We bought a used Saturn 2 years ago from a dealership. Since the day we got the car home we had transmission problems. Mainly when my wife would drive it to get our small children to day care, and she would go to work. When the transmission warmed up it gave her a hard time getting it into gear. Countless times of sitting in the middle of the intersection waiting to turn the light turned red and the opposite traffic got green and started heading toward her honking, she was franticly trying to get the car into gear. Then she would have no choice but to have to injure her hand to slam it into gear to get out of the way as my little ones were crying in the back and she was shaking and upset. We have had vehicle in repair shops countless of times complaining of it, but the extended warranty refused to repair the problem because it was still drivable, according to them. Now as my wife drove our kids to the baby sitters so she could go to work the transmission snapped. About 1 week ago found out the extended warranty expired, and they refused to help. They said we should have filed a report of the problem before it expired, . we explained that we did so many times and they were denied. We have proof from dealerships, but they refused to let us fax the proof.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

The transmission was very hard to shift into 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears, very hard to get into 1st gear from a complete stop almost impossible. The sunroof has stuck open to about 10 times, it has never seated into the roof correctly the back sticks up about a 1/4 inch in the rear of the sunroof expecially the driver side rear corner they said they completly replaced it but it still will not seat completly. The brakes make a whining sound all the time.( dot number: Tire size: 19560R15 )

- Columbus Oh, OH, USA

Transmission grinds when shifting gears.

- Unknown, UN, USA

While driving our Saturn SC2 at approximately 30mph we heard a loud explosion and the vehicle stopped moving. My husband and I exited the vehicle to see what the problem was. The only sign at that time that something was wrong with the vehicle was that there was fluid leaking from underneath the car. We had the vehicle brought back to the house to see what was wrong. My husband looked underneath the car and found a large hole in the rear of the transmission. We then called Saturn service and asked that the vehicle be towed. When the vehicle was looked at by a member of the Saturn service team of Saturn of greenfield, Wisconsin they said they had only seen this problem one other time and that they would have to call in a specialist. When I contacted them on the morning of Saturday Nov. 21, 1998, they said they would not be able to pay for the repair. The reason bieng that we had to have caused it. Their explanation is that this type of problem only occurs if you get stuck in snow or mud and quickly shift your car from drive to reverse several times causing the transmission to blow. However on the date of this transmission failure there was no rain to cause mud and no snow. On the date of Nov.19, we were told that if we had been going at a higher rate of speed we could have lost control of the car therefore possibly causing an accident and that we were lucky that did not happen. This brings on a question in my mind if we could have been going at a higher rate of speed how could this only be caused by being stuck in snow or mud and shifting from reverse to drive quickly several times? I would also like to note that we had previously had our vehicle in to Saturn of greenfield on Nov. 3, 1998 for an oil change and a noise in the engine. When the car was looked at they said that the motor mounts had collapsed and needed to be replaced. I feel that this was a minor remedy to keep from repairing a major problem. We have been advised by a lawyer to take pictu

- Milwaukee, WI, USA