2004 Saturn L300

PURCHASED ON 9/17/04. AFTER 1 1/2 WEEKS, NOTICED THAT HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY DIM ON & OFF EVERY 1/2 TO 1 MILE. TOOK TO SATURN, WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC, THEY CHANGED SUN SENSOR THOUGHT TO BE THE PROBLEM. THIS DID NOT FIX MY PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THAT THE PROBLEM HAS WORSENED. THE SATURN CORPORATION HAS MAINTAINED THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC IN THIS CAR AND REFUSED TO DO ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT BE NOTICEABLE TO ANY TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. HOWEVER DUE TO MY EXPERIENCES AND OTHERS I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET, THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE AND COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LETHAL SITUATION. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT, ANY SATURN WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE HIGHWAYS UNTIL THIS SITUATION IS REPAIRED. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION NOW THAT SATURN OF HARTFORD HAD IN ITS POSSESSION NOTIFICATION SINCE JANUARY 2004 FROM SATURN CORPORATION THAT THE L300 SERIES VEHICLE COULD HAVE THIS FLAW AND THAT SATURN REFUSES TO REPAIR IT. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS SITUATION PRIOR TO BUYING THE CAR BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE CHANGED MY MIND AS TO WHICH VEHICLE I WOULD HAVE PURCHASED. I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTSBLINK ON AND OFF. THE LIGHTS WOULD STAY OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN COME BACK ON AGAIN. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THIS WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. *AK THE CONSUMER INDICATED THA THE VEHICLKE ALSO LOST POWER WHILE DRIVNG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

WE HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED AN 04 L300 AND HAVE STATED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF AND COME BACK ON. ON ONE SUCH OCCASSION, A TRACTOR TRAILER PULLED OVER ON US THINKING WE HAD NOTIFIED HIM TO DO SO. IT WAS JUST BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE WERE NOT CRUSHED. LATER THAT SAME NIGHT, A POLICE OFFICER PULLED US OVER WANTING TO KNOW WHY WE WERE BLINKING OUR HEAD LIGHTS AT HIM. WE EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND WERE TOLD THAT HE COULD RIGHT US A TICKET BUT WOULD NOT THIS TIME AND TO GET THE PROBLEMS CORRECTED. AFTER TAKING THIS ISSUE TO OUR SATURN DEALERSHIP, WE WERE TOLD THAT ACCORDING TO A MEMO DATED FEBRUARY 2004 THAT "THIS IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC" FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP AND CORP. HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO ASSIST WITH CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR IS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE PAY $450 FOR A NEW ALTERNATOR AND PURCHASE ANOTHER EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. ALL STATING THAT THIS MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO RESULT IN SOMEONES DEATH IF NOT CORRECTED. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS HANDLED? PLEASE ADVISE WITH ASSISTANCE IN PURSUING A RECALL OR HAVING MY CAR DECLARED A LEMON.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS DIM ALMOST ALL THE WAY OUT UNPREDICTABLY. THE DASH LIGHT DIMMING DRAWS THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE ROAD, WHILE THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMING DRAWS THE ATTENTION OF OTHER DRIVERS AND THE POLICE. MANY DRIVERS THINK THAT YOU ARE SIGNALING THEM AND THIS CAN LEAD TO ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS. ALSO, IN MANY STATES SIGNALING OTHER DRIVERS OF A POLICE PRESENCE IS AGAINST THE LAW. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS ON MANY OCCASIONS I HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. IT IS ONLY BLIND LUCK THAT PREVENTED ME FROM BEING INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *JB