Saturn LS vs Nissan Versa

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	Nissan Versa
Complaints on file	1,885	4,513
Model years covered	2000–2004	2007–2025
Worst model year	2001	2012
Best model year	2000	2023
Crashes reported	49	414
Fires reported	49	61
Injuries reported	38	232
Deaths reported	5	15
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	7.5%	16%

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%

Nissan Versa by year

447 461 615 337 328 673 294 302 261 115 94 86 45 119 53 35 72 159 17

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Airbags 1,089 24.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 562 12.5%

Suspension 483 10.7%

Engine & Cooling 431 9.6%

Other & Unspecified 313 6.9%

Electrical System 273 6.0%

Brakes 208 4.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 191 4.2%