Used 1994 Saturn S-Series Sedan Consumer Reviews
Who Knew?
Who Knew that a Saturn was a good car. I wrecked my old car and needed another to commute 40 miles round trip to work. I cam across a '94 SL1 with 35K miles on it......I did a double take, and investigated and it looked to be a real deal. My first driving impressions was that it was ok, but it grew on me. Odometer went out and had to be repaired, but other than that, its a winner. It rides well and has decent performance. You will like the fuel economy and the reliability.
Never a Saturn again for me.
I bought my 1994 Saturn from a private owned person in July of 2002, since then I have had to replace, thermostat, coolant temperature sensor unit, altanator, the BIG computer. It has left me stranded on several occasions. Local mechanics usually don't want to touch it and you have to buy most of your major parts from the dealership at a very high cost. Aside from the normal upkeep of my car I have spent about $1,000 on it. Finally the gear cables broke on me to work on day, I parked it and will not drive it again.
6 years & still going
I bought this car used in 98. I drove it across the country and it's still going. While it loses speed up steep hills and has a slow take off, it starts every day. It has had few problems and still gets 30 mpg. I plan to drive it for a few more years. Other cars I have owned (used)only lasted a few years before I gave up on repairing them every week.
This is the worst car I have ever owned.
I bought my car in march of 2001, and it has set a record at the dealer I bought it at. That record is the cost of the repairs. It is on its third transmission, it has a new feul pump, new radiator core, most of the engine has been replaced, it has had about four major oil leaks, the list goes on. The car gets good gas mileage, it is fast, it handles like a dream. But I have never, ever seen a car with such horrible reliability. I recommend this car to no one.
Low Quality Car
Overall this car never left me stranded. But, the quality of the car was not good. It only had 76,000 mile on it when I bought it. Yet trim pieces fell off all the time, one of the power windows only worked sometimes, many little things. However, the major issue was that the engine block actually broke where the motor mount bolted to the block (not the mount but the actual block). Thus, I have a perfectly running engine with 82,000 miles on it. But no way to bolt the engine to the car. Pretty much makes the car (or at least the engine) worthless.