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2001 Saturn S-Series Coupe Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 5, 2004
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2001 Saturn S-Series Coupe, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Airbags150.0%
  • Tires & wheels150.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Airbags

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

MY DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF HER 2001 SATURN (3-DOOR COUPE) IN THE RAIN ON SATURDAY WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. SHE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HEAD-ON INTO A UTILITY POLE, WHILE ALSO TAKING DOWN TWO TELEPHONE BOXES. SHE AND HER TWO PASSENGERS WERE HURT. HER DRIVER AIRBAG AND PASSENGER AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THE DAMAGE PULLED IN BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT OF HER CAR, AND THE UTILITY POLE WENT 14 INCHES INTO THE FRONT END OF HER CAR. HER PASSENGER IN THE FRONT HIT THE WINDSHIELD (SHE WASN'T WEARING A SEAT BELT UNFORTUNATELY), AND HAD QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO HER FOREHEAD, NOSE AND SCALP. THE PHYSICIAN IN THE ER, THE EMITS AND THE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE ALL STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, AND HAD THEY DEPLOYED, THE INJURIES THAT WERE SUSTAINED PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. I HAVE CONTACTED SATURN TO OPEN A COMPLAINT AND I JUST HOPE THEY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH AN INVESTIGATION. I THOUGHT BY PUTTING MY DAUGHTER IN A RELIABLE CAR SUCH AS SATURN PLUS THE FACT THAT IT HAD AIR BAGS, THAT SHE WAS IN A SAFER VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID 10093634 · filed Oct 5, 2004

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

TIRES SIDEWALL BURST ON TIRE WITH LESS THAN 8,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

NHTSA ID 10052866 · filed Jan 11, 2004

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .