NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Saturn Outlook Recalls
The 2009 Saturn Outlook has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 30, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Saturn Outlook. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 192
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Saturn Outlook, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2009 Saturn Outlook
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 15V415000
- Reported
- June 30, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,144
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010 Outlook, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 14V266000
- Reported
- May 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,339,355
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Outlook, 3 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 14V118000
- Reported
- March 17, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,176,407
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008, 2010 Outlook, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 10V375000
- Reported
- August 12, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 207,210
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Outlook, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Outlook, 16 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 09V073000
- Reported
- March 6, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 276,729
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 08V615000
- Reported
- November 24, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2009 Saturn Outlook complaints by year
NHTSA has received 192 owner complaints about the 2009 Saturn Outlook, the newest on October 7, 2024. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Saturn Outlook, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (39%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the steering (22%).
1 of the 2009 Saturn Outlook's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2009 Saturn Outlook owners gave the mileage (158 complaints), the median was 52,707 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting75
- Electrical System44
- Steering42
- Power Train19
- Engine17
- Seat Belts8
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 38 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Saturn Outlook peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 38. 44% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 192 complaints about the 2009 Saturn Outlook are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saturn Outlook by model year
Other 2009 Saturn models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted