Saturn SL Acceleration problems by year

For several years now, the cruise control on the car will turn itself off while engaged, and, if left alone, will randomly reengage ten or fifteen minutes later with no warning. This can cause a surge of acceleration (as much as one can expect from a saturn, anyhow) if speed has slowed due to traffic. *Tr

With the cruise control in the off position, the cruise control engaged and went to full throttle. When the clutch pedal was depressed the cruise control dis-engaged. This happened five times, the cruise control unit has since been disabled. *Tr

Twice I was stopping the car--once to park and once at a light and instead of stopping the engine revved up at full throttle dragging the car forward even with the brakes pressed fully down. I had to throw the transmission into neutral and cut the engine off to stop it. No reason was ever found. *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 1996 saturn sl2. While driving less than 10 mph and engaging the brake pedal the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. In order to stop the acceleration, the contact had shift into neutral gear and turn the vehicle off. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the contact had the coolant temperature sensor harness replaced. There were no prior warnings. The failure mileage was 76,824. Updated 02/17/10. *Lj updated 02/18/10

Cruise control will not disengage by depressing brake, using the off switch, or depressing the clutch. Also, when this occurs, the speed slowly but steadily increases. The only way to correct the problem is to turn off the ignition, or press the brake until the car stops and the engine dies. *Nm

The 2001 saturn sl1 gas pedal constantly sticks. It is hard to push down either driving forward or reverse. The brakes must be applied before you can engage the gas pedal which has almost caused several accidents while driving under this condition. *Jb

Driving on the highway with cruise control set at 65 mph and cruise control just speed up about 10 mph out of the blue. Causing the car to jerk and rpms to jump. *Jb

The consumer was at a stop sign when the vehicle shut down. The consumer started the vehicle, and had not serviced it as of yet. However the radiator was replaced. *Ak there was a loud noise in the vehicle. The consumer was informed that a new engine was needed. The #1 cylinder was severely leaking oil and caused a misfire in this cylinder. The spark plugs were bad and needed to be replaced. Other problems were: the radiator was leaking, the valve cover gasket was leaking and was replaced and had...

While driving in cold weather at any speed the vehicle accelerateed without warning. As a result, the consumer had to shut off the vehicle. Please provide additional information. *Jb

Air bag light was not working, replaced 2 of the componenets under the dash one under the drivers side up in the corner and the other up behind the glove box. Cooling fan does not function properly must keep the ac on for the fan to work. A friend of mine has the same car and has the same problem. Tried to fix by replacing the sensors had a mechanic try to trouble shoot, can't find a reason so it is not fixed just keep ac on always. Car vibrates and can't find a reason still looking for problem, vibrates so much...

Freezing accelerator on 2001 saturn sl1.Oday I experienced a frozen accelerator cable which caused the car to accelerate very rapidly. I had driven about 80 miles and stopped at a store. When I came out of the store, I started the car and backed out of the parking slot. When I then started to go forward, and pressed the accelerator, it froze up at a rather high speed. Releasing the pressure on the pedal did not cause the pedal to return to idle . The outside temperature was zero degrees. I was able to turn...

Engine speed does not return to idle when removing foot from throttle making it difficult to stop. *La

When trying to reset the cruise control accelerator pedal went down to the floor, causing the vehicle to accelerate up to 70 mph. After a couple of seconds accelerator pedal popped up, and the vehicle began to slow down. *Ak *ph

When the brake pedal was depressed while coming to a complete stop motor revved, but vehicle failed to stop. This resulted in extended stopping distance. *Ak

Vehicle accelerates without applying gas, cause undetermined. *Ak