Mitsubishi 3000GT vs Volvo S80

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	Mitsubishi 3000GT	Volvo S80
Complaints on file	535	1,321
Model years covered	1991–2002	1999–2016
Worst model year	1994	2000
Best model year	1998	2009
Crashes reported	26	65
Fires reported	2	30
Injuries reported	13	34
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	7.7%	9.8%

Mitsubishi 3000GT by year

75 135 77 84 62 26 42 19 13 1 1

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 01 02

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 247 46.2%

Seat Belts 140 26.2%

Brakes 29 5.4%

Wheels 25 4.7%

Engine & Cooling 18 3.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 14 2.6%

Suspension 11 2.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 11 2.1%

Volvo S80 by year

288 442 218 59 30 63 26 22 32 38 20 36 8 11 8 1 12 7

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 228 17.3%

Engine & Cooling 185 14.0%

Electrical System 166 12.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 143 10.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 89 6.7%

Suspension 86 6.5%

Brakes 69 5.2%

Airbags 55 4.2%