Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Diesel › Storage › Tank Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DT: (SPANISH CALL): REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS ON MY 2000 SATURN SW2 WERE LEAKING. THEY LEAKED AND FAILED BEFORE, AND IT WAS TIME FOR THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REGULAR SERVICE. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC TOLD THE CONTACT THAT HE NEEDED TO CHANGE THE WHEEL CYLINDERS.*AK
DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN SHE PUT GAS IN VEHICLE IT SPIT BACK OUT. THE VEHICLE IS A 2000 SATURN SL1. THERE IS A RECALL ON A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ONCE. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF CAR WAS IN THE VIN RANGE, AND CONSUMER'S CAR WAS NOT. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT PLANNING ON HAVING THE PROBLEM FIXED. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FOUR YEARS. *AK
ON DECEMBER 14TH I LEFT WORK AT 4:00 PM (TEMP WAS 20 DEGREES F), DROVE 1/2 MILE, TURNED OFF IGNITION AND MADE A QUICK PURCHASE. STARTED THE CAR, DROVE ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND THE CAR BEGAN MISSING. I DROVE ANOTHER BLOCK, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WENT OFF, AND THE CAR MISSED AGAIN. I HEADED BACK TOWARDS MY WORKPLACE TO USE A TELEPHONE TO CALL MY SPOUSE TO PICK ME UP, BUT THE CAR COMPLETELY QUIT AFTER DRIVING A BLOCK OR TWO. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO WALK, BUT NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THEN I HEARD A SPARKING, CRACKLING SOUND AND LOOKED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND SAW A SMALL FIRE BURNING. I APPROACHED A RESIDENCE, THE OCCUPANTS HAD ALREADY OBSERVED THE SMOKE FROM THE CAR AND HAD BEGUN THE 911 CALL. THE FLAMES QUICKLY GREW AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY IN FLAMES AND BLACK SMOKE BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED.*AK
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED AN EXHAUST PROBLEM. THE MUFFLER, EXHAUST PIPE AND MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OWNER DID TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS SEALED. THE SEALANT JUST MELTED THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.