Saturn SW by model year

274 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Saturn SW across 11 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Saturn SW

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1992	2
1993	35
1994	41
1995	52
1996	31
1997	35
1998	31
1999	23
2000	18
2001	6

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2001	6		2	26 to 27
2000	18		7	26 to 27
1999	23		1	26 to 28
1998	31	Cruise control (16%)		25 to 27
1997	35	Electrical system (23%)		25 to 28
1996	31	Brakes (23%)		25 to 28
1995	52	Brakes (19%)	2	25 to 28
1994	41	Brakes (29%)	1	24 to 28
1993	35	Brakes (20%)	2	24 to 28
1992	2		1
1991			1