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Saturn Outlook · 2008

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V118000·2014-03-17

    GM Recalls 2008-2013 SUVs for Side Air Bag Wiring Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2008-2013 Buick, GMC, Chevrolet, and Saturn SUVs because side air bag wiring may prevent deployment in a crash.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK, GMC, SATURN ENCLAVE, ACADIA, OUTLOOK, TRAVERSE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·10V240000·2010-06-04

    GM Recalls 1.3 Million Vehicles for Heated Washer Fluid Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling 1,365,070 vehicles from 2006-2009 because the heated washer fluid system may ignite and cause a fire.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC, CADILLAC AVALANCHE, YUKON XL, ESCALADE ESV, H2
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V415000·2015-06-30

    GM Recalls SUVs for Power Liftgate Gas Strut Wear Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2007-2012 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, and Saturn Outlook vehicles because power liftgate gas struts may wear prematurely, causing the liftgate to fall suddenly.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET, BUICK ACADIA, TRAVERSE, ENCLAVE, OUTLOOK
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2008 · lighting 161 complaints, median 44,000 mi
    Includes 6 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · powertrain 123 complaints, median 80,589 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2008 · powertrain 111 complaints, median 80,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · lighting 97 complaints, median 61,000 mi
    Includes 4 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · steering 60 complaints, median 62,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

379 manufacturer service bulletins across 4 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2010: 3.9/5 · 16 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2009: 3.0/5 · 192 complaints · most complained-of: lighting
  • 2008: 3.0/5 · 633 complaints · most complained-of: lighting
  • 2007: 3.0/5 · 511 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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