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Saturn L300 at salvage auctions

Saturn L300: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Saturn L300: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars12
Median retail value$3,364
Median repair cost, % of value90%
Median odometer130,910 mi
Run and drive100%
Model year
62002
2005
Primary damage
  1. Front End 3 25%
  2. Vandalism 3 25%
  3. Normal Wear 2 17%
  4. Water / Flood 2 17%
  5. Rollover 1 8.3%
  6. Side 1 8.3%
Yard state
  1. CO2 17%
  2. AZ1 8.3%
  3. IA1 8.3%
  4. IL1 8.3%
  5. IN1 8.3%
  6. MA1 8.3%
  7. MI1 8.3%
  8. NV1 8.3%
  9. TX1 8.3%
  10. WI1 8.3%
  11. WV1 8.3%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

170 complaints about the Saturn L300 (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints170
With a crash11
With a fire8
Injured8
Deaths1
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Electrical system
    median 49,500 mi at failure
    32 19%
  2. Engine and cooling
    median 85,306 mi at failure
    27 16%
  3. Exterior lighting
    median 98,000 mi at failure
    23 14%
  4. Fuel and propulsion
    median 73,885 mi at failure
    14 8%
  5. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 81,000 mi at failure
    10 6%
  6. Speed control
    median 21,000 mi at failure
    9 5%
  7. Wheels and tires
    median 18,400 mi at failure
    8 5%
  8. Steering
    median 56,250 mi at failure
    7 4%
  9. Brakes
    median 32,000 mi at failure
    7 4%
  10. Airbags
    median 45,000 mi at failure
    6 4%
Complaints by model year
2003
78
2005

Recalls

2 recall campaigns for the Saturn L300.

Recall campaigns by model year
22004

Real sale prices

36 sales of the Saturn L300 at US government auctions, median price $1,500. All real prices →

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.