Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 Saturn SC1

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
82
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

82 filed
10
Crashes
1
Fires
7
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    19
  • Seats
    11
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    7
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    7
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    4
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
99V045000·SEATS1999-03-12

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER GEAR TEETH MAY WEAR EXCESSIVELY THROUGH REPEATED USE, AND COULD CAUSE THE SEAT BACK TO SLIP PARTIALLY REARWARD WHEN FORCE IS APPLIED.

RiskIF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, IT COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER MECHANISMS.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
RQ00005·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER2000-02-16 → 2000-08-19

FRONT SEAT BACK CAN RECLINE OR COLLAPSE

Led to recall99V045000

EA98017·SEATS1998-07-31 → 1999-03-16

SEAT BACK FAILURES

Led to recall99V045000

EA95003·EQUIPMENT1995-02-24 → 1996-05-31

CRUISE CONTROL FAILURES

PE94079·EQUIPMENT1994-11-07 → 1995-02-24

CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE

← home