FaultScore

Pontiac Solstice vs Plymouth Neon

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 Plymouth Neon
Complaints on file 874 2,016
Model years covered 2006–2009 1994–2001
Worst model year 2007 1995
Best model year 2009 1999
Crashes reported 38 230
Fires reported 4 66
Injuries reported 26 161
Deaths reported 0 11
Most complained-about part Airbags Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 7.8% 23.2%

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%

Plymouth Neon by year

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 625 31.0%
Brakes 233 11.6%
Airbags 169 8.4%
Steering 119 5.9%