Chevrolet Colorado vs Hyundai Elantra

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 Colorado	Hyundai Elantra
Complaints on file	4,906	12,072
Model years covered	2004–2026	1992–2026
Worst model year	2005	2013
Best model year	2010	1993
Crashes reported	189	1,282
Fires reported	95	304
Injuries reported	133	748
Deaths reported	9	14
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	19.4%

Chevrolet Colorado by year

502 459 323 199 130 87 48 54 60 2 1 641 940 285 247 195 101 106 68 208 182 47 21

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

Steering 939 19.1%

Electrical System 762 15.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 554 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 429 8.7%

Brakes 428 8.7%

Other & Unspecified 280 5.7%

Lights 212 4.3%

Airbags 184 3.8%

Hyundai Elantra by year

46 39 110 179 138 196 75 183 259 445 431 310 209 180 209 365 424 319 504 589 920 1,862 550 356 395 1,074 405 330 333 214 142 156 93 31 1

92 93 94 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

Engine & Cooling 1,958 16.2%

Airbags 1,362 11.3%

Steering 1,145 9.5%

Electrical System 1,090 9.0%

Brakes 1,079 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 821 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 679 5.6%

Suspension 618 5.1%