1993 Saturn SW problems
Owners have filed 35 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Saturn SW. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. Next are seat belts (14%) and cruise control (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 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: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Saturn SW with enough data (16 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.
I currently own a 1993 saturn sw2. I was unaware of the recalls on my car. Today my car caught on fire. I went ont he internet and found out that there are 3 different recalls on my car that could start a fire. I called saturn at the honolulu office. I gave them my VIN # and they told me that there are no current recalls on my car. I told them that I pulled up 3 different recalls on 3 different website claiming that my car type had recalls.
Vehicle is not designed for child safety seats that need to use tether strap. He has talked with evenflo, saturn and NHTSA and still has no conclusion of problem. Please describe details.
Driver's seat back won't "hold" position. Falls back under weight. Problem continuing for years. I informed dealer who simply told me I would have to pay hundreds of dollars to replace defective seat. I no longer drive this car any significant distance because of this. This is so dangerous that I do not feel I can, in good conscience, sell this car to someone else.
A known fault in the automatic transmition valve assembly of my 1993 saturn sw1 is not covered by the dealership, but is admitted by the manufactuer and can be fixed at my expence with no reembursment offered.