Tim in Saturn's Customer Service Center, who said he would try to get the diagnosis charged waived, but probably wouldn't be able to. He also informed me that since I purchased the vehicle used, if Saturn did decide to cover something it was highly unlikely that they would cover 100%.

Patricia of South River, NJ June 16, 2008

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