Saturn LS
Registered from 2000 to 2002.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1320 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 10.2 L/100km (EPA) · 11.8 L/100km city · 8.1 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.
Fuel pump leaks
Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2009, closed October 2009.
Timing chain breaks, engine stall
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2008, closed April 2009.
Timing chain failure-stall
Defect petition, opened June 2008, closed October 2008.
Timing chain failure - stall
Engineering analysis, opened June 2006, closed November 2007.
Timing chain failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2006, closed June 2006.
Timing chain failure
Defect petition, opened December 2005, closed February 2006.
Inoperative tail lamps
Preliminary evaluation, opened February 2005, closed June 2005.
Inoperative tail lamps
Defect petition, opened February 2005, closed February 2005.
Headlamps flicker off and on
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 2003, closed August 2003.
Post-collision fuel system integrity
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 1999, closed February 2000.
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 218 bulletins about the 2002 LS.
- Engine and engine cooling: 50
- Equipment: 48
- Electrical system: 20
- Structure: 17
- Power train: 10
- Steering: 7
- Suspension: 7
- Visibility: 7
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 6
- Exterior lighting: 4
- Other: 42
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- 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
- This bulletin provides information for use on a Product Assistance Claim (PAC), which is formerly known as a Product Allegation Resolution (PAR) claim. · July 2024
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Service Programming System (SPS) Error Codes E4398, E4399, E4401, E4403, M4404, M4413, M6954, M6955, E4414, E4423, E4491, E4492,… · June 2024
- This bulletin provides information for electrical ground repairs using new General Motors replacement fasteners with conductive finish. · April 2024
- XM Audio Traffic And Travel Link Availability And Operation. · April 2024
- This technical bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with… · March 2024
- This service bulletin provides service information to technicians on guidelines to replace Oil Cooler, Oil Cooler Lines and Oil Tank if the engine was replaced where large amounts of debris has… · February 2024
210 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.