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1996 Saturn S-Series Coupe Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jul 18, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jul 18, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1996 Saturn S-Series Coupe. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Transmission
Filed Jul 18, 2006

THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OUT OF FIRST GEAR THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS BROKEN AT THE CENTER CONSOLE. THIS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS IT WAS IN HAVE TRAFFIC. THE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT IS ONLY SOLD BY SATURAN AND COSTS $300 FOR THE CABLE ASSEMBLY HOWEVER ONLY THE CABLE CONNECTION IS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART. *NM

NHTSA ID
10162779
Incident
Jul 18, 2006

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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