Explore the signals behind the records.
These reports turn complaint and recall fields into practical questions for vehicle shoppers and owners.
Buying and ownership guides
Inspection checklists, mileage-specific reports, model-year improvements, symptoms and recall repair progress.
Open report ↗Vehicle research lab
Eleven tools for recall timing, severity, remedies, reporting delays, repeat repairs, weekly changes, comparisons and official investigations, bulletins and completion.
Open report ↗Vehicle analysis explorer
Model-year heatmaps, component mileage, monthly timelines, spikes, age comparisons, co-reported components, narrative patterns and data coverage. Choose a vehicle to explore.
Open report ↗Early-mileage problems
Vehicles with the largest share of known-mileage complaints filed below 25,000 miles.
Open report ↗Safety incident indicators
Owner reports marked with crashes, fires, injuries or deaths.
Open report ↗Trending complaints
Model years with the largest recent increase in filed complaints.
Open report ↗Recall burden
Model years affected by the most distinct recall campaigns.
Open report ↗Problem age
How soon after a model year complaints are commonly filed.
Open report ↗Manufacturer profiles
Recorded complaints and recalls across recent manufacturer lineups.
Open report ↗Common problems by model year
The leading NHTSA component in complaint records for each vehicle.
Open report ↗Failure-mileage comparison
Vehicles with the lowest median reported failure mileage.
Open report ↗Component leaderboards
Engine, powertrain, brake, airbag and other component signals.
Open report ↗Adjacent model-year changes
Largest increases and decreases in complaint counts between consecutive years.
Open report ↗Recurring recall campaigns
Campaigns spanning the most models and model years.
Open report ↗Urgent recall instructions
Campaigns carrying do-not-drive or park-outside warnings.
Open report ↗Data updated: 2026-11-09 (November 9, 2026).