Hyundai Elantra Touring vs Infiniti M35

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	Hyundai Elantra Touring	Infiniti M35
Complaints on file	234	570
Model years covered	2008–2013	2006–2010
Worst model year	2010	2006
Best model year	2009	2010
Crashes reported	19	26
Fires reported	6	3
Injuries reported	17	17
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Steering	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	17.9%	8.1%

Hyundai Elantra Touring by year

1 48 97 41 28 19

08 09 10 11 12 13

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

What breaks

Steering 53 22.6%

Airbags 23 9.8%

Electrical System 18 7.7%

Wheels 14 6.0%

Engine & Cooling 13 5.6%

Brakes 13 5.6%

Suspension 13 5.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 13 5.6%

Infiniti M35 by year

272 174 80 20 24

06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Airbags 119 20.9%

Steering 108 18.9%

Seats 90 15.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 35 6.1%

Engine & Cooling 33 5.8%

Electrical System 32 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 29 5.1%

Suspension 25 4.4%