FaultScore

Saturn SKY vs Mazda CX-7

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 SKY Mazda CX-7
Complaints on file 623 1,546
Model years covered 2007–2009 2007–2013
Worst model year 2007 2007
Best model year 2009 2009
Crashes reported 22 40
Fires reported 5 64
Injuries reported 19 32
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Airbags Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 7.4% 8.8%

Saturn SKY by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 368 59.1%
Brakes 91 14.6%
Seats 30 4.8%
Transmission & Drivetrain 16 2.6%
Other & Unspecified 14 2.2%
Engine & Cooling 9 1.4%
Lights 6 1.0%

Mazda CX-7 by year

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 459 29.7%
Airbags 272 17.6%
Suspension 235 15.2%
Lights 97 6.3%
Steering 62 4.0%