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Saturn body & structure problems

Across all Saturn models in NHTSA's complaint database, 486 complaints involve body & structure. The Vue accounts for the largest share (19%). The single worst model year is the 2008 Outlook with 46 body & structure complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
486 about body & structure, all Saturn models
Most affected
Vue 19% of these complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 317 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
36 and 4

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Saturn models

ModelComplaintsShare
Vue9419%
Outlook8918%
Ion7616%
SL7315%
LS408%
Aura296%
Relay194%
SC1163%
SC153%
SW82%

Worst model years for body & structure

  1. 2008 Saturn Outlook46 complaints
  2. 2007 Saturn Outlook36 complaints
  3. 2000 Saturn LS28 complaints
  4. 2006 Saturn Ion24 complaints
  5. 2003 Saturn Vue24 complaints

Body & structure complaints by model year

Saturn body & structure complaints by model year 0 43 85 1992: 7 '92 1993: 13 1994: 6 '94 1995: 16 1996: 20 '96 1997: 20 1998: 13 '98 1999: 7 2000: 35 '00 2001: 9 2002: 20 '02 2003: 49 2004: 30 '04 2005: 27 2006: 46 '06 2007: 66 2008: 85 '08 2009: 16 2010: 1 '10
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19927
199313
19946
199516
199620
199720
199813
19997
200035
20019
200220
200349
200430
200527
200646
200766
200885
200916
20101

Among the 317 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles.

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