Volvo S80 vs Saturn VUE

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	Volvo S80	Saturn VUE
Complaints on file	1,321	3,274
Model years covered	1999–2016	2002–2010
Worst model year	2000	2003
Best model year	2009	2002
Crashes reported	65	193
Fires reported	30	84
Injuries reported	34	118
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Acceleration & Cruise Control	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	9.8%	12.1%

Volvo S80 by year

288 442 218 59 30 63 26 22 32 38 20 36 8 11 8 1 12 7

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 228 17.3%

Engine & Cooling 185 14.0%

Electrical System 166 12.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 143 10.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 89 6.7%

Suspension 86 6.5%

Brakes 69 5.2%

Airbags 55 4.2%

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%