Saturn SW: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the Saturn SW, model years 1991 to 2001. NHTSA has 209 complaints on file for this model line. 7 of the 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Saturn SW | 2 | 6 | 32% | 71,092 |
| 2000 Saturn SW | 7 | 15 | 79% | 353,952 |
| 1999 Saturn SW NHTSA page | 1 | 16 | 84% | 265,698 |
| 1998 Saturn SW | 0 | 27 | 142% | |
| 1997 Saturn SW | 0 | 31 | 163% | |
| 1996 Saturn SW NHTSA page | 0 | 20 | 105% | |
| 1995 Saturn SW | 2 | 36 | 189% | 159,209 |
| 1994 Saturn SW | 1 | 30 | 158% | 138,691 |
| 1993 Saturn SW | 2 | 27 | 142% | 367,292 |
| 1992 Saturn SW NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 5% | 352,833 |
| 1991 Saturn SW NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 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
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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 164.2 | 45 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 127.7 | 35 |
| Power Train | 98.5 | 27 |
| Electrical System | 87.6 | 24 |
| Seats | 76.6 | 21 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 62 | 17 |
| Seat Belts | 62 | 17 |
| Air Bags | 54.7 | 15 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 47.4 | 13 |
| Visibility | 40.1 | 11 |
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 SW: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saturn/sw/. 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 SW model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2000 with 7, 2001 with 2, 1995 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Saturn SW model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 36 of the 209 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Saturn SW name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 164.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 127.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 98.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Saturn SW?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.