2001 Saturn S-Series

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes
Unknown or Other	1	1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components	1	0
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock	1	0
Seat Belts	1	0
Air Bags	1	1

What owners reported

Newest filings

Unknown or OtherCrash

Filed Jun 23, 2008AZ

DRIVING NORTH ON I-5 IN OREGON. THE TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO. THE CAR IN FRONT STARTED TO GO. I FOLLOWED. THE CAR IN FRONT SLAMMED ON HER BRAKE. I DID THE SAME. MY BRAKE WOULD HOLD THAN RELEASE AND HOLD. WHEN THE BRAKE RELEASED I COULD FEEL THE CAR SURGE FORWARD. THE CAR SURGED FORWARD AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR. THE ENGINE WILL STAY REVERED AFTER I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. IT WILL DO THIS ALMOST EVERY TIME THAT I DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE SATURN DEALER TWICE. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO SATURN. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock

Filed Jun 16, 20043,500 milesMI

ANTI LOCK BRAKES BEING TOO SENSITIVE. FOUND ANITLOCK SENSOR RING ON THE RIGHT SPINDLE CRACKED. *AK

Air BagsCrash

Filed Jun 16, 20043,500 milesMI

HIT IN THE RIGHT REAR, NO ARIBAG ENGAGED BUT ON IMPACT THE SEATBELT RELEASED AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED. *AK

Seat Belts

Filed Jan 30, 2003LA

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components

Filed Oct 20, 2000MO

THE BRAKE PEDAL MAKES A LOUD POP NOISE AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, SOMETIMES THE PEDAL DROPS HALF WAY OR ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER BELIEVES IT'S A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER OR BOOSTER BUT SATURN IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NLM

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Deaths	Assessment
2002	3	0	0	Routine
2001 — this page	5	0	0	Routine
2000	3	0	0	Routine
1999	2	0	0	Routine
1998	2	0	0	Routine
1997	1	0	0	Routine
1996	2	1	0	Routine
1995	1	1	0	Routine
1994	3	1	1	Fatalities reported
1993	0	1	0	Routine

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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.