Chevrolet HHR vs Toyota Tacoma

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 HHR	Toyota Tacoma
Complaints on file	4,753	10,741
Model years covered	2006–2011	1995–2026
Worst model year	2006	2007
Best model year	2010	2026
Crashes reported	265	927
Fires reported	38	133
Injuries reported	164	444
Deaths reported	5	23
Most complained-about part	Steering	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	9.9%	14.2%

Chevrolet HHR by year

1,367 943 784 689 682 288

06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Steering 1,591 33.5%

Electrical System 763 16.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 375 7.9%

Airbags 332 7.0%

Body & Structure 264 5.6%

Brakes 245 5.2%

Engine & Cooling 210 4.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 193 4.1%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 347 231 406 169 134 143 417 319 281 304 126 116 79 73 191 110 11

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

Body & Structure 2,215 20.6%

Suspension 1,579 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 950 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 781 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 719 6.7%

Brakes 673 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 603 5.6%

Airbags 562 5.2%