FaultScore

Land Rover LR3 vs Saturn SKY

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 Land Rover LR3 Saturn SKY
Complaints on file 259 623
Model years covered 2005–2009 2007–2009
Worst model year 2006 2007
Best model year 2007 2009
Crashes reported 4 22
Fires reported 4 5
Injuries reported 7 19
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Suspension Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 5.8% 7.4%

Land Rover LR3 by year

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

What breaks

Suspension 41 15.8%
Tires 25 9.7%
Fuel & Propulsion 24 9.3%
Engine & Cooling 16 6.2%
Body & Structure 14 5.4%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 13 5.0%

Saturn SKY by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 368 59.1%
Brakes 91 14.6%
Seats 30 4.8%
Transmission & Drivetrain 16 2.6%
Other & Unspecified 14 2.2%
Engine & Cooling 9 1.4%
Lights 6 1.0%