Ford E-150 vs Saturn VUE

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	Ford E-150	Saturn VUE
Complaints on file	1,311	3,274
Model years covered	1989–2021	2002–2010
Worst model year	1999	2003
Best model year	2007	2002
Crashes reported	81	193
Fires reported	70	84
Injuries reported	54	118
Deaths reported	2	1
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	15.8%	12.1%

Ford E-150 by year

2 2 20 86 95 180 104 81 122 81 115 61 52 37 31 36 24 22 15 12 10 14 30 19 29 9 10 11 1

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 21

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

What breaks

Brakes 209 15.9%

Engine & Cooling 163 12.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 147 11.2%

Electrical System 103 7.9%

Steering 99 7.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 88 6.7%

Suspension 87 6.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 83 6.3%

Saturn VUE by year

220 873 360 216 433 417 575 171 9

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Electrical System 705 21.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 659 20.1%

Airbags 310 9.5%

Engine & Cooling 296 9.0%

Steering 293 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 135 4.1%

Suspension 133 4.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 99 3.0%