Used 1996 Saturn S-Series Sedan Consumer Reviews
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A poor purchase
D.Levan, 07/18/2004
1996 Saturn S-Series SL 4dr Sedan
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I purchased this car as a "certified" used Saturn and noticed excess oil use at first change. Conditon worsened to the point that I used a quart in less than 100 miles. Had seals replace - no good. Diagnosis by non-Saturn mechanic is cracked head and subsequent bad rings. I got the service records from the dealership and they clearly indicate that this vehicle had ongoing problems, this was the opposite of what they said when I purchased the car. Saturn admits to oil burning and various problems, but doesn,t help much with problems. I would not under any circumstance recommend the purchase of a 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!
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Saturn Danny, 04/19/2002
1996 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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We bought our SL2 with 17k miles. It now has 106k. The interior is well designed but the seats are low which causes difficulty getting in and out of the car. The Ignition failed at 18,000 miles and a water pump fail at 80,000 miles. which isn't bad. The engineering flaws we've noted include an inherent problem with the front brake rotors causing the wheel to shimmy especially when stopping. We also have major rust on both rear rockers which is obvious when you open the back doors. It also burns oil and has since about 65k miles. Engine compression is great so no idea why but it uses a quart every 2000 miles.
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.
purchased a lemon
C Jackson, 08/02/2004
1996 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan
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This vehcile has been a compliant nightmare. It's cost me thousdands in repair. Had I have purchased it brand new it probally wouldn't be so bad. Unfortunately purcashing a used vehicle was the only way I could afford a new car at the time. I've replaced the engine, fuel pump 2-3x, fuel filter, flushed the fuel rails, waterpump, along with the normal regular schedule maintence done to a vehicle. And I stil owe 4500 on this car that isn't worth 5.00. My advise to anyone buying a car, do your homework first. This includes wehre the car is from.