Saturn SW
Owners filed 209 complaints across 11 model years of the Saturn SW. The 1995 drew the most (36).
Which Saturn SW years should you avoid?
No Saturn SW year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 30), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
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 |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.