1971 Vehicles: Recalls, Complaints & Safety Data
Every 1971 model-year vehicle in our database with enough NHTSA data to publish, ranked by the number of complaints owners have filed. Because all of these vehicles are the same model year, they have had the same amount of time in which reports could accumulate.
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.
1971 vehicles by owner-reported complaint volume
60 vehicles of 324, most-reported first
| # | Vehicle | ComplaintsComplaints 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. | 90 days | Recalls | Investigations | Issue IndexThe Vehicle Issue Index is our own informational metric, not an official safety rating and not a reliability prediction. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Truck Parts Truck Parts | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2 | Bell Bell | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45.5 |
| 3 | Security Fb | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Security Std | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Ford F700 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Chevrolet C20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Road Runner Road Runner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Helms Helms | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Automate Automate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Security Sc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Security Fd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Palm Palm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Dodge Dodge | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Plymouth Satellite | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Lincoln Mark Iii | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Volvo Volvo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 17 | Buick Lesabre | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Ford F Series | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Chevrolet K20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 20 | GMC C1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 21 | GMC C3500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 22 | GMC K2500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 23 | Chevrolet Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 24 | Symons Karikrete | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Cadillac Deville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Cadillac Fleetwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Peugeot 404 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Renault 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Cadillac Calais | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Dodge S600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Chevrolet Kingswood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Dodge D400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Oldsmobile 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Chevrolet Kingswood Estate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Dodge D700 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Buick Estate Wagon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 37 | Dodge W600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 38 | Chevrolet Townsman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 39 | Dodge D600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 40 | Dodge S400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 41 | Chevrolet Brookwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 42 | Dodge D500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 43 | Dodge S500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 44 | Chevrolet TV70 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 45 | Alfa Romeo Gtv | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 46 | GMC TV7500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 47 | Alfa Romeo Spider | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 48 | Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 49 | Audi 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 50 | Land Rover 2000TC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 51 | Ford Ranchero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 52 | Saab 96 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 53 | Saab 9-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 54 | Peugeot 504 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 55 | Alfa Romeo Berlina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 56 | Mack C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 57 | Pontiac Brougham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 58 | Oldsmobile 88 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 59 | Pontiac Catalina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 60 | Nissan 110 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
Showing the 60 most-reported of 324 1971 vehicles. The rest are reachable through their make and model pages.
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.
Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.