Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck vs Subaru Crosstrek

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	Subaru Crosstrek
Complaints on file	642	1,552
Model years covered	1962–2003	2012–2026
Worst model year	1995	2018
Best model year	2000	2015
Crashes reported	34	109
Fires reported	11	27
Injuries reported	20	43
Deaths reported	5	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
Share of complaints involving harm	10.9%	11.5%

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%

Subaru Crosstrek by year

3 35 22 27 164 132 255 362 82 160 43 52 140 63 12

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

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 343 22.1%

Other & Unspecified 268 17.3%

Electrical System 195 12.6%

Engine & Cooling 146 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 114 7.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 108 7.0%

Steering 59 3.8%

Brakes 49 3.2%