Saab 900 vs Volkswagen CC

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	Saab 900	Volkswagen CC
Complaints on file	549	1,359
Model years covered	1979–2000	2008–2017
Worst model year	1995	2012
Best model year	1997	2015
Crashes reported	32	66
Fires reported	29	5
Injuries reported	23	43
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	15.3%	8.4%

Saab 900 by year

2 1 1 2 4 5 18 12 18 34 21 15 25 8 88 159 78 27 26 4 1

79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00

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

What breaks

Electrical System 80 14.6%

Engine & Cooling 74 13.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 67 12.2%

Brakes 45 8.2%

Airbags 42 7.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 28 5.1%

Suspension 25 4.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 24 4.4%

Volkswagen CC by year

3 185 330 120 337 188 102 49 38 7

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Airbags 424 31.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 227 16.7%

Engine & Cooling 203 14.9%

Electrical System 123 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 80 5.9%

Steering 65 4.8%

Other & Unspecified 53 3.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 34 2.5%