Saturn L200: nhtsa investigations

All rows for this model in the NHTSA investigations dataset, newest model year first. Each year links to its consumer page, which shows the same records with context.

rows	2
model years	2003–2003 (1)
data through	2026-09-20
method	/data/methodology#investigations
license	CC BY 4.0 (derived)

saturn.csv (whole make)

Vehicle pages

2003

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year	action_number	status	subject	components	opened	closed	recall_campaign	summary
2003	DP05008	closed	TIMING CHAIN FAILURE	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	2005-12-20	2006-02-06	·	ANALYSIS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE TO THE PETITION IDENTIFIED 26 COMPLAINTS ALLEGING TIMING CHAIN FAILURES IN MY 2000-2003 SATURN L-SERIES VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.2L L4 ENGINE.MOST COMPLAINTS OF TIMING CHAIN FAILURE REPORTEDLY RESULTED IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND STALLING.ODI ALSO NOTED THAT CERTAIN MY 2002-2003 SATURN VUE AND MY 2003 SATURN ION MODEL VEHICLES WITH THE 2.2L ENGINE VEHICLESCOVERED BY A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (03-06-01-017) THAT ADDRESSED TIMING CHAIN DESIGN AND SERVICE PROCEDURE CHANGES, EXHIBITED NO COMPLAINTS OF TIMING CHAIN FAILURE.ODI WILL GRANT THE PETITION A
2003	PE06006	closed	TIMING CHAIN FAILURE	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	2006-01-24	2006-06-06	·	ON DECEMBER 12, 2005, ODI RECEIVED A DEFECT PETITION (DP05-008) REQUESTING THE INVESTIGATION OF TIMING CHAIN FAILURES THAT COULD CAUSE STALLING IN SATURN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.2L (L61) ENGINE. ODI OPENED PE06-006 ON JANUARY 24, 2006, WITH 24 VEHICLE OWNER COMPLAINTS THAT ALLEGED A BROKEN TIMING CHAIN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP OPERATING.ON APRIL 12, 2006, ODI RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS (GM) CONCERNING TIMING CHAIN FAILURES IN APPROXIMATELY 412,000 MODEL YEAR (MY) 2000 THROUGH 2003 SATURN L-SERIES AND ION VEHICLES WITH 2.2L ENGINES. GM'S RESPONSE INCLUDED 1,020 OWNER COMPLA

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Wrench.Pro (2026). NHTSA investigations — Saturn L200 [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/investigations/saturn/l200

@misc{wrenchpro_investigations_saturn_l200_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro NHTSA investigations: Saturn L200},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/investigations/saturn/l200}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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