Saturn SC1 vs Ford E-350

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 SC1	Ford E-350
Complaints on file	554	1,361
Model years covered	1991–2001	1983–2025
Worst model year	1994	1997
Best model year	2000	2015
Crashes reported	93	68
Fires reported	5	66
Injuries reported	63	55
Deaths reported	2	10
Most complained-about part	Seats	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	29.4%	14.6%

Saturn SC1 by year

8 18 85 102 73 43 98 58 30 10 29

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

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

What breaks

Seats 81 14.6%

Engine & Cooling 75 13.5%

Electrical System 59 10.6%

Seat Belts 59 10.6%

Brakes 58 10.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 39 7.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 31 5.6%

Airbags 29 5.2%

Ford E-350 by year

1 1 2 2 22 51 53 60 93 59 96 70 77 63 59 61 59 70 80 76 23 56 11 21 19 22 32 23 10 5 17 5 4 2 30 20 3 2 1

83 86 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 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

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

What breaks

Brakes 225 16.5%

Engine & Cooling 219 16.1%

Tires 172 12.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 11.2%

Electrical System 97 7.1%

Steering 89 6.5%

Suspension 81 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 72 5.3%