# Used parts

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-parts/19766>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 19, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-parts/19766 "2008-09-19T18:19:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sundown2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sundown2001](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sundown2001)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-parts/19766/1 "2008-09-19T18:19:55Z")

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ARE THERE ANY OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAVE COMPATIBLE PARTS TO A SATURN SL 2001

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-parts/19766/2 "2008-09-19T20:06:53Z")

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Well, it depends on what specific part you’re looking for, but probably not. Up until recently, Saturn wasn’t generally part of GM’s usual rebadging practices so it’s not a situation in which, for example, most parts interchange between a Buick Century, Chevy Celebrity, Pontiac 6000, etc. Most Saturn models are going to be mostly unique.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-parts/19766/3 "2008-09-19T21:32:35Z")

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When you go to a salvage yard looking for parts, it is THEY who have the cross reference to which you refer.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-parts/19766/4 "2008-09-19T21:39:25Z")

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Saturn was lauched as a stand-alone division, and even their engine was a unique design. Agree that a parts yard might have a cross reference list of such parts that may have come out of the Delco bins. GM dealers don’t want to have anything to do with Saturns, as a rule.
