Blue Bird ALL American vs BMW M3

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Blue Bird ALL American	BMW M3
Complaints on file	222	552
Model years covered	1992–2019	1988–2025
Worst model year	—	2008
Best model year	—	2018
Crashes reported	0	35
Fires reported	2	6
Injuries reported	0	22
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	0.9%	11.4%

Blue Bird ALL American by year

182 1 2 1 2 10 1 2 5 5 3 1 4 1 2

92 98 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 13 15 16 19

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 28.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 46 20.7%

Body & Structure 32 14.4%

Steering 29 13.1%

Electrical System 26 11.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 9 4.1%

Brakes 8 3.6%

Seats 4 1.8%

BMW M3 by year

2 16 1 28 18 13 20 48 69 38 12 14 102 54 20 41 6 17 4 7 3 10 5 1 1 2

88 95 96 97 98 99 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 120 21.7%

Airbags 101 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 94 17.0%

Electrical System 37 6.7%

Body & Structure 27 4.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 24 4.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 23 4.2%

Suspension 21 3.8%