2003 Saturn L200
Safety Score
65
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06-02 | 05V245000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | 291,652 | — | Details |
| 2002-10-29 | 02V283000 |
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | 1,448 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2003 Saturn L200. The contact stated that while his wife was driving 45 MPH, an abnormal whirling so… |
| 2019-12-13 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE WIPER BLADE STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. |
| 2018-07-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRONT BUMPER PLASTIC FASTENERS THAT HOLD THE BUMPER TO THE CHASSIS DEGRADE AND BREAK OVER TIME AND THE FRONT BUMPER… |
| 2018-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BRAKELIGHTS HAVE QUIT WORKING TWICE. ALSO MULTIPLE ELECTRICLE PROBLEMS. ON 1 OCCASION, ABS LIGHT WAS OUT, CAME ON AGAIN… |
| 2017-01-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING WITH TWO KIDS IN THE CAR MY STEARING BECAME ODD. I SLOWED DOWN AND MY CAR STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT I C… |
| 2016-09-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT … |
| 2016-08-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND AN ABNO… |
| 2016-06-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAR STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN MOTION. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR SPUTTERING. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY CHAN… |
| 2015-12-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS STOPPING TO TURN RIGHT AT A RED LIGHT AND MY CARS BREAKS STOPPED WORKING. MY CAR RAN THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, ST… |
| 2015-09-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BOTTOM ENGINE 2 CELLS GONE DEALERSHIP M676 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR BLEW EENGINE |
| 2015-07-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG DASH LIGHT ON, TECHNICIAN SAYS CODE REFERS TO SHORT IN STEERING COLUMN. DASH LIGHT REMAINS ON |
| 2015-05-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM PASS LOCK FAILED AND CA… |
| 2015-04-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FA… |
| 2015-03-31 | STEERING | No | 0 | SMOKE IS INTERMITTENTLY COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING OR STARTING THE VEHICLE. *TR |
| 2015-03-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 (NA) SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED ON, THE ODOR OF FUEL … |
| 2015-02-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A STOP LIGHT AND CRASH… |
| 2015-01-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. WHILE PARKED, THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH AND AN UNKNOW… |
| 2014-12-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 (NA) SATURN L200. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM TH… |
| 2014-10-07 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HOT AND STARTED SMOKING. THE… |
| 2014-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STA… |
| 2014-09-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GASOLINE FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEH… |
| 2014-08-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 2003 SATURN L200 IN JANUARY 2014. ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING ON AND OFF… |
| 2014-08-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED TO BLOW COOL AIR. THE VEH… |
| 2014-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY IGNITION SWITCH FROZE WHILE WE WERE IN LINE WAITING FOR THE FERRY. WE COULD NOT START OUR CAR, OR GET IT OUT OF PAR… |
| 2014-05-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | LIGHT FLASHING ON DASH BOARD, CLIMATE CONTROL GOES ON AND OFF ,OIL LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AND OF. EVERYTHING THAT'S ELECT… |
| 2014-03-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | PARKED CAR AND NEXT MORNING WENT TO START AND CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD ONLY TURN N NOT START. WENT TO WHERE BOUG… |
| 2014-03-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT TOOK MANY ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICL… |
| 2014-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARN… |
| 2014-02-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FUNNY NOISE AS I WAS DRIVING HOME. THANKFULLY I MADE IT HOME BUT AFTER I SHUT THE CAR OFF IT W… |
| 2013-10-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | FUEL IS LEAKING AT THE NIPPLE FROM FUEL PUMP. *TR |
| 2013-08-23 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS N… |
| 2013-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PARKED CAR AND LOCKED WITH REMOTE. UPON RETURN TO VEHICLE SMELLED GAS AND WAS LOCKED OUT OF 2003 SATURN LS200 AFTER ON… |
| 2013-06-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE GAS STATION THE TIMING CHAIN AND BOTH TENSIONERS BUSTED THE PISTON SMASHED ALL OF THE VALVES … |
| 2013-06-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THREE TIMES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD SHUT OFF, LEAVING THE PASSENGERS… |
| 2013-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PASSLOCK SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY, NO PROBLEM WITH CAR START. ALSO PASSLOCK SECURITY LIGHT AND INTERIOR DOME … |
| 2012-12-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I AM MORTIFIED BY ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS OF ENGINE FAILURE OF THE L200 SERIES DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN AND AM EVEN MORE D… |
| 2012-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | 2003 SATURN L200. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND HAS LOW POWER AND SOMETIMES ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON *TGW T… |
| 2012-09-22 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I DETECTED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. LATER DURING THAT WEEK THE SMELL OF GASOLINE BECAME … |
| 2012-07-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE ON VACATION AND 1,250 MILES FROM HOME, DRIVING ON A ENTRANCE RAMP TO AN EXPRESSWAY A THUMP WAS HEARD THEN THERE W… |
| 2012-03-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 SATURN AND WHEN I STOP IT MADE A NOISE IN THE ENGINE. WHEN I WENT TO START IT,IT TURNED OVER REAL… |
| 2012-01-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | CAR IGNITION DOES NOT WANT TO TURN TO "OFF" WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF AND IN PARK, REFUSES TO RELEASE KEY UNTIL WE PRY IT … |
| 2011-06-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L-SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT STA… |
| 2011-02-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200 WITH AFTER MARKET AUTO ZONE BRAKE SHOE PADS, PART NUMBER 405K5. THE CONTACT WAS… |
| 2011-01-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED … |
| 2010-10-21 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH UP AN INCLINE WHEN THE ENGINE STA… |
| 2010-10-16 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | THE STOP LIGHT STOPS FUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY. I REPLACE THE BULB AND IT SOMETIMES WORKS FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN AGAI… |
| 2010-08-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE SHUT OFF WHICH CAUSED THE GAUG… |
| 2010-05-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SATURN L200. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER SHE CLO… |
| 2010-02-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | PREMATURE FAILURE OF TIMING CHAIN ON 2003 SATURN L200 AT 69,400 MILES. THIS CAR HAS THE SAME TIMING CHAIN COMPONENTS A… |
| 2010-02-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS AND ALL GAUGES TURN OFF AND COME BACK ON BUT NOW THE GAUGES DON'T WORK THE HEAD LIGHTS STAY… |