Saturn SL: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Saturn SL, model years 1991 to 2002. NHTSA has 2,214 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.

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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 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Saturn SL: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2002 Saturn SL	0	129	70%
2001 Saturn SL	2	110	60%	71,092
2000 Saturn SL	7	148	80%	353,952
1999 Saturn SL	1	177	96%	265,698
1998 Saturn SL	0	168	91%
1997 Saturn SL	2	227	123%	14,585
1996 Saturn SL	1	287	156%	14,580
1995 Saturn SL	3	355	192%	160,140
1994 Saturn SL	1	286	155%	138,691
1993 Saturn SL	2	175	95%	367,292
1992 Saturn SL	2	123	67%	353,466
1991 Saturn SL	1	29	16%	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

2,884 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.

Saturn SL: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling	155.3	448
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	118.2	341
Electrical System	111	320
Power Train	109.9	317
Seats	80.1	231
Seat Belts	62.8	181
Air Bags	56.5	163
Vehicle Speed Control	48.5	140
Steering	42.6	123
Visibility	37.1	107

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Saturn SL, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1999, with 6 campaigns.

Complaints about the Saturn SL, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 240 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

ION10 campaigns
VUE7 campaigns
LS12 campaigns
Outlook10 campaigns
Aura5 campaigns
Sky5 campaigns
SC18 campaigns
SC14 campaigns
Saturn2 campaigns
SW11 campaigns
Astra1 campaign
L2004 campaigns
Relay3 campaigns
L3002 campaigns
VUE Hybrid0 campaigns
EV18 campaigns
Z4 campaigns

Saturn: all 18 model lines

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Saturn SL: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saturn/sl/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

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 SL model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2000 with 7, 1995 with 3, 2001 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Saturn SL model year has the most complaints?: The 1995 model year, with 355 of the 2,214 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Saturn SL name?: Engine and Engine Cooling: 155.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 118.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 111 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Saturn SL?: 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.