FaultScore

Honda Civic vs Jeep Grand Cherokee

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 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Complaints on file 20,273 39,991
Model years covered 1979–2026 1989–2026
Worst model year 2001 2014
Best model year 1994 2026
Crashes reported 2,375 2,805
Fires reported 247 845
Injuries reported 1,473 1,674
Deaths reported 37 58
Most complained-about part Airbags Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm 20.4% 13.5%

Honda Civic by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,926 14.4%
Steering 2,536 12.5%
Engine & Cooling 1,881 9.3%
Electrical System 1,562 7.7%
Other & Unspecified 1,343 6.6%
Brakes 1,072 5.3%

Jeep Grand Cherokee by year

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

What breaks

Electrical System 7,615 19.0%
Brakes 4,660 11.7%
Engine & Cooling 4,371 10.9%
Fuel & Propulsion 2,570 6.4%
Airbags 2,263 5.7%
Other & Unspecified 2,036 5.1%