Eagle Talon vs Saturn LS

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	Eagle Talon	Saturn LS
Complaints on file	791	1,885
Model years covered	1990–1999	2000–2004
Worst model year	1995	2001
Best model year	1996	2000
Crashes reported	36	49
Fires reported	16	49
Injuries reported	22	38
Deaths reported	1	5
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	9.5%	7.5%

Eagle Talon by year

89 133 61 48 21 320 56 37 24 2

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 250 31.6%

Engine & Cooling 127 16.1%

Suspension 87 11.0%

Brakes 45 5.7%

Electrical System 44 5.6%

Seat Belts 36 4.6%

Body & Structure 30 3.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 28 3.5%

Saturn LS by year

544 708 631 2

00 01 02 04

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 745 39.5%

Electrical System 258 13.7%

Lights 213 11.3%

Steering 86 4.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 83 4.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 80 4.2%

Suspension 78 4.1%

Brakes 70 3.7%