FaultScore

Honda Civic SI vs Mercedes Benz ML350

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 Honda Civic SI Mercedes Benz ML350
Complaints on file 242 603
Model years covered 2002–2025 2010–2015
Worst model year 2022 2015
Best model year 2008 2010
Crashes reported 3 60
Fires reported 0 13
Injuries reported 5 34
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Steering Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 3.3% 17.7%

Honda Civic SI by year

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

What breaks

Steering 135 55.8%
Airbags 20 8.3%
Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 18 7.4%
Other & Unspecified 13 5.4%
Engine & Cooling 11 4.5%
Transmission & Drivetrain 9 3.7%
Electrical System 7 2.9%
Body & Structure 6 2.5%

Mercedes Benz ML350 by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 139 23.1%
Engine & Cooling 76 12.6%
Brakes 40 6.6%
Steering 23 3.8%