ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE ENGINE OF MY WIFE'S SATURN [XXX] HAS CONTINUED TO RUN AT AN ELEVATED SPEED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED. THEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED THE ENTIRE CAR SHAKES. IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL THE RPMS DROP, BUT WHEN IT IS PUT BACK INTO DRIVE THE RPMS INCREASE AND WHEN THE BRAKE IS PRESSED THE VIBRATIONS RESUME. EVENTUALLY THE SITUATION CLEARS. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE LOCAL SATURN DEALER WHO REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO COMPUTER CODES SO THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE TOLD ME ABOUT ONE WAS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR. WE HAVE HAD PERHAPS A DOZEN SINCE THEN. THE INCIDENTS VARY IN SEVERITY. THE FIRST ONE MY WIFE REPORTED WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING. I EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR INCIDENT THIS MORNING.*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
1999 Saturn Coupe
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSATURN'S HAVE A LOW AIR INTAKE (WE WERE TOLD THIS BY OTHER MECHANICS) WHICH IS WHY OUR ENGINE FLOODED SO EASILY. *AK
CONSUMER HIT A DEER DEAD CENTER, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1999Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.