GEO Tracker vs Fiat 500

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	GEO Tracker	Fiat 500
Complaints on file	450	1,118
Model years covered	1986–2002	2011–2018
Worst model year	1996	2012
Best model year	1999	2017
Crashes reported	66	78
Fires reported	17	20
Injuries reported	46	50
Deaths reported	7	0
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	30.2%	13.2%

GEO Tracker by year

1 10 27 21 20 35 56 68 103 35 27 36 8 2 1

86 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

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

What breaks

Body & Structure 66 14.7%

Engine & Cooling 56 12.4%

Brakes 44 9.8%

Seat Belts 41 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 38 8.4%

Electrical System 34 7.6%

Suspension 29 6.4%

Steering 22 4.9%

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%