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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Saturn SC1 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Saturn SC1, across 2 model years from 2000 to 2001. The 2001 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2001 (2).

Model years
2

2000–2001, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2001

2 recalls

Owner complaints
33

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 33 complaints with NHTSA about the Saturn SC1 across 2 model years; the most, 25, concern the 2001.

Owners marked a crash on 7 of the Saturn SC1 complaints (21%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Saturn SC1 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 6 complaints), then the power train (4).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Saturn SC1 in 2008: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Saturn SC1 is fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Saturn SC1 recall, 00V309000, was reported on October 12, 2000 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly.

Saturn SC1 years to avoid

Too few Saturn SC1 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 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 SC1, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
200122513not ranked
2000284not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Saturn SC1 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Saturn SC1

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY2
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH2

Saturn SC1 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Saturn SC1 recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Saturn SC1, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
00V309000October 12, 2000fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly2000–2001fire6,092
00V310000October 12, 2000power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch2000–2001crash65,000

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Saturn SC1. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: April 21, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted