Rankings
The Cleanest Model Years on Record
The graded years that drew fewer complaints than the rest of their own model, with fewer of them involving harm.
2 min read · 188 figures, all from the federal record · rebuilt 3 hours ago
783 model years carry an A. That does not mean nothing went wrong with them — every car on this page has complaints against it — it means they drew fewer than the other years of their own model, and fewer of those complaints involved anyone getting hurt.
The twenty-five cleanest
| Vehicle | Score | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 2024 Dodge Durango | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| A 2025 Hyundai Sonata | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Brakes |
| A 2026 Honda Pilot | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Steering |
| A 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Engine & Cooling |
| A 2026 Ford Expedition | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Steering |
| A 1999 Ford Focus | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Engine & Cooling |
| A 2004 Ford Freestyle | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| A 1994 Ford Contour | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 1993 Chevrolet Tahoe | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Brakes |
| A 2008 Dodge Journey | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 2009 RAM 2500 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Steering |
| A 2025 Dodge Durango | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 2007 RAM 3500 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 2026 Toyota Tacoma | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance |
| A 2001 GMC Envoy | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 2026 Nissan Pathfinder | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 2026 Volkswagen Atlas | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Engine & Cooling |
| A 2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 1993 Volkswagen Jetta | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Doors, Latches & Locks |
| A 2026 Toyota 4RUNNER | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| A 2004 Mercedes Benz E350 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Fuel & Propulsion |
| A 2025 Jeep Wagoneer | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Engine & Cooling |
| A 2026 Mazda CX-90 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Electrical System |
| A 2019 Chevrolet Sonic | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Engine & Cooling |
| A 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance |
Ranked by FaultScore. Lower is better.
Source — NHTSA complaint file. Grades are explained in full on the methodology page.
How this was made. Nobody wrote this article and left it to age. It is generated by a query against the complaint database, and rebuilt every time the data is — so the numbers in the sentences above are the numbers as they stand today, not as they stood when somebody last had time to update them. How the grading works.