Oldsmobile Bravada vs Saturn VUE

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	Oldsmobile Bravada	Saturn VUE
Complaints on file	1,346	3,274
Model years covered	1991–2004	2002–2010
Worst model year	2002	2003
Best model year	2001	2002
Crashes reported	123	193
Fires reported	53	84
Injuries reported	66	118
Deaths reported	1	1
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	18.1%	12.1%

Oldsmobile Bravada by year

61 65 54 116 2 104 158 139 99 104 47 337 37 23

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

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

What breaks

Brakes 293 21.8%

Electrical System 156 11.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 145 10.8%

Engine & Cooling 138 10.3%

Suspension 107 7.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 107 7.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 67 5.0%

Lights 49 3.6%

Saturn VUE by year

220 873 360 216 433 417 575 171 9

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Electrical System 705 21.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 659 20.1%

Airbags 310 9.5%

Engine & Cooling 296 9.0%

Steering 293 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 135 4.1%

Suspension 133 4.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 99 3.0%