NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Saturn SL Recalls
The 2000 Saturn SL has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 12, 2000.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Saturn SL. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 148
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Saturn SL, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2000 Saturn SL
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 00V309000
- Reported
- October 12, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,092
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 2001 SL, 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch
- Campaign
- 00V310000
- Reported
- October 12, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 65,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2001 SL, 3 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 99V297000
- Reported
- October 27, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,505
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 99V280000
- Reported
- October 20, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 265,698
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 210, seat belt anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components
- Campaign
- 99V231000
- Reported
- August 24, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,373
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 99V230000
- Reported
- August 23, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,692
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Structure: body: bumpers
- Campaign
- 99V232000
- Reported
- August 23, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,592
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 SL, 57 other models
2000 Saturn SL complaints by year
NHTSA has received 148 owner complaints about the 2000 Saturn SL, the newest on July 13, 2018. Of these, 10 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Saturn SL, the component group named most often is the power train (24%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (23%) and the electrical system (18%).
1 of the 2000 Saturn SL's 8 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2000 Saturn SL owners gave the mileage (59 complaints), the median was 57,714 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train35
- Engine And Engine Cooling34
- Electrical System26
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Tires11
- Steering10
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17 | |
| 2001 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 25 | |
| 2003 | 19 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Saturn SL peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 25. 54% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 148 complaints about the 2000 Saturn SL are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn SL by model year
Other 2000 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: July 13, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted