THE CAR, 1999 SATURN SW2 W/ 41000 MILES, WAS BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. THE CAR WAS DOWNSHIFTED WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE CAR NEEDED TO BE PUSHED FROM THE RAMP OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO SATURN OF NORTH DAYTON. THE CAR NEEDED A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. THE ENGINE OIL WAS CHANGED 3000 MILES AGO BY THE DEALER. SATURN REPLACED THE ENGINE AT A SLIGHT DISCOUNT. *JB
1999 Saturn S-Series Wagons
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 6, 200541,000 milesOH
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.