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Saturn Z

Every Saturn Z model year on file, 1994 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years51994 to 2002
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1Summed across model years
By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751199419951199619972002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seats leads the Saturn Z complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

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

The record for each Saturn Z 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 Z by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2002Not decoded0NoneNone101
1997Sedan10.05200
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
1995Coupe10.011100
1994Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saturn Z

  • 02V-307 Nov 14, 2002
    On certain passenger vehicles, some front seat back recliner gear teeth may wear excessively through repeated use, which could cause the seat back…
    Seats · 72k vehicles
  • 02V-060 Feb 19, 2002
    Certain passenger vehicles equipped with automatic transaxles were assembled with an inadequate weld at the brake pedal pad to brake pedal…
    Brakes · 1,509 vehicles
  • 98V-307 Dec 7, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Electrical system · 64k vehicles
  • 97V-055 Apr 8, 1997
    It is possible to remove the ignition key while the cylinder is in the run position
    Electrical system · 319 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.