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1997 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 Oct 4, 2005
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 Oct 4, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1997 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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Driver assistance
Filed Oct 4, 2005

THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT, RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. IN THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND SET CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH. THE CAR GRADUALLY BEGAN ACCELERATING, REACHING A SPEED OF OVER 90 MPH. I FIRST APPLIED THE BREAKS, THEN PRESSED THE STOP SWITCH ON THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND FINALLY TURNED THE CONTROL OFF, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. WHEN I APPLIED THE BREAKS THE ENGINE RACED AND RPMS ROSE. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND APPLIED BREAKS, BUT THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED. I FINALLY EXITED THE INTERSTATE, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND BRAKED TO A STOP THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. THIS IS ABOUT THE 6TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. I REPORTED THIS TO SATURN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE PROBLEM. I PLAN TO TAKE THE CAR TO SATURN TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT. *JB

NHTSA ID
10138441
Incident
Sep 10, 2005
Mileage
50,000 mi

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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