Fisker Ocean vs Buick Regal

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	Fisker Ocean	Buick Regal
Complaints on file	1,838	4,456
Model years covered	2023–2023	1978–2020
Worst model year	—	1996
Best model year	—	2004
Crashes reported	30	227
Fires reported	7	335
Injuries reported	16	169
Deaths reported	0	5
Most complained-about part	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	2.9%	16.5%

Fisker Ocean by year

1,838

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

What breaks

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 433 23.6%

Electrical System 380 20.7%

Brakes 325 17.7%

Other & Unspecified 283 15.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 90 4.9%

Body & Structure 59 3.2%

Engine & Cooling 56 3.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 52 2.8%

Buick Regal by year

1 3 1 4 6 10 14 28 181 150 107 303 204 118 146 218 273 174 376 301 245 229 150 139 94 8 1 1 2 441 138 137 51 50 61 26 33 29 3

78 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Brakes 867 19.5%

Engine & Cooling 811 18.2%

Electrical System 591 13.3%

Steering 325 7.3%

Lights 241 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 210 4.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 172 3.9%

Airbags 149 3.3%