Buick Regal vs Toyota Tacoma

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	Buick Regal	Toyota Tacoma
Complaints on file	4,456	10,741
Model years covered	1978–2020	1995–2026
Worst model year	1996	2007
Best model year	2004	2026
Crashes reported	227	927
Fires reported	335	133
Injuries reported	169	444
Deaths reported	5	23
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	16.5%	14.2%

Buick Regal by year

1 3 1 4 6 10 14 28 181 150 107 303 204 118 146 218 273 174 376 301 245 229 150 139 94 8 1 1 2 441 138 137 51 50 61 26 33 29 3

78 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Brakes 867 19.5%

Engine & Cooling 811 18.2%

Electrical System 591 13.3%

Steering 325 7.3%

Lights 241 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 210 4.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 172 3.9%

Airbags 149 3.3%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 347 231 406 169 134 143 417 319 281 304 126 116 79 73 191 110 11

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 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

Body & Structure 2,215 20.6%

Suspension 1,579 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 950 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 781 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 719 6.7%

Brakes 673 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 603 5.6%

Airbags 562 5.2%