FaultScore

Pontiac Solstice vs Lincoln MKZ

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 Pontiac Solstice Lincoln MKZ
Complaints on file 874 2,025
Model years covered 2006–2009 2007–2020
Worst model year 2007 2017
Best model year 2009 2018
Crashes reported 38 165
Fires reported 4 30
Injuries reported 26 71
Deaths reported 0 1
Most complained-about part Airbags Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 7.8% 13.2%

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%

Lincoln MKZ by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 674 33.3%
Brakes 292 14.4%
Engine & Cooling 178 8.8%
Steering 114 5.6%
Wheels 84 4.1%