Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-03-12 | 99V045000 |
SEATS | 138,691 | — | Details |
| 1994-09-14 | 94V170000 |
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | 931 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AUTO ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 07/31/2015, THE LEFT FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN CAUSING INJURIES TO THE PASSENGE… |
| 2014-03-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTALLED MICROGARD FUEL FILTER ON A 1995 SATURN SL1 A MONTH AGO STARTED SMELLING GAS HAD IT LOOKED AT AND IT WAS DETE… |
| 2012-08-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | AFTER A POP NOISE DURING NEGOTIATING A CURVE THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY APPEARED TILTED EVEN WHILE GOING STRAIGHT WHIL… |
| 2012-04-14 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | MY WIFE WAS ON THE WAY HOME FROM PICKING UP OUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL AND THE DRIVERS SEAT RECLINING BACK GAVE WAY RECLINING… |
| 2011-09-01 | WHEELS | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT IS WITH A DAYTON QUADRA SE TIRE, SIZE P175/70R14 THE TIRE IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH 20,000 MILES AND HAS NEVER B… |
| 2011-03-20 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT BEGAN TO RECLINE ABNORMALLY. THE … |
| 2011-02-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL SEDAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECLINER ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT WOULD B… |
| 2008-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT'S FATHER OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL2. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO RE… |
| 2008-06-02 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL2. WHILE CHANGING LANES AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND CAUSED… |
| 2008-05-15 | TIRES | No | 0 | DRIVING MY 1995 SATURN SL1 AT 65MPH, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE IMMEDIATELY WENT FLAT. I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR TO THE SHOU… |
| 2008-05-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | 1 INCIDENT AND 1 CRASH. LEFT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON BY ACCIDENT WHEN DRIVING AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT HAD… |
| 2007-11-27 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL1. WHILE MAKING A SHARP U-TURN AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN MADE… |
| 2007-04-09 | PARKING BRAKE | No | 0 | EMERGENCY BRAKE BUTTON BROKE; BUTTON EJECTED WHEN USING PARKING BRAKE, PREVENTING E-BRAKE FROM BEING USED. BUTTON AND S… |
| 2007-01-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V045000, AND EVEN FALLS INTO THE "CARS AFFECTED" THAT IS… |
| 2006-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | LOUD ENGINE KNOCK. ENGINE CONSUMES OIL BUT NO LEAK. TOOK TO SATURN DEALER IN FAYETTEVILLE, AR AND TOLD IT NEEDS A NEW… |
| 2006-06-06 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | I WAS TURNING AROUND SLOWLY UP INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CLUNKING/SCRAPING TYPE NOISES STEERING WENT AW… |
| 2006-05-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ELEVATED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON FUR… |
| 2006-03-31 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | 1995 SATURN SL2 MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING FAILURE WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, PUSHED IN CLUTCH TO S… |
| 2006-01-12 | SEATS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINER GEAR TEETH WORE EXCESSIVELY, CAUSING THE SEAT TO PARTIALL… |
| 2005-10-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, USES 1 QT EVERY 500 MILES, NO LEAKS. SATURN SAYS THIS IS NORMAL! *NM |
| 2005-09-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | DT: 1995 SATURN SL1 4 DOOR. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 . UPON IMPACT, THE… |
| 2005-09-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 1 | 1995 SATURN MODEL SL CUSTOMER WANTS COPIES OF ALL RECALLS **CC (LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*TR |
| 2005-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THIS WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS NOWHERE TO… |
| 2005-08-14 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | Yes | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL. THE CONTACT STATED RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN RFECALL 94V170000. THE RECALL STATE… |
| 2005-06-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | IN JAN 2003 I RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER GEAR TEETH TO WEAR EXC… |
