Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vs Honda Accord

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 Silverado 1500 Honda Accord
Complaints on file 23,671 32,167
Model years covered 1994–2026 1979–2026
Worst model year 2019 2008
Best model year 2012 1993
Crashes reported 1,091 2,784
Fires reported 355 316
Injuries reported 547 1,818
Deaths reported 52 59
Most complained-about part Brakes Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm 8.6% 15.5%

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 by year

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

What breaks

Brakes 4,779 20.2%
Engine & Cooling 3,057 12.9%
Electrical System 2,683 11.3%
Airbags 2,407 10.2%
Other & Unspecified 1,560 6.6%
Steering 1,530 6.5%
Body & Structure 934 3.9%

Honda Accord by year

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

What breaks

Electrical System 4,171 13.0%
Airbags 4,119 12.8%
Engine & Cooling 3,431 10.7%
Brakes 2,949 9.2%
Other & Unspecified 1,762 5.5%
Steering 1,653 5.1%