GMC Savana vs Fiat 500

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	GMC Savana	Fiat 500
Complaints on file	449	1,118
Model years covered	1994–2022	2011–2018
Worst model year	1997	2012
Best model year	2005	2017
Crashes reported	24	78
Fires reported	13	20
Injuries reported	14	50
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	11.4%	13.2%

GMC Savana by year

1 2 45 63 39 64 70 23 13 23 17 16 8 7 4 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 12 10 5 7 3 2

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 21 22

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

What breaks

Brakes 99 22.0%

Body & Structure 41 9.1%

Engine & Cooling 33 7.3%

Tires 33 7.3%

Steering 31 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 30 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 29 6.5%

Electrical System 27 6.0%

Fiat 500 by year

2 537 215 172 141 27 19 5

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 393 35.2%

Electrical System 137 12.3%

Engine & Cooling 111 9.9%

Other & Unspecified 89 8.0%

Airbags 52 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 44 3.9%

Steering 38 3.4%

Brakes 35 3.1%