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Saturn seat belt problems

Owners have filed 434 complaints with NHTSA about the seat belts on Saturn vehicles — 2% of everything reported about the brand, across 19 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Saturn SL, worst in 1994.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

434

Complaints

2%

Share of all Saturn complaints

67

Crashes

0

Fires

Which Saturn models have the most seat belt problems

SL 181 41.7%

Worst in 1994

SC1 59 13.6%

Worst in 1997

SC 39 9.0%

Worst in 1994

ION 31 7.1%

Worst in 2007

VUE 29 6.7%

Worst in 2008

Worst Saturn model years for seat belt problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1994 Saturn SL 49 13% 115,932 D
1992 Saturn SL 31 18% F
1997 Saturn SL 25 9% 66,500 C
1998 Saturn SL 17 8% 54,600 F
1993 Saturn SL 16 7% 135,310 F
1997 Saturn SC1 15 15% 87,500 F
1999 Saturn SL 13 6% 47,523 F
1991 Saturn SL 12 39% F
1994 Saturn SC1 12 12% 96,000 D
1995 Saturn SL 11 2% 45,000 F
1994 Saturn SC 11 19% 111,000 F
1992 Saturn SC 11 46% F
1998 Saturn SC1 10 17% 47,741 B