Faults:

I haven't had any major problems with my car other having to replace some battery cables and the rear passenger brake drum after an accident. I really appreciate this car! She's reliable!! I must say though, with the wrong tires you can have a pretty rough ride in the city.

General Comments:

It's a good car. Great for all ages...

Faults:

The fuel pump went bad at 52,000.

General Comments:

The front and rear seats are comfortable with plenty of head and leg room.

The car accelerates and handles very nicely.

Interior design is good looking and high quality construction.

Faults:

The CD player died, but was replaced under warranty, other than that nothing other than normal wear and tear and damage from other drivers hitting it several times!!!

General Comments:

This is a really reliable car. its my 3rd Saturn.

I never worry about getting where I'm going!

However I wish I would have gotten the v6 model, because it's a little slow.I'm comfortable driving it, but I'm short so a tall person might find it a bit cramped. another cool thing or not cool depending on how you look at it is it has a 16 gallon tank so you can go longer without filling up, but at $60 a tank well gas is expensive!

Faults:

Power steering fluid reservoir hose clamp not installed, hose came loose and fluid leaked out 2 months after purchase.

Front brakes and rotors needed replacing at 27,000 miles.

Replaced rack and pinion at 32,000 miles.

Catalytic converter replaced at 30,085 miles.

General Comments:

All in all this is a pretty nice car for the money. I've had a few problems, but they have all been covered under warranty except for the brakes.

I was impressed with Saturn Corporation when I sent them an email showing my displeasure of having to replace the brakes and rotors at 27,000, they responded back to me and agreed to pay for a 30,000 mile service that was soon to be due (an over $300.00 service)

Gas mileage is not as good as I thought it would be, I average around 20 mpg (Hwy/City driving) My wife's big V6 Chevy Impala averages 23 mpg (city/hwy) and is a lot more comfortable and powerful.

Faults:

No problems with my Saturn L200 or my Mitsubishi Mirage.

General Comments:

Both my Saturn L200 and my Mitsubishi Mirage have been Great! I've had my Saturn 2 1/2 years and have put over 64,000 miles on it. I bought the Mirage to keep the miles down on the Saturn. It's a 1998 Mirage, with a 1.5L automatic and 85,500 miles when I bought it. Now it has 92,000 miles and still works fine. I've had the Mirage for 6 months. It works good. My Saturn is better though. I guess it depends on what you like. Also, I think a lot of how a car is depends on the driver. I don't drive either car too hard. If you take car of your car it'll take care of you.

Faults:

Fuel pump went out at 64,000. miles.

Auto Climate control system is terrible. In cold/hot months it either blows too cold or too hot. It never maintains a comfortable temperature, even when using the system in manual mode. Temp outside could be at 35 degrees and the "Auto climate control system" could be set at 80 degrees and it will still blow cold air. I have to turn it up to 90 in order for heat. It then becomes too hot and then turn it down to around 80 and then the cold air will blow. It's very difficult to find the correct setting for this system. Saturn should have installed choices in which lets you choose between the auto climate system or the good old fashioned blue/red dial control.

For the price of this car Saturn should have included aluminum alloy wheels as standard equipment instead of the hub caps.

Anyone else have these problems.

General Comments:

The exterior styling of this car in my opinion is very stylish with a European look with the super cool headlights, the nice chrome accents, and the rear roof mounted antenna. The front end of this Saturn is a real head turner with the projection head lamps. The interior also is very clean and uncluttered with easy to read gauges and user friendly controls, except with the climate control system.

The standard audio system with 6 speakers and CD player sounds superb with deep bass and nice highs. Of course this system would not meet the standards of a good system for a teenager, but for adults it's a nice system.

This car is very spunky for a 2.2 four cylinder engine. It has great acceleration and has very good passing acceleration.