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Worst years for a Saturn Relay

Owners have filed 190 complaints about the Saturn Relay with NHTSA across model years 2005 to 2007. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2005 Saturn Relay

137 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2007 Saturn Relay

21 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Saturn Relay 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
2007 A 21 0 0 36,000 Body & Structure
2006 C 32 2 0 67,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2005 D 137 3 1 42,109 Brakes

What breaks on a Saturn Relay

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

Brakes 49 25.8%

Worst in 2005

Electrical System 30 15.8%

Worst in 2005

Body & Structure 19 10.0%

Worst in 2005

Doors, Latches & Locks 14 7.4%

Worst in 2005

Fuel & Propulsion 13 6.8%

Worst in 2005

Stability & Traction Control 13 6.8%

Worst in 2005

Transmission & Drivetrain 10 5.3%

Worst in 2006

Lights 10 5.3%

Worst in 2005

Steering 6 3.2%

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 5 2.6%

Worst in 2005

Suspension 5 2.6%

Worst in 2005

Tires 3 1.6%

Worst in 2005

Other & Unspecified 3 1.6%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 2 1.1%

Worst in 2006

Complaints filed over time

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

Mar 2005 peak 10 Nov 2018

Compare the Saturn Relay

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

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