Compare vehicles side by side

Each comparison puts two model years next to each other — owner-reported complaints, safety recalls, NHTSA investigations, manufacturer communications, crash-test ratings and EPA fuel economy — without ranking either vehicle.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Comparisons we publish

40 pairings, chosen by how much reported data each vehicle has

This list is curated by data volume, not by any judgement about vehicle quality. We pair model years from the same year — matching body class where both vehicles have one recorded — and require both sides to carry at least 20 owner-reported complaints. The list is capped at 40 and any one vehicle can appear only a few times, because publishing a page for every possible pairing would produce tens of thousands of URLs with nothing on them. Vehicles of different body styles can still appear together where we hold no body style for them.

How to read a comparison

What these numbers can and cannot tell you

Counts are not failure rates

A vehicle that sold in far larger numbers will collect far more reports whatever its condition. There is no free, reliable dataset of US sales or registrations per model year, so we show the counts we have and decline to invent a rate we cannot measure.

Four different kinds of record

A complaint is an owner’s own report. A recall is a manufacturer campaign to fix a defect. An investigation is an open NHTSA inquiry. A manufacturer communication is a bulletin to dealers. They are counted separately and never added together.

Neither side is a winner

Comparison pages present both vehicles’ figures and stop there. Nothing is highlighted, ranked or scored against the other vehicle.