Saturn Outlook vs BMW X5

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 Outlook	BMW X5
Complaints on file	1,939	4,530
Model years covered	2007–2010	2000–2026
Worst model year	2008	2021
Best model year	2010	2007
Crashes reported	25	189
Fires reported	51	234
Injuries reported	23	142
Deaths reported	0	7
Most complained-about part	Lights	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	5.1%	12.6%

Saturn Outlook by year

728 926 262 23

07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Lights 485 25.0%

Electrical System 330 17.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 275 14.2%

Airbags 193 10.0%

Steering 156 8.0%

Engine & Cooling 105 5.4%

Body & Structure 89 4.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 61 3.1%

BMW X5 by year

37 215 136 134 93 109 221 119 319 203 190 395 374 215 130 199 110 111 100 267 151 158 111 48 250 105 30

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 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

Engine & Cooling 902 19.9%

Airbags 628 13.9%

Electrical System 538 11.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 426 9.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 400 8.8%

Brakes 308 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 275 6.1%

Steering 136 3.0%