1997 Saturn Saturn S Series

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Body1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body
Filed May 22, 201251,000 milesIL

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THE STEERING SEEMED LOOSE. MY MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE SUB FRAME (ENGINE CRADLE) WAS CRACKED. THE SUB FRAME, RACK AND PINION, FRONT STRUTS, AND OUTER TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. THE CAR NOW DRIVES WELL. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH A CRACKED SUB FRAME. *TT

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
19991000Routine
1997 — this page1000Routine

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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.