Recall Register

1997 Saturn SL: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1997 Saturn SL. The newest campaign is 97V155000. NHTSA received the report on 12 Sep 1997. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats. NHTSA has 219 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 97V155000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will repair these vehicles.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 14,585 units in total.

  1. 97V155000Received . 5 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passsenger vehicles. These vehicles were built with suspect cold welds on the right side in the tunnel area of the floor pan. This does not comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 210, "seat belt anchorage."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the event of a vehicle crash, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained increasing the risk of personal injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will repair these vehicles.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  2. 97V138000Received . 14,580 units.

    Steering / Gear Box (Other Than Rack and Pinion)

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual steering. The pinion bearing cage in the steering gear can separate under high steering system load conditions, such as parking lot or similar low speed maneuvers.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could result in the pinion gear disengaging from the rack causing a loss of steering control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the manual steering gear assembly.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

219 complaints, 274 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.

  • 1997 Saturn SL
  • All 1997 vehicles
1997 Saturn SL: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1997 SLAll 1997 vehiclesSL, all yearsMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling146134.8162.340
Electrical System113.179.795.931
Seat Belts91.225.266.525
Service Brakes, Hydraulic91.2106.3124.925
Power Train87.690.5113.124
Air Bags69.360.754.719
Seats65.713.58318
Tires58.456.337.516
Visibility43.858.939.312
Structure40.135.823.911

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.

Complaints that report a crash
30
Complaints that report a fire
9
Injuries in the complaints
26
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
16 Sep 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1997 Saturn SL, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 41 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

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

  1. 19911
  2. 19922
  3. 19932
  4. 19941
  5. 19953
  6. 19961
  7. 19972
  8. 19980
  9. 19991
  10. 20007
  11. 20012
  12. 20020

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1997 Saturn SL: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saturn/sl/1997/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Saturn SL?
14,585 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Saturn SL have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Saturn SL, model years 1991 to 2002. 2 of them name the 1997 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Saturn SL name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 40 of 274 component mentions, or 146 per 1,000. For all 1997 vehicles the figure is 134.8 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Saturn SL open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.