Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1993 Saturn Sl.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 SATURN SL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TH… |
| 2014-01-10 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 SATURN SL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER SEPARATED FROM THE A… |
| 2013-06-19 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | KEY CAME OUT OF IGNITION WHILE GOING AROUND CORNER, ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, EVERYTHING ELSE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. A LOC… |
| 2008-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, THE MOTOR WOULD JUST STOP AND THEN WOULD NOT START UNTIL IT COOLED OFF. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWE… |
| 2006-05-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT EXTRACT. THE DEALER DETERMINED BOTH RETRACTOR MODULES NEED T… |
| 2005-08-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH THE HARMONIC BALANCER HAVING EXCESSIVE RUN OUT CAUSING IMPROPER SERPENTINE BELT ALIGNMENT WHICH CREATED E… |
| 2005-02-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 MPH AND CRUISE CONTROL JUST SPEED UP ABOUT 10 MPH OUT OF THE BLUE.… |
| 2004-08-16 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | ANY SATURN KEY OF OR AROUD THE SAME YEAR CAN UNLOSK OTHER SATURN DOORS.*AK |
| 2004-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER PUMPED THE BRAKES, AND THE THEY MALFUNCTIONED. HOWEVER, … |
| 2003-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT/ABS LIGHT, AND BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN T… |
| 2003-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | OUR VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO VACATION ON HIGHWAY 95. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN. WE WERE APPROACHED… |
| 2003-02-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD.*JB *TS |
| 2002-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VALVE TRAIN SEEMS TO FAIL AT ABOUT 95-160 THOUSAND MILES WITH UNKNOWN CAUSE. CALLED BOTH DEALER AND REPAIR SHOPS. BOTH … |
| 2002-04-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER ADDED COOLANT SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT KEPT COMING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A… |
| 2002-03-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE ON WAY TO AIRPORT. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN . CONSUMER WAS FLAGGED BY ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE … |
| 2001-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS WITH THE STALLING OF THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN ONE ACCIDENT AND TH… |
| 2001-10-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CAR FIRE AFTER CAR WAS OFF FOR 1.8 HOURS. *AK |
| 2001-08-24 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHEN ADJUSTING FRONT SEAT, SEATS GOES BACKWARD, CONSUMER CAN HEAR SEAT CLICKING AS IT CHANGES POSITIONS, AND IT FALLS T… |
| 2001-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH TRANSMISSION BLEW UP, AND SOME PIECES FLEW INTO CAR*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION IS A 5 S… |
| 2001-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING CAUSED BY A PIN COMING LOOSE FROM WITHIN, AND FORCING IT THROUGH TRANSMISSION CAS… |
| 2001-06-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEATBACK FRAME BROKE AT MEET POINTS BETWEEN THE 2 DIFFERENT SEATBACK FRAME COMPONENTS. *AK |
| 2001-04-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WAS GOING 64MPH AND HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON. WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS TOUCHED CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO RELEASE. CRU… |
| 2001-03-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING DRIVER UNRESTRAINED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC |
| 2001-03-15 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT IS BECOMING DISTORTED AND TOGETHER LIKE AN ACCORDIAN. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF DEFECT, BUT WOULD NOT DO … |
| 2001-02-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | THIRD GEAR ACTUATOR IS BURNED OUT DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT IN COMPUTER CONTROL.*AK |
| 2000-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CURRENTLY, ABS LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING, AND CAUSES ABS TO BE NON… |
| 2000-09-07 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | PE00-020;WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION.TIRE DID NOT WENT FLAT. FIRESTONE, P17… |
| 2000-09-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VALVE BODY FAILED - TROUBLE WITH GEARS ENGAGING THEN DURING TOTAL FAILURE, TANSMISSION WENT INTO 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ANY C… |
| 2000-08-14 | TIRES | No | 0 | DUE TO THE RECENT RECALL OF SOME OF FIRESTONE TIRES I WANTED TO ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT MY FIRESTONE TIRES WHICH ARE… |
| 2000-08-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | UPON EXITING VEHICLE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION.*AK |
| 2000-07-15 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | TWO OF THE FIRESTONE MODEL FR480 TIRES EXPERIENCED BULGES IN THE TREAD CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *MJS |
| 2000-06-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY 4 TIMES SINCE 08/97 AND THE ALTERNATOR 2 TIMES SINCE 08/97. I SEE RECALL INFORMATION FOR TH… |
| 2000-05-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO TECHNICIAN, AND THE GENERATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. PROBLEM W… |
| 2000-04-02 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT | No | 0 | THE HEATER CONTROLS STARTED TO SMOKE AND FLAMES BURSTED WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. NO PRIOR WARNING. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH… |
| 2000-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HESITATES BEFORE GOING INTO REVERSE AND LURCHES BACKWARD WHEN IT DOES. |
| 2000-02-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 1996, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A NUMBER OF REPAIRS DONE TO AVERGING $200. OR MORE . I A… |
| 2000-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN AND GUIDES FAILED. *SLC |
| 1999-12-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BLOCK HAS SPLIT NEAR THE LOCATION OF ALTERNATOR ,CAUSING IT TO BE LOSE AND CUT INTO THE BELT. THE BLOCK BUSTED … |
| 1999-12-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ALUMINUM ENGINE CRACKED AT MOUNTS ON RIGHT SIDE -- ENGINE IS HANGING |
| 1999-11-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | THE PROBLEM I LISTED WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD THE ALTERNATOR DIE, IT THEN HAPPENED ON 7/3/00 AT APX. 10900 MILES, AND A… |
| 1999-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM COULD POSSIBLY BE WITH THE VALVE GUILDES AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON… |
| 1999-09-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER WENT TO STOP AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. CONSUMER HAD TO JUMP CURB TO… |
| 1999-06-11 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | POWER STEERING GEAR BOX WORN CAUSING IT TO MAKE NOISE WHILE TURNING. NLM |
| 1999-01-02 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES OR WHEN HE PUT PRESSURE ON SEAT, SEAT FELL BACK INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ONTO T… |
| 1998-12-27 | SEATS | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE D… |
| 1998-12-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT 10MPH, APPLIED BRAKES & NO BRAKING POWER. VEHICLE HIT A DITCH. DRIVER'S AI… |
| 1998-12-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10MPH SHE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER DRIVER . WHEN THR… |
| 1998-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON AN INCLINE, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY. THIS HAPPENED ON A C… |
| 1998-10-27 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 0 | IN A HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE OCCUPANT WAS REAR ENDED, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS FELL BACK, CAUSIN… |
| 1998-10-21 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING | No | 0 | THE CARTER PIN HAD FALLEN OFF & BROKE IN THE INTERNAL DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO PERFORM ERRATICALL… |