Fiat 500 vs Honda Ridgeline

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	Fiat 500	Honda Ridgeline
Complaints on file	1,118	2,729
Model years covered	2011–2018	2006–2026
Worst model year	2012	2006
Best model year	2017	2009
Crashes reported	78	96
Fires reported	20	65
Injuries reported	50	62
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	13.2%	8.2%

Fiat 500 by year

2 537 215 172 141 27 19 5

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 393 35.2%

Electrical System 137 12.3%

Engine & Cooling 111 9.9%

Other & Unspecified 89 8.0%

Airbags 52 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 44 3.9%

Steering 38 3.4%

Brakes 35 3.1%

Honda Ridgeline by year

294 195 155 39 50 44 30 55 36 2 436 195 294 231 148 150 172 75 117 11

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 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

Electrical System 413 15.1%

Engine & Cooling 354 13.0%

Airbags 349 12.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 281 10.3%

Other & Unspecified 223 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 209 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 170 6.2%

Body & Structure 165 6.0%