Saturn SC: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the Saturn SC, model years 1991 to 2002. NHTSA has 294 complaints on file for this model line. 8 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Saturn SC | 0 | 38 | 155% | |
| 2001 Saturn SC | 2 | 20 | 82% | 71,092 |
| 2000 Saturn SC | 7 | 7 | 29% | 353,952 |
| 1999 Saturn SC NHTSA page | 1 | 24 | 98% | 265,698 |
| 1998 Saturn SC NHTSA page | 0 | 13 | 53% | |
| 1997 Saturn SC | 3 | 32 | 131% | 67,577 |
| 1996 Saturn SC | 0 | 26 | 106% | |
| 1995 Saturn SC | 2 | 39 | 159% | 159,209 |
| 1994 Saturn SC | 1 | 51 | 208% | 138,691 |
| 1993 Saturn SC NHTSA page | 1 | 23 | 94% | 352,833 |
| 1992 Saturn SC | 2 | 16 | 65% | 353,466 |
| 1991 Saturn SC NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 20% | 352,833 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
377 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Seats | 143.2 | 54 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 124.7 | 47 |
| Electrical System | 124.7 | 47 |
| Seat Belts | 100.8 | 38 |
| Air Bags | 79.6 | 30 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 58.4 | 22 |
| Power Train | 53.1 | 20 |
| Structure | 39.8 | 15 |
| Steering | 34.5 | 13 |
| Tires | 34.5 | 13 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Saturn SC: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saturn/sc/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Saturn SC model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2000 with 7, 1997 with 3, 2001 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Saturn SC model year has the most complaints?
- The 1994 model year, with 51 of the 294 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Saturn SC name?
- Seats: 143.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 124.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 124.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Saturn SC?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.