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Saturn S-Series Wagons
1 NHTSA complaints and 0 safety recalls across model years 1999–1999.
- Complaints
- 1
- Recalls
- 0
- Model years
- 1
The verdict
The Saturn S-Series Wagons has zero recalls.
- 0
- recall campaigns
Saturn S-Series Wagons vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
1 Among the lowest lower than 97% of 3,088 models
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Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The SaturnS-Series Wagons appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 1 consumer safety complaints and 0 recall campaigns across 1 model year (1999–1999). That averages roughly 1 complaint per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year.
NHTSA has 14 investigation files tied to this model. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 |
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NHTSA Investigations
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Electric Power Steering Failure
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TIMING CHAIN BREAKS, ENGINE STALL
TIMING CHAIN FAILURE-STALL
TIMING CHAIN FAILURE - STALL
TIMING CHAIN FAILURE
TIMING CHAIN FAILURE
INOPERATIVE TAIL LAMPS
INOPERATIVE TAIL LAMPS
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. Saturn S-Series Wagons totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.