Saturn LS vs Acura MDX

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	Saturn LS	Acura MDX
Complaints on file	1,885	4,633
Model years covered	2000–2004	2001–2026
Worst model year	2001	2017
Best model year	2000	2007
Crashes reported	49	223
Fires reported	49	87
Injuries reported	38	154
Deaths reported	5	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	7.5%	10%

Saturn LS by year

544 708 631 2

00 01 02 04

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 745 39.5%

Electrical System 258 13.7%

Lights 213 11.3%

Steering 86 4.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 83 4.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 80 4.2%

Suspension 78 4.1%

Brakes 70 3.7%

Acura MDX by year

266 242 259 243 244 121 126 62 76 63 87 101 46 248 98 522 391 284 307 355 209 58 65 151 9

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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 976 21.1%

Engine & Cooling 818 17.7%

Electrical System 500 10.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 345 7.4%

Other & Unspecified 319 6.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 239 5.2%

Airbags 230 5.0%

Brakes 206 4.4%