1995 Saturn SC problems
Owners have filed 50 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Saturn SC. Seats is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. Next are brakes (14%) and air bags (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 50 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seats 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Saturn SC with enough data (28 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
With ABS brakes; when braking on curve on wet road surface, owner lost control when brakes were applied, resulting in an accident/injury.
While driving about 35 MPH vehicle was involved in a head-on collision and the airbags did not deploy. The manufacturer has been notified.
Going 35MPH on wet pavement. Applied brakes & slid into another vehicle. Neither air bag deployed upon impact. The 2nd time, hit a deer at 70MPH & air bags failed to deploy once again. Manufacturer was going to have it inspected,but so far no one showed up.
Dt: the contact owns a 1995 saturn sc1 coupe. The contact says that the air bags did not deploy. Upon impact the driver's seat reclined. Updated 12/07/05.