Saturn VUE vs GMC Acadia

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	GMC Acadia
Complaints on file	3,280	7,790
Model years covered	2002–2010	2007–2026
Worst model year	2003	2017
Best model year	2002	2025
Crashes reported	193	220
Fires reported	84	109
Injuries reported	118	207
Deaths reported	1	1
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	12.1%	6.9%

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%

GMC Acadia by year

641 1,297 486 436 373 401 196 604 313 282 955 532 542 165 219 76 68 80 110 14

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

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,376 17.7%

Electrical System 1,083 13.9%

Airbags 909 11.7%

Steering 811 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 809 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 725 9.3%

Lights 280 3.6%

Brakes 260 3.3%