Saturn VUE vs Dodge Journey

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 Journey
Complaints on file	3,280	8,009
Model years covered	2002–2010	2007–2020
Worst model year	2003	2009
Best model year	2002	2008
Crashes reported	193	350
Fires reported	84	165
Injuries reported	118	278
Deaths reported	1	3
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	12.1%	9.9%

Saturn VUE by year

220 879 360 216 433 417 575 171 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 661 20.2%

Airbags 310 9.5%

Engine & Cooling 298 9.1%

Steering 293 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 135 4.1%

Suspension 133 4.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 101 3.1%

Dodge Journey by year

7 12 2,091 1,484 253 623 511 651 872 614 317 351 134 89

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Electrical System 2,108 26.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,041 13.0%

Brakes 1,011 12.6%

Airbags 637 8.0%

Other & Unspecified 616 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 497 6.2%

Steering 340 4.2%

Seats 305 3.8%