Ford Freestyle vs Hyundai Elantra

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	Ford Freestyle	Hyundai Elantra
Complaints on file	5,155	12,108
Model years covered	2002–2007	1992–2026
Worst model year	2005	2013
Best model year	2004	1993
Crashes reported	153	1,289
Fires reported	21	306
Injuries reported	39	756
Deaths reported	0	14
Most complained-about part	Acceleration & Cruise Control	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	4.1%	19.5%

Ford Freestyle by year

1 14 2,018 1,872 1,250

02 04 05 06 07

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,617 31.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,308 25.4%

Engine & Cooling 681 13.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 397 7.7%

Electrical System 269 5.2%

Brakes 227 4.4%

Other & Unspecified 190 3.7%

Body & Structure 102 2.0%

Hyundai Elantra by year

46 39 110 179 138 196 75 183 259 445 431 310 209 180 209 365 424 321 504 589 920 1,864 552 356 398 1,078 406 333 342 215 143 159 94 34 2

92 93 94 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

Engine & Cooling 1,969 16.3%

Airbags 1,365 11.3%

Steering 1,147 9.5%

Electrical System 1,093 9.0%

Brakes 1,082 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 826 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 680 5.6%

Suspension 618 5.1%