Saturn Sw
Owners filed 209 complaints across 11 model years of the Saturn Sw. The 1995 drew the most (36); the 1992 the fewest (1).
Model years11
Complaints209
Recalls17
Fires8
Deaths1
Every Saturn Sw model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch | Routine | |
| 2000 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1999 | 16 | 1 | — | 4 | Structure › Body › Door | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1995 | 36 | 2 | — | 4 | Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner | Routine | |
| 1994 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1993 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator | Routine | |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Which Saturn Sw years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1995 is the weakest year on record, with 36 complaints concentrated in the seats › front assembly › recliner. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.