casting flaw cracked head- 2001 L200 (54K miles)

casting flaw cracked head- 2001 L200 (54K miles)


Neil emails misterfact:

cracked head on my 2001 L200 at 54,000 miles. No
>> explaination from Saturn of Orem, UT except "one-in
>> a million fluke" and after I insisted that it was
>> their problem (they later admitted it was a casting
>> defect that caused the crack) they settled on
>> splitting the cost of the engine with me. Just had
>> to replace my catalytic converter, secondary O2
>> sensor ($1000) at 88K miles and am currently
>> experiencing a P0140 fault (coincident with the cat
>> replacement) that Saturn of West Nyack, NY has kept
>> my car for almost a week now without being able to
>> diagnose and fix the problem causing the "service
>> engine soon" light to come on (which will fail my
>> car for emissions if not fixed) even after trying to
>> replace the PCM (~$900) and the secondary O2 sensor
>> (again ~$135)
>>
>> I will not buy another Saturn >
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