2000 Saturn Ls
Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-12-02 | 99V345000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE | 36,848 | — | Details |
| 1999-07-26 | 99V197000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | 1,300 | — | Details |
| 1999-07-26 | 99V199000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | 1,395 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE WHOLE SUBFRAME ON MY 2000 SATURN LS IS ROTTED SO BAD THAT I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED WITH MY CAR NO… |
| 2018-01-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CAR LEAKING OIL - NOW ENGINE TROUBLE |
| 2017-02-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE MY TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED. CAR LOST POWER AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK OF AN ACCIDE… |
| 2016-06-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT … |
| 2016-03-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE TURN SIGNAL DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY DISENGAGE. THE… |
| 2016-02-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | NOTHING, THANK GOD HAD HAPPENED YET, BUT IT WILL IN A MATTER OF TIME, HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE NO IDEA. THE PROBLEM IS TH… |
| 2015-11-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM … |
| 2015-08-23 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING … |
| 2014-10-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 2 | I WAS DRIVING A 98 TOYOTA TACOMA ON A 45 MPH HIGHWAY WHEN A PEDESTRIAN IN THE ROAD CAUSED ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC TO SUDDE… |
| 2014-06-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A TUNE UP AND FOUND OUT THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER HAD GONE BAD DESTROYING MY MOTOR. *TR |
| 2014-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER INADVERTENT… |
| 2014-04-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TOOK CAR TO HAVE STRUTS REPLACED AND WAS TOLD THE SUB FRAME HAD RUSTED AWAY TO MAKE THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE,ALWAYS CHEC… |
| 2014-03-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | MY CAR DRIVES LIKE ITS COUGHING AND SOMETIMES IT CUTS OFF ON ME, AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS WORK SOMETIME, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE H… |
| 2014-03-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2000 SATURN LS 1 THAT I HAD BOUGHT IN JUNE 14 2012 @ THE US TRUCK & AUTO ON US. 31 SOUTH HERE IN TRAVERSE CITY… |
| 2014-03-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING NOISE AND STEERING WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. I TRAILERED THE VEHICLE BACK HO… |
| 2014-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO TURN IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE FA… |
| 2013-10-08 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I WASN'T IN A ACCIDENT THANK GOD BUT I BOUGHT THIS CAR GOING ON A YEAR FROM A AUCTION AND IN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO NOTICED… |
| 2013-09-30 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | MY SATURN HAS A MASSIVELY RUSTED SUBFRAME. *TR |
| 2013-04-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | SUBFRAME ON SATURN TOTALLY RUSTED AWAY ONLY THING HOLDING PASSENGER WHEEL ON WAS STRUT BRACKET. *TR |
| 2013-03-11 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | WHEN I WENT TO GET NEW TIRES FOR THIS CAR I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY FRAME AND SHOULD GO RIGHT TO A DEALERS… |
| 2013-03-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT ME… |
| 2013-02-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TURNING SIGNALS… |
| 2012-10-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 1 | I HAD JUST GONE TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP MY 2000 SATURN LW2 WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM THE GAS STATION. I W… |
| 2012-10-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS2. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNIN… |
| 2012-09-27 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LSERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN INDEPEND… |
| 2012-09-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM AND T… |
| 2012-07-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L-SERIES WAGON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. T… |
| 2012-07-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLING, THE VEHICLE SHOOK, THE ENGINE ROARED AS T… |
| 2012-06-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, RAN INSIDE FOR NO MORE THAN 5 MINS AND WHEN I CAME BACK OUT THE ENG… |
| 2012-06-06 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC STOP, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR-E… |
| 2012-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR RUNS OK AND AFTER 1 HOUR OF RUNNING AND YOU SHUT IT DOWN IT WONT START. I'VE REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH, NEUTRAL SAFET… |
| 2012-03-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LW1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED WHEN THE CONTACT WAS AD… |
| 2012-02-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A TICKING NOISE IN THE ENG… |
| 2012-02-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THIS HAPPENED VERY SUDDENLY. I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO ENTER THE RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT AND MA… |
| 2012-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | JUST READ THE RECALL ON GM CARS DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION. MY DAUGHTER OWNED A 2000 SATURN LS UNTIL JULY 2012 (WHEN SHE T… |
| 2011-11-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TURNING THE KEY TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE, THE… |
| 2011-11-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN THE ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE, THE WARNING L… |
| 2011-11-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRONT SUBFRAME RUSTED THROUGH. MECHANIC STATED WAS NOT NORMAL WEAR. *TR |
| 2011-10-27 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | VEHICLE PULLED WHEN BRAKING. SYMPTOMS STARTED ON A MONDAY AS A LIGHT PULL. MORE NOTICEABLE ABOVE 50 MPH, AND NOT NO… |
| 2011-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON AND STARTS BLINKING ALSO THE TAIL LAMP BULB MELTS THE PLASTIC ON BU… |
| 2011-09-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 SATURN L-SERIES SEDAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. T… |
| 2011-08-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN LS1. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. … |
| 2011-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I am listing this vehicle identification number to fulfill your request on the safety complaint form, however I believe… |
| 2011-03-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SATURN L. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PATH LOCK ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILED AND PREVENTED THE … |
| 2011-02-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN BROKE ON 2000 SATURN LS2 3.0L V6 ENGINE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. THE 2.2L ENGIN… |
| 2011-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLE RUSTED THROUGH AND SNAPPED. RESULT: NO PARKING BRAKE (NO HAND BRAKE). LOCAL MECHANI… |
| 2011-01-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 2000 SATURN L SERIES TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. METICULOUS MAINTENANCE AND SENSIBLE DRIVING STILL HAVE LEFT ME WITH A BROKEN… |
| 2010-12-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY TIMING CHAIN SEPARATED AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO MY ENGINE. I HAVE A SATURN 2000 LS 2.2L ENGINE. I NEVER HAD A PROB… |
| 2010-08-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2010, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ILLUMINATED IN MY 2000 SATURN LS2 SEDAN. AS EXP… |
| 2010-06-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | 4 CYLINDER SHOT, ENGINE SHOT.THIS 2000 LS2 V-6 HAD THE WHOLE 100,000 MILE MAINTENANCE DONE, TIMING CHAIN BLA BLA BLA.EL… |