1999 Saturn SL Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 7about this part
- Share
- 4%of 178 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 39,612miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 7 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 1999 Saturn SL, 4% of the 178 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 39,612 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“When the brake pedal was depressed while coming to a complete stop motor revved, but vehicle failed to stop. This resulted in extended stopping distance.”
NHTSA complaint #10040051, filed 2003-09, 29,000 miles“While driving at 60-65 MPH steering wheel will start to shake. Contacted dealer, and the dealer could not find problem after nine attempts. Consumer states rough idle when warm. Dealer replaced PCM/ECM, but problem still exist. Power steering fluid low. Experiencing shimmy when braking. Noise from gas tank when coming to a stop.”
NHTSA complaint #8005064, filed 2002-03“While backing into a public driveway and putting the vehicle into drive, while taking her foot off of the brake, the vehicle took off, consumer lost control and hit a parked car, the vehicle bounced from that car, traveled across the street and hit another parked vehicle, consumer was injured in the accident.”
NHTSA complaint #8005402, filed 2002-03“Driving at 40 MPH when RPM gauge started to go down, deceleration occurred and car stalled. Attempts to restart car resulted in it repeatedly stalling. While trying to restart RPM's were going to high before the car actually stalled. The car was taken back to the dealer and the fuel pump and idler air control module were replaced.”
NHTSA complaint #706973, filed 1999-05“Vehicle lost all power on two occasions, on first occasion, vehicle stalled while consumer was traveling 30 MPH, vehicle would not restart and it was towed where dealer could not find anything wrong, the second occasion the vehicles electrical system turned off and on and vehicle would not restart, dealer again could not find any problems, dealer took a best guess and replaced the crankshaft position sensor and consumer states the vehicle has been running okay so far.”
NHTSA complaint #893879, filed 2001-08Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 1% |
| 2001 | 3 | 3% |
| 2000 | 6 | 4% |
| 1999 | 7 | 4% |
| 1998 | 7 | 4% |
| 1997 | 9 | 4% |
| 1996 | 17 | 6% |
| 1995 | 24 | 7% |
| 1994 | 37 | 13% |
| 1993 | 19 | 11% |
| 1992 | 6 | 5% |
| 1991 | 2 | 7% |
Other parts of the 1999 Saturn SL
45 complaintsBrakes
34 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
22 complaintsAir bags
20 complaintsElectrical system
20 complaintsSeat belts
12 complaintsTires
12 complaintsSeats
8 complaintsSuspension
8 complaintsSteering
7 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
5 complaintsFuel system
4 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1999 Saturn SL
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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