1996 Saturn SL transmission problems
Owners reported transmission problems in 24 complaints for the 1996 Saturn SL, 7% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 24 7% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Unsatisfactory responses from saturn customer service; repairs that should be covered per californias lemon law for our 1996 saturn sl1 with only 46k miles. Rote to GM & saturn ceo's. They lie and do not stand behind their crappy product. We will never buy american again!per my recent conversations with saturn customer service, there has been absolutely no effort of goodwill to reimburse and fix the below aforementioned mechanical problems from the inferior materials used in building our saturn vehicle.
Differential pin in automatic transmission 1996 saturn sl2 (mp7 transmission) this pin works it's way loose and puts a hole in the front pump cover which inturn leads to fluid leaking and an expensive repair. This is the second time that this has happened to me.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Saturn SL
- Engine 68 complaints
- Brakes 53 complaints
- Electrical system 45 complaints
- Steering 21 complaints
- Air bags 19 complaints
- Cruise control 18 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 17 complaints
- Seats 15 complaints