Worst years for a Saturn ION
Owners have filed 5,471 complaints about the Saturn ION with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2008. More of them are about the steering than anything else.
Every Saturn ION year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Saturn ION
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Saturn ION
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Saturn ION, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Saturn ION problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Saturn ION
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.