Used 1996 Saturn S-Series Consumer Reviews
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Good gas mileage
Good gas mileage, 02/07/2009
1996 Saturn S-Series SL 4dr Sedan
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My wife purchased the car new before we got married. We have owned it for over almost 13 years. The best trip was OH to TN and got almost 50mpg. We now have 240,000 miles on it and it still gets 34+in town and between 40 and 45 on the highway. We took a trip to Niagara Falls summer of 2008 and on the way back had 48mpg. We change the oil every 3,000 miles. Did have a right wheel bearing go out. It is fun to drive with the manual transmission. It still has the original clutch and transmission. When it finally dies, it will be a sad day. I plan to replace it with another Saturn S series but in the 2000 to 2004 year range. Thanks Saturn.
I'm happy
j massei, 07/01/2002
1996 Saturn S-Series SL 4dr Sedan
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I am a big man and this car has plenty of room. It rides great and gets great gas mileage. My daughter loves the stick shift. It is a very quite ride and general maintance is easy.
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I will never own another
camhout, 01/11/2003
1996 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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We have had all the maintaince performed by saturn but things still break. We can not use the left rear window because it jumps its track and will not go up. The left front lock on the door is broke, and just the other day the button on the parking brake broke off. In the past the moon roof was stuck opening and would not close. The car had problems with the spark plugs and the wires to the spark plugs corroding a couple of times. The cable to the stick shift broke a few months ago and the car was stuck in reverse. Saturn built a car that seems to break real easily and that is why I will never buy another saturn.
It's actually pretty decent.
Changiboy, 04/11/2002
1996 Saturn S-Series SL 4dr Sedan
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If you want a little runabout that is reasonably flexible but is cheap to maintain and reliable, then this may well be it. Pushing 6 yrs, 90+k on mine and no major trips to the Shop, just one recall rework on the enginge. I've hauled everything from 7foot Christmas trees, disasembled 80 inch wardrobes, all sorts of boxed and packages over the years and the little car has always delivered. It's no race car or luxury car, but it can carry things my much larger Galant cannot, thanks to the folding rear seats. If I have one main complaint, it's that the thing turns ike a pig. The aforementioned Galant can actually turn inside of my saturn!
Awesome Value
shaggyismbm, 12/18/2007
1996 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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I bought this car for $1300 and it was a great deal. It had 175,000 miles on it and it ran like a new car. It handles well, the motor is quick, the trunk is roomy. The only problems I had were the speedometer quit on me a while back (also my odometer) and my alternator went out. I would guess the car has about 250,000 miles on it now. It was a great value. Oh yeah and I hit a deer in it and it didn't even knock out the headlights. I drove off just fine with only a little body damage. Nothing major just a bent up hood. (I wish I could post a picture)