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Saturn seats problems

Across all Saturn models in NHTSA's complaint database, 581 complaints involve seats. The SL accounts for the largest share (40%). The single worst model year is the 1995 SL with 72 seats complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
581 about seats, all Saturn models
Most affected
SL 40% of these complaints
Typical mileage
74,000 miles 164 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
176 and 7

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Saturn models

ModelComplaintsShare
SL23140%
SC18114%
Aura5810%
SC549%
Sky305%
Vue295%
Saturn285%
SW214%
Outlook163%
LS132%

Worst model years for seats

  1. 1995 Saturn SL72 complaints
  2. 1994 Saturn SL49 complaints
  3. 1994 Saturn SC134 complaints
  4. 2007 Saturn Aura31 complaints
  5. 1994 Saturn SC21 complaints

Seats complaints by model year

Saturn seats complaints by model year 0 75 150 1991: 6 '91 1992: 25 1993: 48 '93 1994: 120 1995: 117 '95 1996: 22 1997: 23 '97 1998: 14 1999: 20 '99 2000: 15 2001: 13 '01 2002: 11 2003: 7 '03 2004: 5 2005: 8 '05 2006: 16 2007: 64 '07 2008: 34 2009: 13 '09
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19916
199225
199348
1994120
1995117
199622
199723
199814
199920
200015
200113
200211
20037
20045
20058
200616
200764
200834
200913

Among the 164 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.