Ford E-350 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-350	Saturn VUE
Complaints on file	1,361	3,274
Model years covered	1983–2025	2002–2010
Worst model year	1997	2003
Best model year	2015	2002
Crashes reported	68	193
Fires reported	66	84
Injuries reported	55	118
Deaths reported	10	1
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	14.6%	12.1%

Ford E-350 by year

1 1 2 2 22 51 53 60 93 59 96 70 77 63 59 61 59 70 80 76 23 56 11 21 19 22 32 23 10 5 17 5 4 2 30 20 3 2 1

83 86 88 89 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Brakes 225 16.5%

Engine & Cooling 219 16.1%

Tires 172 12.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 11.2%

Electrical System 97 7.1%

Steering 89 6.5%

Suspension 81 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 72 5.3%

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%