Saturn L300
Registered from 2003 to 2005.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 1450 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2004 | 1450 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2003 | 1444 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Timing chain failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2006, closed June 2006.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Saturn filed 452 bulletins about the 2005 L300.
- Equipment: 163
- Electrical system: 72
- Engine and engine cooling: 66
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 31
- Power train: 18
- Engine: 17
- Visibility: 17
- Wheels: 14
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Exterior lighting: 8
- Other: 37
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on When and How to Submit a Field Product Report (FPR) (U.S. and Canada Dealers Only). · October 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. General Motors will only support a tire calibration for tires… · September 2024
- This service bulletin provides guidelines and diagnostic/repair information to technicians regarding vehicle engine oil consumption. · September 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
444 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.