Honda Passport vs Tesla Model S

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 Passport	Tesla Model S
Complaints on file	2,290	5,283
Model years covered	1981–2026	2012–2026
Worst model year	2021	2016
Best model year	2025	2024
Crashes reported	173	659
Fires reported	1	94
Injuries reported	84	207
Deaths reported	4	35
Most complained-about part	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	11.4%	18.8%

Honda Passport by year

1 46 84 55 69 315 299 128 160 31 431 140 219 97 69 23 49 74

81 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 303 13.2%

Brakes 275 12.0%

Engine & Cooling 257 11.2%

Body & Structure 232 10.1%

Electrical System 222 9.7%

Suspension 192 8.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 164 7.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 6.7%

Tesla Model S by year

89 677 546 1,057 1,027 673 288 73 123 279 198 162 78 7 6

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Electrical System 1,001 18.9%

Other & Unspecified 863 16.3%

Suspension 730 13.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 672 12.7%

Steering 344 6.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 273 5.2%

Brakes 208 3.9%

Lights 195 3.7%