BMW 325I vs GMC Terrain

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	BMW 325I	GMC Terrain
Complaints on file	1,808	4,355
Model years covered	1987–2012	2010–2026
Worst model year	2006	2012
Best model year	1993	2022
Crashes reported	71	192
Fires reported	103	48
Injuries reported	76	156
Deaths reported	2	1
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.9%	9.1%

BMW 325I by year

5 7 10 5 4 55 25 23 42 1 196 198 261 182 81 709 1 1 1 1

87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 12

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

What breaks

Airbags 529 29.3%

Electrical System 217 12.0%

Lights 205 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 176 9.7%

Doors, Latches & Locks 78 4.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 71 3.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 65 3.6%

Steering 60 3.3%

GMC Terrain by year

426 557 500 485 385 384 183 181 324 299 299 53 71 69 74 26 39

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,269 29.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 504 11.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 463 10.6%

Electrical System 346 7.9%

Other & Unspecified 303 7.0%

Brakes 287 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 272 6.2%

Airbags 167 3.8%