GMC GMC vs Smart Fortwo

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	GMC GMC	Smart Fortwo
Complaints on file	198	475
Model years covered	1973–2003	2005–2019
Worst model year	1995	2008
Best model year	1999	2017
Crashes reported	18	28
Fires reported	9	68
Injuries reported	17	22
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	22.2%	25.1%

GMC GMC by year

2 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 5 5 6 9 4 10 12 30 9 15 26 20 15 8 4 3

73 75 77 79 80 82 84 85 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Brakes 43 21.7%

Steering 19 9.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 9.1%

Lights 13 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 6.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 12 6.1%

Tires 12 6.1%

Engine & Cooling 11 5.6%

Smart Fortwo by year

4 177 139 8 23 11 35 14 10 39 13 1 1

05 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 106 22.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 71 14.9%

Electrical System 57 12.0%

Other & Unspecified 45 9.5%

Seat Belts 35 7.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 31 6.5%

Body & Structure 26 5.5%

Brakes 20 4.2%