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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!Csli!barros
- From: barros@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Jose Acacio de Barros)
- Subject: Re: My new Saturn in the shop for new transmission
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.171433.1655@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
- Keywords: Saturn reliability
- Organization: Stanford University CSLI
- References: <1992Nov19.011448.11730@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Nov19.150711.14228@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:14:33 GMT
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- In <1992Nov19.150711.14228@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> bobh@troy.cc.bellcore.com (hettmansperger,robert) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov19.011448.11730@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> clee@praha.jpl.nasa.gov (Chang Lee) writes:
- >>Two weeks ago, I put down 15K at the dealer for a new SL2. 500 miles and a
- >>week later, the car's back at the dealer for a new transmission. Obviously,
- >>I'm unhappy about the situation. I bought the car partly because of claims
- >>of quality and reliability, but this episode has me deeply worried. So,
- >>I'd appreciate feedback from Saturn owners regarding the reliability of their
- >>car (or should I get a refund and buy a Civic?)
- >>
-
- As I understand, couldn't Chang Lee just change his car by a new one?
- At least that was what I heard from Saturn: if you are not completely
- satisfied with your vehicle you can change by another one or just have
- your money back (all that within 30 days after the buy, which is much
- more than two weeks). Am I missing something or this Saturn waranty does not
- mean anything?
-
- >I'm a Saturn owner for 1.5 years and 29,000 miles with no problems to date.
- >I hope you don't go running to the Civic just because of one data point.
-
- >Civics are great, but can have problems, too (although the two that I owned
- >before my Saturn never did :-) ).
-
- >-Bob
-
- Acacio.
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