BMW 335I vs Hyundai Accent

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 335I	Hyundai Accent
Complaints on file	1,136	2,760
Model years covered	2007–2016	1991–2022
Worst model year	2008	2013
Best model year	2015	2021
Crashes reported	43	366
Fires reported	45	124
Injuries reported	22	261
Deaths reported	3	8
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	9.9%	27.5%

BMW 335I by year

388 276 128 58 136 30 70 31 16 3

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 278 24.5%

Airbags 192 16.9%

Engine & Cooling 175 15.4%

Electrical System 147 12.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 46 4.0%

Steering 36 3.2%

Other & Unspecified 35 3.1%

Lights 32 2.8%

Hyundai Accent by year

2 1 197 142 82 72 66 115 148 163 45 40 76 49 113 135 128 119 53 219 207 99 100 160 98 23 37 17 22 32

91 93 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Airbags 444 16.1%

Engine & Cooling 350 12.7%

Brakes 279 10.1%

Electrical System 228 8.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 223 8.1%

Suspension 166 6.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 159 5.8%

Other & Unspecified 142 5.1%