Honda Insight vs Saab 9-3

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	Honda Insight	Saab 9-3
Complaints on file	682	1,689
Model years covered	2000–2022	1994–2011
Worst model year	2019	2003
Best model year	2002	2010
Crashes reported	82	84
Fires reported	8	30
Injuries reported	42	76
Deaths reported	4	4
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	19.9%	11.5%

Honda Insight by year

34 17 12 6 3 2 2 155 51 66 63 5 128 50 36 52

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Airbags 125 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 98 14.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 77 11.3%

Electrical System 58 8.5%

Brakes 49 7.2%

Other & Unspecified 43 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 41 6.0%

Lights 30 4.4%

Saab 9-3 by year

1 80 72 74 52 323 236 114 227 182 218 46 31 33

94 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Airbags 370 21.9%

Engine & Cooling 221 13.1%

Electrical System 207 12.3%

Suspension 187 11.1%

Seat Belts 164 9.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 109 6.5%

Brakes 96 5.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 71 4.2%