1999 Saturn SC1 problems
Owners have filed 30 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Saturn SC1. Seats is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. Next are brakes (17%) and seat belts (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seats 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 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: 11 complaints mention a crash; 14 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1999 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Saturn SC1 with enough data (24 complaints in that window).
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.
While driving the vehicle; lost control and flip over and neither the air bag deploy. Dealer has been notified. The brake failed to stop the vehicle.
I was rear-ended at 65MPH on 12-19. My seat back completely reclined and pinned my 9 year old son. He was unconcious for several seconds and suffered a concussion and neck pain. I suffered neck and back injuries.
The plastic button that attaches to the spring to lock the emergency break into place broke. This piece is approximately one ounce at most and it broke while the vehicle was unoccupied and not on an incline. Had the vehicle been on a hill, it would have greatly increased the chances of injuries and/or fatalities. When I contacted saturn, I was advised that the repair would cost $250 and that it was common enough to which it had been seen multiple times by the mechanical representative to which I was speaking.
Rear sway bar link on 99' sc2 coupe gone dry at 85,000 miles. Making loud annoying creaking noise. These units are sealed and not ment for periodic lubrication. When call was placed to saturn parts department to price replacement part, parts clerk knew right away off the top of his head that it was $80.00 per link. Think they sell many of these for clerk to know price without lookup. Think this is common problem that saturn is not willing to admit.