Saturn Ion by model year

5,472 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Saturn Ion across 5 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Saturn Ion

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2003	962
2004	1,124
2005	755
2006	1,537
2007	1,090

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2007	1,090	Steering (38%)	5	23 to 26
2006	1,537	Steering (36%)	4	23 to 26
2005	755	Steering (36%)	3	23 to 26
2004	1,124	Electrical system (31%)	8	23 to 26
2003	962	Electrical system (41%)	5	24 to 25