2002 Saturn S-Series Coupe

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › steering wheel/handle bar. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 15, 2006TX

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY OIL DISAPPEARING. IT IS NOT BURNING OFF, AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS CHECKED FOR LEAKS, WHICH DO NOT EXIST. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN MORE THAN 5 TIMES OVER 1.5 YEARS FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT SINCE IT IS NOT MORE THAN 2 QUARTS OF OIL DISAPPEARING PER 3,000 MILES (IT'S ONLY ABOUT 1.5 QUARTS). *NM

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Mar 23, 2004MA

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING PROBLEM. WHEN I HAVE TO STOP FAST/HARD DUE TO TRAFFIC THE BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING SOUND AND THE CAR KEEPS GOING. THE DEALER REPLACED AN SENSOR AFTER MY 4TH COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IT WORKED FOR A WHILE BUT THE PROBLEM IS SLOWLY COMING BACK. ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM?*AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Apr 14, 2003MO

THE STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 4 OCCASIONS. *JB

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page3000Routine
20012000Routine
19971000Routine
19961000Routine
19952000Routine
19941000Routine
19932000Routine

Compare every S-Series Coupe year →

Reading 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.