Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck vs Hyundai Santa FE Sport

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 Chevrolet Truck	Hyundai Santa FE Sport
Complaints on file	642	1,559
Model years covered	1962–2003	2013–2018
Worst model year	1995	2017
Best model year	2000	2015
Crashes reported	34	22
Fires reported	11	106
Injuries reported	20	14
Deaths reported	5	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.9%	9.1%

Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck by year

4 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 4 1 1 3 5 4 4 27 19 18 14 15 15 53 80 81 53 37 39 23 32 45 48

62 72 74 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Brakes 120 18.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 9.8%

Tires 56 8.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 53 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 48 7.5%

Electrical System 43 6.7%

Steering 42 6.5%

Engine & Cooling 41 6.4%

Hyundai Santa FE Sport by year

249 227 112 89 472 410

13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 733 47.0%

Brakes 210 13.5%

Other & Unspecified 129 8.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 90 5.8%

Electrical System 86 5.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 86 5.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 45 2.9%

Body & Structure 28 1.8%