GMC Safari vs Audi A4

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 Safari	Audi A4
Complaints on file	1,537	3,677
Model years covered	1985–2005	1995–2024
Worst model year	1995	2002
Best model year	2003	2022
Crashes reported	158	146
Fires reported	30	76
Injuries reported	68	84
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	16.7%	8.3%

GMC Safari by year

2 11 22 8 25 44 60 66 79 142 256 199 200 111 92 95 55 35 19 8 8

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Brakes 359 23.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 176 11.5%

Suspension 124 8.1%

Engine & Cooling 104 6.8%

Electrical System 98 6.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 91 5.9%

Steering 91 5.9%

Body & Structure 69 4.5%

Audi A4 by year

1 133 119 321 242 115 153 218 282 225 267 343 226 204 150 77 17 23 28 38 24 18 75 80 16 230 19 10 19 4

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

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

What breaks

Airbags 520 14.1%

Engine & Cooling 489 13.3%

Electrical System 483 13.1%

Brakes 402 10.9%

Lights 375 10.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 217 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 205 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 162 4.4%