| 2005-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE SEEMS TO CONSUME EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES OF OIL BETWEEN CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE. THE AVERAGE CONSUMPTION (THAT … |
| 2005-01-10 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | I OWN A 95 SATURN SL,AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR BECAUSE OF STEERING GEAR BOX. THE PROBLEM WITH THE GEAR BOX IS … |
| 2004-12-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING CAR INTO GEAR, ESPECIALLY FROM PARK TO DRIVE. FINALLY, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. TOO… |
| 2004-09-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE TEMPERATURE SENDER ON A SATURN 1995 DOHC ENGINE HAS FAILED 4 TIMES AS OF 106K MILES. THEY SOLD ME NEW SENDER AT DE… |
| 2004-08-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THERE WAS OIL IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. WHEN THE ENGINE WARMED UP IT WOULD LEAK FLUID IN THE DRIVEWAY. MECHANIC DE… |
| 2004-08-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL CHANGE AT SATURN DEALERSHIP ON 6/10/04. CAR DRIVEN ONLY EVERY 10 DAYS AFTERWARDS, THEN DRIVEN 400 MILES TO NORTH CA… |
| 2004-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH 1995 SATURN SL1. *MR SMOKE HAD COME FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DASH IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICL… |
| 2004-06-11 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SATURN SL1. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND CAUSED … |
| 2004-04-14 | CHILD SEAT | No | 0 | WHILE REMOVING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT FROM THE BASE THE HANDLE CAME APART FROM THE CSS, AND CONNECTING BRACKET DISCONNE… |
| 2004-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A GAS STA… |
| 2004-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE OWNER STATES THAT,' THE GEARSHIFT CAN ENGAGE WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION SWITCH.' THIS CAUSED THE GEARSHI… |
| 2004-02-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING THEN A BANG NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE GOING UP AN INCLINE AT 30 MPH. THE NO… |
| 2004-02-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CARIS A 1995 SATURN SL1 WAS BOUGHT IN OCT OF 2002 IT HAD ONLY 38,962 ACTUAL MILES ON IT, WHEN I SEEN THE OVERALL SH… |
| 2004-01-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED AND C… |
| 2003-12-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS FROM HIGH TO 3RD OR LOW. CAUSING HIGH RPM AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SOMETIMES REQUIRES YOU TO PULL OFF… |
| 2003-11-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY 1995 SL1 SATURN DEVELOPED A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD AT ALMOST NINE YEARS AND ONLY 55,000 MILES. SATURN ISSUED A LETTE… |
| 2003-11-11 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A "POP" NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE DRIVER COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WA… |
| 2003-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | BRAKES PULSATE WHEN STOPPING AND ALSO CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE. BRAKES CAUSED CAR NOT TO STOP ON TIME WHEN TRAVE… |
| 2003-09-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1995 SATURN SL1 - CRACK IN CYLINDER HEAD CAUSING OIL TO LEAK INTO COOLING SYSTEM. I HAD TO PURCHASE NEW HEAD AND GASKE… |
| 2003-06-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SAME AS COMPLAINT #855328, HAVING TO DO WITH THE NEUTRAL/ PARK SWITCH ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION I ALSO … |
| 2003-05-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IN JUNE OF 1999 THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER THAT HER VEHICLES ENGINE MAY DEVELOP A CRACK AND T… |
| 2003-03-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | INTERNAL CRACK IN CYLINDER HEAD DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT, ALLOWING OIL TO MIX WITH ENGINE COOLANT. OCCURRED AT 103,… |
| 2003-01-03 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING INSIDE OF HER VEHICLE THE FRONT SEAT DRIVER SIDE RECLINE BACKWARDS AND NEVER COME BACK TO ORIGINAL STATE… |
| 2002-12-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE TURN SIGNAL HAD BROKEN WHILE DRIVING, AND CAUSED THE SIGNALS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. TS THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO … |
| 2002-12-05 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING SYSTEM FAILED. SPECIFICALLY, THE MECHANICAL CONNECTION IN THE MANUAL GEAR BOX FAILED CAUS… |