Faults:

Pulley broke five months after I bought it, no big deal.

A hose somewhere near the AC unit busted and filled my floor board with cold water, again not too big of a deal.

Fuel Pump assembly broke... Really big deal... but got it fixed.

Now I don't know what the hell is going on. First it hesitated a tiny bit when starting it, then it just turned of when I pressed on the brakes to pull into a parking lot. It was thought to be the fuel pump, but after a few minutes it started again. I turned it off and let it sit for an hour, turned it on again and drove it for three minutes then it stalled when I pressed on the brakes. Replaced the fuel filter, it ran fine the whole day. Next day it hesitated to start and took me about two miles to a store but would not turn back on. The battery died, I guess from cranking it. Charged for one hour then started and got me back home.

Next day I was on my way to take it to get looked at, it hesitated a little to start and it turned at a red light. Battery died again, checked the alternator and battery, they were fine. My mechanic came over and first thought it was the fuel pump, then he thought it was the alternator he eventually connected a machine thing to it. It gave him four different codes. He replaced a part, but it didn't work. Now it's saying the crankshaft position sensor is no good. What the hell??? I am tired of buying parts that don't fix the problem. Could it be the Crankshaft Position Sensor? I have not bought it yet..

General Comments:

Looks good, used to run well. I dunno.

Faults:

Shortly after purchasing, the back lights kept blowing out. Also puffs of smoke from the dash on the driver's side. Key gets very hot to the touch. Dealer was not helpful, in fact said smoking normal.

Finally, following many return visits, they fixed the electric problem. Subsequent to the fix, the heater now makes clicking sound.

Power steering pump leaking at 50,000.

Heater core leaking fluid into passenger side of car.

Wrench SES light comes on, but fortunately has gone off. Runs rough when the light is on.

Car wouldn't turn over (my private mechanic told me to use other key which corrected problem). Got the recall card to fix the light in the back; too scared to take it to my local dealer.

I wrote to Saturn and got extremely rude response. I have told as many people as I can, not to buy Saturn. When ranking customer service they have you fill out a survey for every little visit, but when the going gets tough and they needed to back their product, it wasn't happening. I too, like others, am going to trade and will NEVER buy American again.