Safety Score
93
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
39
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Saturn Sc1.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-04 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE MY GRANDSON WAS DRIVING MY 1998 SATURN SC2, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CAR ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE AND THE AIRBAGS DID … |
| 2009-06-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DURING THE SMOG TEST, MY CAR OVERHEATED BUT THE TEMP. GAUGE DID NOT INDICATE IT WAS HOT. THE TEMP GAUGE WAS REGISTERIN… |
| 2008-05-13 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE, JUST BROKE WHILE DRIVING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM W… |
| 2005-06-03 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SUN ROOF RAILS, AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE CLIPS THAT THE SUNROOF RUNS ALONG TO RAISE AND RETURN T… |
| 2005-05-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE INDICATOR LIGHTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. I GET THE PROPER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED, YET THE OIL IS NOW RUNNING OUT EVERY… |
| 2005-04-10 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE CONSUMER SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING THE BRAKING CAR IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONSU… |
| 2004-10-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I OWN A 1998 SATURN SC2 AND I HAVE HAD MANY COSTLY PROBLEMS WITH IT. ON OCTOBER 5, 2004 THE ENGINE FAILED BECAUSE OF A … |
| 2004-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE HEAD ON THE ENGINE BLOCK FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE HEAD WAS FULL OF HOLES, IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE… |
| 2004-04-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IT… |
| 2003-06-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2003-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | Yes | 1 | AT 60-65 MPH DRIVER HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND. THE NOISE LEVEL INCREASED RAPIDLY, THEN, ENGINE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS IN TR… |
| 2003-05-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT STALLING WHENEVER VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR CRUISES ALONG WITHOUT FOOT PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.… |
| 2003-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. *NLM |
| 2003-04-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB |
| 2002-12-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY CHANGED AND FUMES CAME FROM UNDER HOOD. I PULLED CAR OFF INTERSTATE IMMEDIATELY AND CHECKED UNDER… |
| 2002-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ON DRIVER SIDE NO LONGER WORKS, THIS ALLOWS THE BELT TO BECOME CAUGHT IN THE DOOR, DAMAGING THE ST… |
| 2001-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I AM THE OWNER OF A 1998 SATURN SC2, I BOUGHT IT IN MAY OF 2001, IN AUGUST OF 2001 IT BEGAN TO START ACTING UP. WHEN I… |
| 2001-07-26 | TIRES:SIDEWALL | No | 0 | THIS TIRE SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AT 65 M.P.H. FOR NO APPARENT REASON ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. I HAVE… |
| 2001-07-14 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | TREAD SEPARATION. TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF TIRE. STEAL BELT IS SHOWING AND THERE IS A HOLE IN THE TIRE. CAUSED BODY… |
| 2001-06-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | Yes | 0 | THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED X2 RESULTING IN MY REAR ENDING A JEEP. THE REPAIR COST TO THE CAR AND TO REPLACE THE DEFECTI… |
| 2000-12-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | 1998 SATURN SC2- CAM COVER LEAK- 12/13/02 SAME CAM COVER LEAK 10/26/04 PAID FOR IT TWICE... $98.86 AND 76.98. EL… |
| 2000-10-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY AND THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REPLACEMENT BE COMPENSATED, THE MANUFACTURER WOULD N… |
| 2000-08-15 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | FRONT SEAT SLIDES BACK WHEN ACCELERATING, AND SLIDES FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THEN SEAT BELTS TIGHTEN UP. *AK |
| 2000-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN BUTTONS SUNK INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL, CONSUMER CANNOT USE HORN. DEALER SAYS NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK *ML |
| 2000-03-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | CAR MAKES MANY RATTLING AND BUZZING NOISES WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. NOISES ARE HEARD IN THE DASHBOARD NEAR THE F… |
| 1999-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT STALLING WHENEVER VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR CRUISES ALONG WITHOUT FOOT PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDA… |
| 1999-03-03 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | I'M FROM CANADA. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK |
| 1998-06-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | POWER WINDOWS FAILED. *YC |
| 1998-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DRIVER DOOR WINDOW RUBBER FAILED. YH |
| 1998-02-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | APPLIED BRAKES ON RAINY ROAD. VEHICLE SLID THROUGH RED LIGHT & BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER HIT SIDE LEFT WINDOW … |
| 1998-01-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER/TACHOMETER FAILED. NLM |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, SEAT BELT AUTOMATICALLY DISENGAGES BY ITSELF, IT DOES NOT STAY LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. *AK CONSUM… |
| — | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING WITH THE DEFROST/RECIRCULATION FEATURE ON, THE FROST FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER COOLING COILS COVER THE WIN… |
| — | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SUNROOF BLEW OFF WHILE CAR WAS TRAVELING 25 MPH. *AK |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AT 65 MPH RESULTING IN NO BRAKES, NO POWER, NO POWER STEERING. |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES DRIVER?S SIDE RETRACTOR FAILED AND WAS FIXED, IT IS STARTING TO FAIL AGAIN, PASSENGER SIDE HAS ALSO FAI… |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | FRONT WHEELS MISALIGNED. YH |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS UNCOMFORTABLE TO USE. MJS |
| — | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE CAR ACCELERATES & WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ,CAR DOES NOT STOP. HANDBRAKE DOES NOT STOP THE CAR-HAVE TO SLAM IT I… |