2003 Saturn L200 defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2003 Saturn L200. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- TIMING CHAIN FAILUREPreliminary Evaluation PE06006 · opened Jan 24, 2006 · closed Jun 6, 2006
On december 12, 2005, odi received a defect petition (dp05-008) requesting the investigation of timing chain failures that could cause stalling in saturn vehicles equipped with the 2.2l (l61) engine. Odi opened pe06-006 on january 24, 2006, with 24 vehicle owner complaints that alleged a broken timing chain caused the …
- TIMING CHAIN FAILUREDefect Petition DP05008 · opened Dec 20, 2005 · closed Feb 6, 2006
Analysis undertaken in response to the petition identified 26 complaints alleging timing chain failures in my 2000-2003 saturn l-series vehicle equipped with the 2.2l l4 engine.most complaints of timing chain failure reportedly resulted in a sudden loss of engine power and stalling.odi also noted that certain my 2002-2…