2000 Saturn S-Series Sedan

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › turn signal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel System, Other1
000
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Jun 22, 2010180,000 milesNC

KEY FIT IN IGNITION BUT WOULD NOT TURN, TRIED TURNING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH IN LOCKED POSITION WHILE TURNING KEY BUT TO NO AVAIL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES KEY WOULD FINALLY TURN AND ALLOW ME TO START VEHICLE BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT TIME I TRIED TO START THE CAR. *TR

Fuel System, Other
Filed Sep 5, 200960,000 milesNV

CAR WILL TURN OVER AND IMMEDIATELY STALL. THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR APPROX. 10 TO 15 MIN.EACH TIME YOU TURN THE KEY,IT WILL TURN OVER AND IMMEDIATELY STALL. AS IF THERE IS NO GAS GOING TO THE FUEL INJECTORS; OR THE FUEL INJECTORS STOP . NO MECHANIC CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM SINCE IT NEVER HAPPENS WHEN I'M AT THE REPAIR SHOP. LIKE I SAID WHEN THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS, IT WILL LAST FOR APPROX. 10 TO 15 MIN. THEN THE CAR WILL START AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.*TR

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal
Filed Jul 5, 2004108,054 milesIN

WHEN DRIVING CAR AND RAINING WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE 3RD LEVEL OF DELAY THEY FUNCTION NORMALLY, BUT WHEN YOU SWITCH TO "LOW" ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STILL STAY ON DELAY 75% OF THE TIME, AND WORK PROPERLY THE OTHER 25%. USE OF THE TURN SIGNAL ALSO SEEMS TO AFFECT THEM SWITCHING BACK TO DELAY ON THEIR OWN, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IT'S RAINING AND I'M TRYING TO CHANGE LANES TO GO AROUND SOMEONE AND CAN'T SEE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING CONTINUALLY WORSE AND WORSE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20023100Routine
20014000Routine
2000 — this page3000Routine
19994000Routine
19981000Routine
19972000Routine

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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.