Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 Saturn SL

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
286
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
2
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

286 filed
51
Crashes
4
Fires
41
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    33
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    29
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    25
  • Seat Belts
    21
  • Seats
    19
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    18
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    17
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    13

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

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