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Saturn EV1

Every Saturn EV1 model year on file, 1995 to 1999. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years51 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years41995 to 1999
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins35Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 80% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0123419951996199741999
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Saturn EV1 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
4
Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Saturn EV1 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Saturn EV1 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1999Not decoded0NoneNone4119
1997Not decoded425.04005112
1996Not decoded0NoneNone002
1995Sedan10.05002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saturn EV1

  • 00V-374 Nov 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: electric passenger vehicles and pickup trucks containing a nickel metal hydride (nimh) battery pack
    Electrical system · 492 vehicles
  • 00V-373 Nov 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: generation ii electric vehicles
    Electrical system · 455 vehicles
  • 00V-370 Nov 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: certain generation ii electric vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 101, "controls and displays." these…
    Lighting · 455 vehicles
  • 00V-369 Nov 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: electric vehicles
    Brakes · 455 vehicles
  • 00V-069-100 Mar 3, 2000
    Vehicle description: generation 1 electric passenger vehicles
    Electrical system · 489 vehicles
  • 98V-169 Jul 28, 1998
    Vehicle description: electric vehicles
    Brakes · 607 vehicles
  • 97V-109 Jul 1, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Brakes · 211 vehicles
  • 97V-042 Mar 20, 1997
    Vehicle description: electric vehicles
    Electrical system · 264 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.