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ProblemsByVin — what actually breaks on used cars, read straight from the federal record.
Every recall NHTSA has on file. Every owner complaint they've logged. Sorted, ranked, and paired with commentary from mechanics who've actually wrenched on these vehicles. 78,287 owner complaints across 5,404 vehicles. Free. No signup. No paywall.
I buy used trucks for a moving company in Garland, Texas, and I fix most of them myself. I started keeping notes on which ones were trouble; this site is those notes, scaled to every vehicle in the federal data. It reads the recall and owner-complaint record and gives you a straight answer — buy it, buy it with your eyes open, or walk — and when the data is too thin to call, it says so instead of guessing. We take no money from manufacturers. The only thing we're selling is the honest read.
The failures people actually search by — what they are, which vehicles, and the mileage they hit.
Every model year ranked, with a straight buy-or-avoid call and the reason behind it.
Run the math on any vehicle in our database. We pull every documented failure pattern from NHTSA, scale repair costs by make-complexity, and run the numbers against typical service contract pricing. We say skip when the math says skip.
Try the calculator ->You can't see clearly out the windshield while driving during the day or night due to dashboard reflection on the windshield. The defect is highly publicised on the internet and on Equinox EV forums. I was told it is an engineering defect…
When the Auto Idle Stop is engaged, I have now had 3 instances of the engine completely stalling when at a stop. Not only has the engine stalled, but I have difficulty getting the engine to restart. It has been very scary, as it has left…
I purchased my 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee, new, approximately one month ago on [XXX] at Victory CDJR in Merrillville, IN 46410. Since purchase, the vehicle has been returned to the dealership three times for the same issue, and I am now…
Main instrument cluster failed. There was no warning. Occasionally, the main screen would boot up slow. Currently at dealership where they diagnosed the screen to not be communicating. With the screen not working, it disabled the turn…
The image module system has completely failed and never worked in the Yukon. Then it would brake while still accelerating.
I was driving on the freeway in the left lane when suddenly a bunch of error lights popped up on the dash and the car threw itself into neutral. When I tried to give the car acceleration it wouldn’t go which is when I realized the car was…
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
This standard is to reduce traffic accidents and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic accidents, by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and by enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
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Reliability score, severity counts, top trouble spots — at a glance. Then drill into specific recalls and complaints.
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