ProblemsByVin Problems / All Categories
16 categories · 78,448 owner complaints
Vehicle problems by category
Every problem category we track, ranked by complaint volume across the fleet. Click into any category to see which vehicles have the worst documented record.
Electrical
105,867 complaints 3153 vehicles affected
Powertrain
94,072 complaints 2802 vehicles affected
Engine
91,314 complaints 2689 vehicles affected
Steering
80,010 complaints 2270 vehicles affected
Airbags
77,601 complaints 2396 vehicles affected
Brakes
45,248 complaints 2093 vehicles affected
Body
30,080 complaints 1769 vehicles affected
Visibility
22,097 complaints 1445 vehicles affected
Cruise Control
22,060 complaints 1549 vehicles affected
Lighting
21,537 complaints 1181 vehicles affected
Suspension
20,099 complaints 1414 vehicles affected
Fuel System
17,755 complaints 978 vehicles affected
Tires
5,606 complaints 813 vehicles affected
Seatbelts
4,734 complaints 712 vehicles affected
Wheels
4,344 complaints 618 vehicles affected
Equipment
804 complaints 160 vehicles affected
How to use these pages
1
Pick a category
Each category aggregates complaints and recalls across every vehicle in our database for that specific system.
2
See the worst offenders
Vehicles are ranked by complaint count within the category — the ones at the top have the most documented failures.
3
Drill into a specific vehicle
Click any vehicle to see its full problem profile — recalls, complaints, severity, and our buy/avoid verdict.
All data sourced from NHTSA's recallsByVehicle and complaintsByVehicle public APIs.
Categories follow NHTSA's official component classification system. Updated weekly.