1992 Saturn SL problems
Owners have filed 173 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Saturn SL. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 18% of complaints. After that come brakes (14%) and engine (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 173 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 34 and 4
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: 23 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 34 injuries reported; 4 deaths 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 1992 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Saturn SL with enough data (73 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.
Our 11 year old daughter died because she had the passenger front seat fully reclined. She was taking a nap coming home from school. Her seat belt was buckled, but at impact her upper torso was whipped forward, then the front seat reclining mechanism gave out and the front seat popped up to its upright position, then when her shoulder belt caught she was thrown back into the seat. She died of severe brain trauma, but there were no marks on her.
Suspension failure , the front right ball joint cracked, while driving, causing a loss of control of vehicle, vehicle swirled to right, impact 1:00 position, speed 20MPH.
Shift cable linkage broke at shifter while shifting during acceleration ,momentary loss of control due to no power at wheels near miss of big rig. Had to drive on sidewalk-and lawn.
Consumer was rear ended by another driver, the vehicles drivers seat back collapsed on to the rear bench seat. Consumer is very concerned with rear passengers being injured by seat back. Please provide any further information.