Honda Insight vs Ford Tempo

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 Insight	Ford Tempo
Complaints on file	682	1,649
Model years covered	2000–2022	1981–2000
Worst model year	2019	—
Best model year	2002	—
Crashes reported	82	110
Fires reported	8	191
Injuries reported	42	86
Deaths reported	4	5
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	19.9%	23.8%

Honda Insight by year

34 17 12 6 3 2 2 155 51 66 63 5 128 50 36 52

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Airbags 125 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 98 14.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 77 11.3%

Electrical System 58 8.5%

Brakes 49 7.2%

Other & Unspecified 43 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 41 6.0%

Lights 30 4.4%

Ford Tempo by year

2 19 40 42 79 176 168 174 143 264 316 212 6 2 3 1 1 1

81 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00

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

What breaks

Electrical System 369 22.4%

Engine & Cooling 326 19.8%

Seat Belts 232 14.1%

Brakes 153 9.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 87 5.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 72 4.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 71 4.3%

Steering 66 4.0%