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Drove until the wheels fell off
KMH93, 10/26/2009
1993 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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Bought car new in 1993. I am finally going to put this car to rest on its 17th Birthday. It has been aweome. It currently has 527K miles on the originally engine. I got the 5 speed std and have replaced the clutch once at almost 300K miles (Wierd). I drive lots of miles but mostly freeway. I have performed standard maintenance on the car from day one. I changed oil every 5 or 6K but I have used only synthetics. 17 yrs major repairs are 2 timing chains, three upper engine mounts, one fuel pump, two catalytic converters, mufflers, two wheel hubs,front seat and one AC sys conversion. She Needs valve job (Repair Cost 1700, bought the car for 12K) last car payment 12/1996. Outlasted 6 other cars.
Still going at 201,000 miles
xyzpdq, 06/21/2002
1993 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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I've owned my SL2 now for 9 1/2 years. Only major problem: at around 70K or 80K miles I had a clogged fuel injector which caused the engine to intermittently only fire 3 cylinders. After getting that fixed, no major problems. The general consensus is that Saturn's engine will start burning oil around 70K to 100K miles. Mine burns about a quart a month, but still passes emissions and I figure that oil is pretty cheap. Otherwise, very reliable, just passed 200,000 miles and going strong. Not great performance, not flashy, but gets me to work every day without complaint.
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cricket, 05/31/2002
1993 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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My Saturn has never failed me, but as soon as it reached 80,000k, it began to "fall apart." It still runs, gets me where I'm going, but rattles and does not sound too well.
17 years, 92,000 miles & loved this car
WIllamKy, 07/13/2010
1993 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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My first brand new car purchase 17 years ago, so I got to pick all the features I wanted. I would still be driving this car but my husband and son don't fit in in comfortably kids do grow up and get tall. So sad to see it go, I bet it would last another 92,000 miles. My mechanic bought it because it's a great car (and I took care of it). Anyway, had to replace the alternator, the odometer cluster, brakes and tires. But not bad for 17 years. Interior was in beautiful shape too (cloth), they knew how to build cars then, wish they would put those great big windows in today's cars, they were a lot easy to see out of the rear view mirror. Happy driving, I'll never forget that car!
Dead at 38,000 miles
hcsutt, 05/12/2002
1993 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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My '93 Saturn SL2 quit at 38,000 miles. It would have cost $2500 for the dealer to rebuild the engine which was more than they would give me for the repaired car. The General Manager of the Saturn dealer I bought it from lectured me that the time element on the warranty was every bit as important as the mileage limitation. By that reasoning if you buy a Saturn with a 3 or 5 year warranty that's all you should expect to get out of the car. He also informed me that his service department was union and worked strictly on commission so he could not give me a break on the cost of the repair no matter how disappointing the car's performance because "it wouldn't be fair."