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Saturn ION

Every Saturn ION model year on file, 2003 to 2008. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years4,343243 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62003 to 2008
Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3,336Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 1,235, 28% of the model's total

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

05001,0001,50020032004200520061,23520072008
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Steering leads the Saturn ION complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering
1,701
Electrical system
1,548
Fuel system
567
Engine and cooling
286
Airbags
262
Powertrain
198
Speed control
116
Lighting
99
Visibility and wipers
84
Structure
75
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Saturn ION 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 ION by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008SUV450.0700153
2007Sedan8765.02,11172835
2006Sedan1,2354.12,57362739
2005Sedan5736.11,19452585
2004Sedan8986.72,245104525
2003Sedan7576.72,29475499
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saturn ION

  • 14E-021 Apr 30, 2014
    Weight on the key ring and/or road conditions or some other jarring event may cause the affected ignition switches to move out of the run…
    Electrical system · 15k vehicles
  • 14V-171 Apr 10, 2014
    In the affected vehicles, the key can be removed from the ignition when the ignition is not in the "Off" position
    Electrical system · 2.19M vehicles
  • 14V-153 Mar 31, 2014
    In the affected vehicles, there may be a sudden loss of electric power steering (EPS) assist that could occur at any time while driving
    Steering · 1.37M vehicles
  • 14V-047 Feb 10, 2014
    This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system
    Airbags · 2.19M vehicles
  • 12V-459 Sep 19, 2012
    Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the plastic supply or return port on the fuel pump module may crack, which could cause a fuel leak
    Fuel system · 50k vehicles
  • 09V-419 Oct 29, 2009
    Plastic supply or return port on the modular reservoir assembly may crack
    Fuel system · 69k vehicles
  • 09E-012 Apr 7, 2009
    These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
    Lighting · 16k vehicles
  • 04V-547 Nov 16, 2004
    Certain passenger vehicles have a condition in which the turn signal lamp and daytime running lamp (drl) on either front side can stop working…
    Lighting · 179k vehicles
  • 04V-281 Jun 8, 2004
    Certain vehicles equipped with supercharged 2.0l 4-cylinder (lsj) engine were built with a fuel feed pipe that could crack and leak fuel near the…
    Fuel system · 670 vehicles
  • 04V-002 Jan 6, 2004
    On certain passenger vehicles, some welds between the passenger's side motor rail and the front bumper bracket do not meet engineering specifications
    Structure · 344 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.