Chevrolet Beretta vs Volkswagen GTI

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 Beretta	Volkswagen GTI
Complaints on file	783	1,949
Model years covered	1984–2002	1985–2024
Worst model year	1995	2002
Best model year	1993	1999
Crashes reported	78	63
Fires reported	36	23
Injuries reported	52	76
Deaths reported	5	7
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21.8%	8.7%

Chevrolet Beretta by year

1 3 90 71 54 72 71 50 129 128 108 1 2 1 2

84 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 02

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

What breaks

Brakes 183 23.4%

Electrical System 103 13.2%

Engine & Cooling 89 11.4%

Body & Structure 56 7.2%

Lights 46 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 42 5.4%

Steering 38 4.9%

Seat Belts 38 4.9%

Volkswagen GTI by year

3 2 2 1 28 11 12 12 11 58 97 141 72 13 12 57 102 76 295 68 66 52 42 18 123 84 57 21 288 10 8 56 11 40

85 86 87 91 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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 384 19.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 317 16.3%

Electrical System 223 11.4%

Brakes 160 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 147 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 126 6.5%

Airbags 124 6.4%

Stability & Traction Control 81 4.2%