I had my stock cat blow out after 200 miles. Hope mine is isolated too.
150 miles and leaking
I pulled the RL out of the garage this morning to let it warm up and noticed a fairly large puddle that was a little out of place. It was fairly clear and I almost passed it up as water but took a closer look. Glad I did, because it was Mobil 1. 
Needless to say I was a bit irritated. I took the car down to the fire station and took a closer look. I let it run for a second and oil was running down the back of the motor and on to the ground. I called Saturn and they had a flatbed out in about 15 min to pick up the car. I did not want to risk driving it to the dealership not knowing what the problem was.
The service manager called me about 2 hours later and told me what was leaking. Apparently the green rubber gasket that seals the Cam Position Sensor to the head was faulty, causing the leak. I stoped in at the service department and he was very cool about it and took the time to show me in detail what had happened. I asked him if possibly there was a TSB repair to the CPS from the no start issue that a few cars have had but there records did not show it. The gasket was no where to be found in the metro (Minneapolis/StPaul) area so they had to order one next day from out state.
I felt bad looking at my brand new car half way taken appart to remove a bad gasket but such is life I guess.
I can't say that I am not upset about having a leaky new car but the people at the dealership were very nice and set me up with a rental car right away. Hopefully this is not a precurser of things to come and just an isolated incident.
Jurry is still out though.
Needless to say I was a bit irritated. I took the car down to the fire station and took a closer look. I let it run for a second and oil was running down the back of the motor and on to the ground. I called Saturn and they had a flatbed out in about 15 min to pick up the car. I did not want to risk driving it to the dealership not knowing what the problem was.
The service manager called me about 2 hours later and told me what was leaking. Apparently the green rubber gasket that seals the Cam Position Sensor to the head was faulty, causing the leak. I stoped in at the service department and he was very cool about it and took the time to show me in detail what had happened. I asked him if possibly there was a TSB repair to the CPS from the no start issue that a few cars have had but there records did not show it. The gasket was no where to be found in the metro (Minneapolis/StPaul) area so they had to order one next day from out state.
I felt bad looking at my brand new car half way taken appart to remove a bad gasket but such is life I guess.
I can't say that I am not upset about having a leaky new car but the people at the dealership were very nice and set me up with a rental car right away. Hopefully this is not a precurser of things to come and just an isolated incident.
Jurry is still out though.
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The majority of us have had no problems with our cars. Yes, the jurry [sic] is still out, but isolated problems happen all the time, even to Toyotas and Hondas. . .MotorMouth said:I pulled the RL out of the garage this morning to let it warm up and noticed a fairly large puddle that was a little out of place. It was fairly clear and I almost passed it up as water but took a closer look. Glad I did, because it was Mobil 1.
Needless to say I was a bit irritated. I took the car down to the fire station and took a closer look. I let it run for a second and oil was running down the back of the motor and on to the ground. I called Saturn and they had a flatbed out in about 15 min to pick up the car. I did not want to risk driving it to the dealership not knowing what the problem was.
The service manager called me about 2 hours later and told me what was leaking. Apparently the green rubber gasket that seals the Cam Position Sensor to the head was faulty, causing the leak. I stoped in at the service department and he was very cool about it and took the time to show me in detail what had happened. I asked him if possibly there was a TSB repair to the CPS from the no start issue that a few cars have had but there records did not show it. The gasket was no where to be found in the metro (Minneapolis/StPaul) area so they had to order one next day from out state.
I felt bad looking at my brand new car half way taken appart to remove a bad gasket but such is life I guess.
I can't say that I am not upset about having a leaky new car but the people at the dealership were very nice and set me up with a rental car right away. Hopefully this is not a precurser of things to come and just an isolated incident.
Jurry is still out though.
Vita said:
sure it should if you drive missing over the half the required oil in the car
we already got a software update after killing the cat, and the plugs were ruined once thanks to too much fuel
if you dont want crap to happen you dont buy first production year specialized cars
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