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Trending complaint activity

Two views of the same underlying records, kept separate on purpose. Ranking by recent volume tells you where reports are arriving in bulk; ranking by rate tells you where something has changed. A vehicle can top one list and be absent from the other.

Complaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.

Highest recent complaint volume (90 days)

Ranked by the number of complaints filed with NHTSA in the last 90 days

This list is dominated by high-volume models, because a vehicle that sold in the hundreds of thousands generates more reports than one that sold in the thousands even when both behave identically. Read it as “what is being reported most”. It is not a quality ranking, and a higher position does not mean a vehicle is more likely to develop a fault than one below it.

2025 Honda Odyssey

144

complaints in 90 days

298 total · 61 in 30 days

2018 Ford Escape

114

complaints in 90 days

1,765 total · 28 in 30 days

2018 Ford F-150

103

complaints in 90 days

2,265 total · 36 in 30 days

2018 Honda Accord

103

complaints in 90 days

1,833 total · 33 in 30 days

2018 RAM 2500

100

complaints in 90 days

2,534 total · 39 in 30 days

2017 Ford Escape

94

complaints in 90 days

2,654 total · 24 in 30 days

2016 Ford Escape

93

complaints in 90 days

1,079 total · 41 in 30 days

2018 Honda CR-V

92

complaints in 90 days

2,112 total · 27 in 30 days

2019 Honda Odyssey

90

complaints in 90 days

921 total · 33 in 30 days

2016 Ford F-150

84

complaints in 90 days

2,010 total · 31 in 30 days

2020 Ford Escape

80

complaints in 90 days

1,578 total · 28 in 30 days

2017 Ford F-150

77

complaints in 90 days

1,401 total · 20 in 30 days

2021 Ford F-150

76

complaints in 90 days

974 total · 37 in 30 days

2026 Tesla Model Y

76

complaints in 90 days

310 total · 31 in 30 days

2019 Ford F-150

76

complaints in 90 days

1,302 total · 29 in 30 days

2015 Ford F-150

72

complaints in 90 days

1,671 total · 29 in 30 days

2023 Nissan Rogue

71

complaints in 90 days

681 total · 26 in 30 days

2024 Jeep Wrangler

70

complaints in 90 days

666 total · 25 in 30 days

2019 Jeep Cherokee

69

complaints in 90 days

1,611 total · 22 in 30 days

2023 Tesla Model Y

67

complaints in 90 days

1,125 total · 34 in 30 days

2020 Ford Explorer

66

complaints in 90 days

1,187 total · 25 in 30 days

2015 Ford Escape

66

complaints in 90 days

1,056 total · 21 in 30 days

2026 Toyota Camry Hybrid

65

complaints in 90 days

114 total · 24 in 30 days

2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

62

complaints in 90 days

781 total · 17 in 30 days

Rising relative to their own history

Ranked by recent complaints as a share of each vehicle's lifetime total

This list controls for the popularity effect above by comparing each vehicle only with itself: the score is its 30-day count divided by every complaint it has ever received. A vehicle needs at least 15 lifetime complaints and 3 in the last 30 days to appear, so a model going from one report to four cannot top it on noise alone.

Go deeper

The same activity viewed by component category and by model year

Which issue categories are moving

The same reports grouped by the component NHTSA recorded, so you can see whether activity is concentrated in one system or spread across many.

Complaint categories

Most-reported vehicles by model year

Lifetime complaint counts ranked inside a single model year, which is the only way that comparison controls for how long a vehicle has been on the road.

Most-reported vehicles

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.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.