Nissan Armada vs Saturn ION

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	Nissan Armada	Saturn ION
Complaints on file	2,540	5,471
Model years covered	2004–2026	2003–2008
Worst model year	2006	2006
Best model year	2026	2005
Crashes reported	115	334
Fires reported	44	23
Injuries reported	76	175
Deaths reported	1	4
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	9.3%	9.8%

Nissan Armada by year

638 501 329 104 209 39 63 60 24 26 17 27 3 131 115 114 39 21 16 10 8 31 15

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Brakes 972 38.3%

Electrical System 277 10.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 184 7.2%

Engine & Cooling 177 7.0%

Airbags 144 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 129 5.1%

Body & Structure 101 4.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 99 3.9%

Saturn ION by year

961 1,124 755 1,537 1,090 4

03 04 05 06 07 08

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

What breaks

Steering 1,724 31.5%

Electrical System 1,598 29.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 583 10.7%

Engine & Cooling 288 5.3%

Airbags 263 4.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 202 3.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 116 2.1%

Lights 106 1.9%