Cadillac SRX vs Chevrolet Cobalt

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	Cadillac SRX	Chevrolet Cobalt
Complaints on file	4,169	10,115
Model years covered	2004–2019	1996–2017
Worst model year	2012	2006
Best model year	2006	2010
Crashes reported	269	885
Fires reported	48	101
Injuries reported	197	485
Deaths reported	2	69
Most complained-about part	Lights	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	12.4%	15.2%

Cadillac SRX by year

324 162 96 69 71 31 632 575 515 493 454 537 208 2

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19

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

What breaks

Lights 1,570 37.7%

Electrical System 378 9.1%

Suspension 258 6.2%

Other & Unspecified 258 6.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 250 6.0%

Engine & Cooling 240 5.8%

Brakes 212 5.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 168 4.0%

Chevrolet Cobalt by year

1 1 2 2,231 3,056 2,004 1,104 916 795 2 1 1 1

96 00 02 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 16 17

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

What breaks

Steering 3,925 38.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,623 16.0%

Electrical System 1,491 14.7%

Airbags 615 6.1%

Engine & Cooling 476 4.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 372 3.7%

Brakes 243 2.4%

Suspension 222 2.2%