4 recalls across 3 model years
The Saturn SC2 has 4 recalls spanning 1993 to 1998, with the most serious being a 1993 model year electrical defect where a misformed battery cable terminal at the starter solenoid can contact the solenoid housing, short-circuit, and start an underhood fire without warning, even with the engine off.
The 1997 model year has a seatbelt retractor that can lose its lock-up function if the belt is pulled out quickly several times in succession. When the retractor stops locking properly, the belt fails to hold the occupant in a crash or hard stop. There are also two compliance-related recalls affecting Canadian-market vehicles: 1997 models have owner handbook instructions that omit the procedure for adjusting horizontal headlamp aim, and 1998 models have speedometers displaying miles instead of kilometers.
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