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Saturn LS Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 6 recall campaigns for the Saturn LS, across 1 model year from 2000 to 2000.

Model years
1

2000–2000, with a recall

Recall campaigns
6
Most recalls
2000

6 recalls

Owner complaints
1,458

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,458 complaints with NHTSA about the Saturn LS across 4 model years; the most, 582, concern the 2001.

Owners marked a crash on 36 of the Saturn LS complaints (2%) and a fire on 32.

Across all Saturn LS model years, owners name the engine and engine cooling most often (at least 640 complaints), then the electrical system (245).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Saturn LS in 2008: 162, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Saturn LS is electrical system: ignition: module, in 1 model-year listing.

The newest Saturn LS recall, 05V245000, was reported on June 2, 2005 and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights.

Saturn LS years to avoid

Too few Saturn LS model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Saturn LS, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2004010not ranked
20020493117not ranked
20010582120not ranked
20006382102not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Saturn LS years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Saturn LS

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH1
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE1
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1
  • SEAT BELTS1

Saturn LS model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Saturn LS recall campaign (6)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Saturn LS, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
05V245000June 2, 2005exterior lighting: brake lights2000crash291,652
03V231000June 23, 2003electrical system: ignition: module2000fire239,993
00V228003August 7, 2000seat belts2000crash156,305
99V345000December 2, 1999fuel system, gasoline: storage2000fire36,848
99V197000July 26, 1999fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly2000—1,300
99V199000July 26, 1999exterior lighting: turn signal: switch2000crash1,395

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Saturn LS. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: January 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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