FaultScore

Worst years for a Saturn Outlook

Owners have filed 1,939 complaints about the Saturn Outlook with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2010. More of them are about the lights than anything else.

Avoid

2008 Saturn Outlook

926 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly lights.

Cleanest on record

2010 Saturn Outlook

23 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Saturn Outlook 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.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2010 A 23 0 0 77,121 Steering
2009 B 262 9 4 54,000 Lights
2008 C 926 9 30 60,000 Lights
2007 C 728 7 17 70,040 Lights

What breaks on a Saturn Outlook

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Lights 485 25.0%

Worst in 2008

Electrical System 330 17.0%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2007

Airbags 193 10.0%

Worst in 2008

Steering 156 8.0%

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 105 5.4%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Brakes 23 1.2%

Worst in 2008

Fuel & Propulsion 21 1.1%

Worst in 2007

Seat Belts 16 0.8%

Worst in 2009

Exactly what failed on a Saturn Outlook

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 48 33.3%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 27 18.8%
Headlights 24 16.7%
Automatic Transmission 15 10.4%
Frontal 11 7.6%
AIR Conditioner 5 3.5%
Wiring 5 3.5%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 3 2.1%
Sensor/Control Module 3 2.1%
Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System 3 2.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Saturn Outlook, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2007 peak 39 Jul 2025

Saturn Outlook 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 Outlook

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.