1991 Saturn SL problems
Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Saturn SL. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. After that come seats (13%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 31 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 1
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: 3 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 5 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% 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 1991 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Saturn SL with enough data (8 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Restraint system analysis was performed by chp-central division mait. The analysis indicated the restraint failed at the latch plate connection to the motorized guide plate. This report is being filed for the vehicle owner by the chp per our departmental policy.
Vehicle involved in a rear end crash going about (20-25) MPH and the air bag did not deploy. Also the shoulder harness did not lock. Vehicle is being repaired.
While driving at approximately 60 MPH the sunroof detached from the vehicle. Upon inspection the mounts were completely rusted through. At no time the sunroof has been immersed and the vehicle has never been to a roll over. I do not believe this to be a result of neglect on my part, rather poor quality materials used in manufacture.
The brake pedal is always low and some times bottoms out when you first start driving the car. You can't stop. Record of complaint is on file with saturn, but they just blew me off because they check out the car, but said it was ok. I showed them that by pumping the breaks a few times that the pedal would bottom and breaking was lost. They duplicated it but refused to admit it was a problem.