Safety Score
89
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1993 Saturn Sc1.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-20 | SEATS | No | 0 | 1993 SATURN SC2 FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER MECHANISM FAILED CAUSING SEAT BACK TO RECLINE SUDDENLY AND ALMOST INJURING P… |
| 2005-01-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS WENT DIM AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM THE FRONT OF … |
| 2004-09-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT MULTIPLE FAILURES. THE TRUNK FAILED TO CLOSE ON ITS OWN. WHILE DRIVING THE TRUNK WOULD OPEN… |
| 2004-02-06 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHEN REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROX. 25 MPH. SEAT BACK COLLAPSED ON DRIVER'S SIDE TO 45 DEG… |
| 2003-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | THE BATTERY CABLE FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE THE BATTERY EVERY YEAR. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER, TH… |
| 2002-11-12 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THIS IS THIRD TIME HAS CHANGE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISION . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. AND PROBLEM IS REOCUURI… |
| 2002-11-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | Yes | 1 | DUE TO PLASTIC DOOR SKIN (OUTER PANELING ) OPENING THE DOOR IN A LOW SPEED CAR ACCIDENT IN ADDITION TO PASSIVE SEAT BEL… |
| 2001-09-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SEAT BACK DID NOT STAY UP. *JB |
| 2001-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR MOUNTING POINT ON ENGINE BLOCK BROKE, RELEASING ALTERNATOR. *AK |
| 2001-04-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER IS TAKING IT TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC ON APRI… |
| 2001-02-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | WHILE EXITING THE TURNPIKE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND RIM CAME OFF DAMAGING THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH RE… |
| 2001-02-15 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE, FRAME OF SEAT IS STICKING OUT, UPPER PART OF SEAT IS FLOPPING BACK AND FORTH. *JG *AK |
| 2000-12-15 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SEATBACK FELL … |
| 2000-08-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | FAILED PREVIOUSLY, PAID $1600 TO SATURN IN 98 AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. 1-CYL WAS REPLACED WITH THIS WORK IN ADDITION … |
| 2000-08-15 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEATBACK MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH. DEALER WAS N… |
| 2000-06-09 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BACK RECLINER MECHANISM FAILED CAUSING SEAT BACK TO RECLINE SUDDENLY AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DISA… |
| 1999-11-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I AM STILL CONTENT WITH MY 1993 SATURN BUT DISAPPOINTED THAT A PART THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER FAILED IN OCTOB… |
| 1999-05-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEATBACK BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEATBACK TO FALL BACK AND MAY CAUSE INJURIES OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE… |
| 1999-04-18 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIL. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT PROBL… |
| 1999-03-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, AND WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THE GAS PEDAL, GAS PEDAL BROKE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO… |
| 1999-03-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 1999-03-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, T BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER … |
| 1999-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | SHOULDER SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK |
| 1998-10-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | SUMMARY NOT PROVED BY CONSUMER |
| 1998-10-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE DRIVER SEAT HAS BROKEN IN ITS FRAME. THE FRAME IT PROTRUDING OUT ON LEFT SIDE JUST BELOW ARM PIT AREA WHER… |
| 1998-08-05 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SEAT BELT FAILURE. BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION, T… |
| 1998-07-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY '93 SATURN WOULD PUSH INTO THE REVERSE GEAR WHEN EVER THE CAR WAS WARM. I WAS TOLD BY A GMC AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT MY… |
| 1998-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | BRACKET THAT HOLDS ABS WIRE HARNESS RUSTED OFF ON BOTH SIDES. HANGING DOWN WIRES ON RIGHT SIDE THROUGH AXLE SHORTED OUT… |
| 1997-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) | No | 0 | EGR VALVE FAILED. *SLC |
| 1997-04-28 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED DURING REAR-END COLLISION, CAUSING SERIOUS SPINAL INJURY TO DRIVER. *AK |
| 1997-01-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | UNEVEN WEAR ON FRONT BRAKE PADS DUE TO CALIPERS MALFUNCTIONING. |
| 1996-05-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER INOPERATIVE. |
| 1996-04-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | PREMATURE INFLATION OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG, OWNER FEELS AIRBAG WAS OVERSENSATIVE. *AK |
| 1995-12-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN MAKES NOISE DUE TO ADJUSTER MALFUNCTION. |
| 1995-06-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | LOOSE SUNVISOR. *AK |
| 1995-06-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL FADEED, RESULTING IN TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, REPLACED FRONT PAD AND TURNED ROTOR PRIOR TO EX… |
| 1995-06-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE WITH NO PEDAL PRESSURE. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. TT |
| 1995-03-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | ABS, LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION 25 MPH. TT |
| 1995-03-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL JAMMED AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF AT 65MPH, SKIDDED 90 FEET HIT BANK AND ROLLED OVER.(PE94-079). TT |
| 1994-12-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: WHEN PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE DOES NOT ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY UNLESS PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR VIGOR… |
| 1994-11-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING CAR PUT CRUISE CONTROL ON IT, CUT OFF AND IT WILL NOT COME BACK ON, WAIT A DAY OR TWO FOR IT TO COME ON. … |
| 1994-05-05 | SUSPENSION:REAR | Yes | 1 | REAR OF CAR STARTED TO PULL LEFT/APPLIED BRAKES CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL HITTING A WALL. LEFT REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF. *SD |
| 1993-08-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | WAS DRIVING TRIED TO TURN ON CRUISE CONTROL IT WOULDN'T CUT OFF. TT |
| 1993-08-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | GENERATOR FAILED PREMATURELY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECA… |
| 1993-07-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN ACTIVATING CRUISE CONTROL IT WORKS FOR VARYING DISTANCES AND AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. SOMETIMES NOT ACTIVATING WHEN… |
| 1993-02-03 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BACK RECLINER MECHANISM FAILED CAUSING SEAT BACK TO RECLINE SUDDENLY AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DISA… |
| — | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE HAZARD LIGHTS STOPPED FLASHING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *PH THE TURN SIGNALS WERE ALSO I… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES WOULD BE ENTERING VEHICLE THROUGH FLOORBOARD. WOULD HAVE STATIC ELECTRIC CHARGE T… |
| — | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD WHILE GETTING INTO VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BACK ADJUSTER… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | OIL IS CONSUMED COMPLETELY BETWEEN 2,000 TO 3,000 MILES WITH VEHICLE IN DEALERSHIP EVERY OTHER WEEK. DEALERSHIP POLISH… |