1996 Saturn SL steering problems
Owners reported steering problems in 21 complaints for the 1996 Saturn SL, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 21 6% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 7 crashes, 2 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Request a defect investigation for possible recall of 1990-96 saturn sl. The writer's son was killed in and accident in which, per witness statements, her sons vehicle veered sharply left and hit a tree head on. The consumer believes some type of defect caused her son's accident.
My son was traveling south on the garden state parkway @ 65mpn. Slowed to exit at exit 105. As he entered the exit, he felt something break, lost steering, and the car shot to the right, the air bags deployed, and the right side of the car slid down the guard rail and came to a stop just before impacting a concrete jersey wall. The initial inspection of the vehicle revealed that the right side spindle had snapped. The arm on the spindle that the tie-rod attaches to snapped in half.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Saturn SL
- Engine 68 complaints
- Brakes 53 complaints
- Electrical system 45 complaints
- Transmission 24 complaints
- Air bags 19 complaints
- Cruise control 18 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 17 complaints
- Seats 15 complaints
Steering problems in other years
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