FaultScore

Chevrolet Trailblazer vs Honda Civic

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 Trailblazer Honda Civic
Complaints on file 9,343 20,273
Model years covered 1999–2026 1979–2026
Worst model year 2002 2001
Best model year 2025 1994
Crashes reported 526 2,375
Fires reported 336 247
Injuries reported 381 1,473
Deaths reported 23 37
Most complained-about part Electrical System Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 13.6% 20.4%

Chevrolet Trailblazer 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 2,390 25.6%
Fuel & Propulsion 2,088 22.3%
Lights 808 8.6%
Engine & Cooling 606 6.5%
Airbags 386 4.1%
Brakes 289 3.1%

Honda Civic by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,926 14.4%
Steering 2,536 12.5%
Engine & Cooling 1,881 9.3%
Electrical System 1,562 7.7%
Other & Unspecified 1,343 6.6%
Brakes 1,072 5.3%