Buick Lacrosse vs KIA Sportage

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Buick Lacrosse	KIA Sportage
Complaints on file	2,918	6,792
Model years covered	2005–2019	1995–2026
Worst model year	2006	2017
Best model year	2018	1995
Crashes reported	150	464
Fires reported	88	314
Injuries reported	80	303
Deaths reported	1	3
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.9%	16%

Buick Lacrosse by year

415 383 327 343 146 278 244 308 200 90 54 61 42 19 8

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 595 20.4%

Lights 502 17.2%

Engine & Cooling 257 8.8%

Airbags 252 8.6%

Steering 229 7.8%

Brakes 144 4.9%

Suspension 142 4.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 139 4.8%

KIA Sportage by year

88 98 299 558 493 462 354 321 4 93 169 113 138 120 28 264 454 449 154 195 183 560 226 102 205 62 67 310 97 86 40

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,024 29.8%

Electrical System 653 9.6%

Brakes 632 9.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 485 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 483 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 478 7.0%

Airbags 297 4.4%

Body & Structure 285 4.2%