Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 vs Honda FIT

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	Chevrolet Avalanche 1500	Honda FIT
Complaints on file	1,115	2,742
Model years covered	2002–2013	2007–2020
Worst model year	2002	2007
Best model year	2009	2020
Crashes reported	58	228
Fires reported	14	25
Injuries reported	40	157
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	10.1%	15%

Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 by year

185 213 175 153 63 142 49 27 7 43 20 38

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

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

What breaks

Electrical System 228 20.4%

Brakes 220 19.7%

Airbags 147 13.2%

Other & Unspecified 93 8.3%

Body & Structure 72 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 5.7%

Steering 44 3.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 41 3.7%

Honda FIT by year

446 280 331 218 128 130 215 373 148 59 169 194 51

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 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

Airbags 538 19.6%

Electrical System 404 14.7%

Engine & Cooling 231 8.4%

Steering 213 7.8%

Body & Structure 197 7.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 193 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 189 6.9%

Other & Unspecified 177 6.5%