Porsche Cayenne vs Saab 9-3

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	Porsche Cayenne	Saab 9-3
Complaints on file	702	1,689
Model years covered	2003–2026	1994–2011
Worst model year	2014	2003
Best model year	2021	2010
Crashes reported	24	84
Fires reported	10	30
Injuries reported	16	76
Deaths reported	2	4
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	7.4%	11.5%

Porsche Cayenne by year

3 51 43 55 38 21 1 37 34 55 76 16 56 24 18 65 39 25 4 11 9 13 8

03 04 05 06 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 116 16.5%

Engine & Cooling 87 12.4%

Other & Unspecified 87 12.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 83 11.8%

Electrical System 79 11.3%

Airbags 62 8.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 38 5.4%

Lights 35 5.0%

Saab 9-3 by year

1 80 72 74 52 323 236 114 227 182 218 46 31 33

94 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Airbags 370 21.9%

Engine & Cooling 221 13.1%

Electrical System 207 12.3%

Suspension 187 11.1%

Seat Belts 164 9.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 109 6.5%

Brakes 96 5.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 71 4.2%