Saturn S-Series
Owners filed 22 complaints across 10 model years of the Saturn S-Series. The 2001 drew the most (5).
Which Saturn S-Series years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Saturn S-Series model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Saturn S-Series model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Electrical System › Starter Assembly | Routine | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | Routine | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer | Routine | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine | |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System › Horn | Routine | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 1994 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.