https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Saturn S Series. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:35:58 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-871422 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 SATURN ION S-SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED SHE WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, UNLESS THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND PERFORMED THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9 https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-692074 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE A 1999 SATURN. IT KEEPS STALLING WHILE IN MOTION. IT WILL WORK FINE FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WILL "ACT UP" AND THE RPMS WILL DANCE AROUND UNTIL IT FINALLY STALLS. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN MANY TIMES ALREADY. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THE TIMING CHAIN INQUIRY, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF IT WILL RUN LONG ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE COVERED. I AM UPSET THAT I CAN'T GET ANY AN https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-675250 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT DRIVING NORTH ON I-5 IN OREGON. THE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO. THE CAR IN FRONT STARTED TO GO. I FOLLOWED. THE CAR IN FRONT SLAMMED ON HER BRAKE. I DID THE SAME. MY BRAKE WOULD HOLD THAN RELEASE AND HOLD. WHEN THE BRAKE RELEASED I COULD FEEL THE CAR SURGE FORWARD. THE CAR SURGED FORWARD AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR. THE ENGINE WIL https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-655256 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN QUESTIONED SINCE NEW DELAY SHIFTING INTO REVERSE ,DOWNSHIFTING ERRATIC AND SHIFTS HARD SOMETIMES FLUID HAS BEEN CHANGED BUT TO NO AVAIL. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-645504 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT THE 2002 SATURN SL2 DOES NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND WHINES WHEN STARTED AND UNTIL RUN FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN. CALLED SATURN CORP. AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NEVER ANY MENTION FROM OTHER CONSUMERS. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS CERTAIN VEHICLE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-585461 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT HORN STARING BLARING WITHOUT DRIVER PRESSING THE HORN BUTTON. ONLY BY DISCONNECTING FUSE DID HORN STOP. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-553522 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT BOTH POWER WINDOW REGULATORS FOR THE BACK WINDOWS FAIL TO RAISE AND LOWER THE WINDOWS, LEFT SIDE IN EARLY 2004, AND NOW THE RIGHT SIDE IN LATE SUMMER OF 2005. I DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC MOLD INJECTED SLIDER (INSIDE THE METAL TRACK FOR THE WINDOW) IN THE LEFT REAR WINDOW HAS BROKEN, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE CASE WITH THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW ALSO. I AM SIMPLY WAITING FOR THE FRONT PASSEN https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-512742 Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT BAD IGNITION SWITCH, THREE TIMES THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY, THE THIRD IT WENT COMPLETELY DEAD, LIKE THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. JIGGLED KEY IN SWITCH AND IT CAME BACK TO LIFE. HAD TO HAVE SWITCH REPLACED, KEYS CODED, ETC. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-512572 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT 60 MPH, STRIKING A MEDAL POLE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-482576 Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY MY CARS IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN ON, I HAD TO FIGHT WITH IT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT WOULD START, HAVE NOT REPLACED THE PART YET. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-480206 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT ANTI LOCK BRAKES BEING TOO SENSITIVE. FOUND ANITLOCK SENSOR RING ON THE RIGHT SPINDLE CRACKED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-480208 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT HIT IN THE RIGHT REAR, NO ARIBAG ENGAGED BUT ON IMPACT THE SEATBELT RELEASED AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-480209 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT HIT IN THE RIGHT REAR, NO ARIBAG ENGAGED BUT ON IMPACT THE SEATBELT RELEASED AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-480210 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT HIT IN THE RIGHT REAR, NO ARIBAG ENGAGED BUT ON IMPACT THE SEATBELT RELEASED AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-474968 Tue, 11 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT I OWN A 2002 SATURN SL PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 2002 WITH ABOUT 51K MILES AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM IN LATE MARCH. THE CAR IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING MY SON TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING WHEN I SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE. I WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD, AND WAS CRUISING AT 45MPH WITH NO SHIFTING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO COA https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-431230 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT BALL OF BALL AND SOCKET LINKAGE AT SHIFTER ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSED THE INABILITY TO SHIFT GEARS. THIS PROBLEM CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CAR WAS STUCK IN GEAR IT WAS INITIALLY IN. REPORTED ISSUE TO SATURN DEALERSHIP. THEY SEEM TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SINCE I DID NOT NEED TO FULLY DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-407950 Fri, 16 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT TRIED TO INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION TO START BUT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOCKED. COULD NOT JIGGLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK. MECHANIC SAID THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS FAULTY, HOWEVER WHEN HE TRIED TO REMOVE IT TO REPLACE, IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. FIRST REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY ORDERED FROM SATURN WAS FAULTY SO HAD TO ORDER ANOTHER ONE. SATURN MECHANICS SAID TH https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-394203 Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-391721 Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-370893 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER WAS INJURED WHEN THE SEAT BACK RECLINER MECHANISM FAILED.*JB https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-302525 Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH A MOTORCYCLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT 37 MPH AND PUSHED CRASH BAR RIGHT THROUGH FRAME, ALMOST INJURING DRIVER. CONSUMER STATED THAT NONE OF VEHICLES AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-294682 Tue, 29 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH ON A HIGHWAY SLOW BECAUSE SHE HEARD A SOUND LIKE A TICKING NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A HOUSE DRIVEWAY. LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. CONSUMER WAS HAVING MEDICAL PROBLEMS. *AK TIRE IS A FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING TI, P185/65R15, 86TMS, DOT W2FPAFA376, 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-285168 Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT DEALER INDICATED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OIL PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series https://plaincars.com/make/saturn-s-series#complaint-254758 Tue, 07 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE BRAKE PEDAL MAKES A LOUD POP NOISE AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, SOMETIMES THE PEDAL DROPS HALF WAY OR ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER BELIEVES IT'S A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER OR BOOSTER BUT SATURN IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NLM