FaultScore

KIA Amanti vs Pontiac Solstice

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 KIA Amanti Pontiac Solstice
Complaints on file 353 874
Model years covered 2004–2009 2006–2009
Worst model year 2004 2007
Best model year 2007 2009
Crashes reported 31 38
Fires reported 2 4
Injuries reported 21 26
Deaths reported 1 0
Most complained-about part Acceleration & Cruise Control Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 15.6% 7.8%

KIA Amanti by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 40 11.3%
Engine & Cooling 36 10.2%
Suspension 22 6.2%
Other & Unspecified 20 5.7%

Pontiac Solstice by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 540 61.8%
Brakes 55 6.3%
Seats 39 4.5%
Body & Structure 16 1.8%
Other & Unspecified 11 1.3%