Saturn VUE vs Dodge Intrepid

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 VUE	Dodge Intrepid
Complaints on file	3,274	8,078
Model years covered	2002–2010	1987–2004
Worst model year	2003	1995
Best model year	2002	2002
Crashes reported	193	441
Fires reported	84	243
Injuries reported	118	290
Deaths reported	1	12
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12.1%	12.2%

Saturn VUE by year

220 873 360 216 433 417 575 171 9

02 03 04 05 06 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

Electrical System 705 21.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 659 20.1%

Airbags 310 9.5%

Engine & Cooling 296 9.0%

Steering 293 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 135 4.1%

Suspension 133 4.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 99 3.0%

Dodge Intrepid by year

2 2 2 554 1,024 919 709 473 493 1,236 1,227 729 413 140 155

87 88 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,042 37.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 804 10.0%

Steering 707 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 595 7.4%

Brakes 393 4.9%

Electrical System 390 4.8%

Suspension 329 4.1%

Airbags 291 3.6%