1993 Saturn SC1 problems
Owners have filed 85 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Saturn SC1. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are seats (14%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 85 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 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: 14 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 10 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 1993 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Saturn SC1 with enough data (43 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.
Rear of car started to pull left/applied brakes car spun out of control hitting a wall. Left rear wheel broke off.
While driving at 5-10 MPH another vehicle traveling at 35 MPH rear ended consumer's vehicle. Driver's seatback fell into a child booster seat which was placed behind on driver's side. Seat fell on top of child's leg and broke leg. Please provide further information.
Vehicle was stopped when rear ended by vehicle traveling approx. 25 MPH. Seat back collapsed on driver's side to 45 degree angle.body shop unable to repair to original condition without replacement.
Due to plastic door skin (outer paneling ) opening the door in a low speed car accident in addition to passive seat belt falure (intermittently worked)I was ejected from car and left paralyzed. Automatic door locking was rejected by saturn due to cost leaving safety out of concern.