FaultScore

Forest River Cardinal vs Audi A3 Cabriolet

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 Forest River Cardinal Audi A3 Cabriolet
Complaints on file 81 202
Model years covered 1998–2023 2015–2019
Worst model year 2015
Best model year 2018
Crashes reported 1 3
Fires reported 4 3
Injuries reported 1 0
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Tires Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 7.4% 3%

Forest River Cardinal by year

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

What breaks

Tires 19 23.5%
Body & Structure 15 18.5%
Equipment & Accessories 13 16.0%
Wheels 10 12.3%
Other & Unspecified 9 11.1%
Suspension 7 8.6%
Electrical System 4 4.9%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 2 2.5%

Audi A3 Cabriolet by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 78 38.6%
Engine & Cooling 22 10.9%
Electrical System 14 6.9%
Transmission & Drivetrain 11 5.4%
Other & Unspecified 8 4.0%
Lights 7 3.5%
Wheels 6 3.0%