Federal complaint, recall and investigation records

What actually goes wrong, by model year.

Every model year is scored over an identical 60-month window, so a 2013 isn’t punished for having simply been on the road longer than a 2021.

Ownership label · Honda Civic Full report

Grade 2010–2021

2016 vs model median 2.8×

Model median3× median

Steering 101

Electrical 77

Brakes 75

Avoid

2012 · 2016

Best

2013 · 2021

Most-reported models

Ranked by complaints on record. The bar shows each model’s worst scored year against its own median.

The ten models with the most complaint records, with years to avoid and grade
Model	Years to avoid	Complaints	Grade
Ford F-150	20152016	11,729	C
Jeep Wrangler	20182021	10,729	C
Ford Escape	20102020	9,694	C
Ford Fusion	20102011	9,520	C
Jeep Grand Cherokee	20112014	9,179	C
Honda CR-V	20172018	9,060	C
Ram 1500	20192021	8,713	D
Jeep Cherokee	20142015	7,939	C
Ford Explorer	20162020	7,715	C
Ford Focus	20122014	7,503	C