Hyundai Tiburon vs Ford Flex

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 Tiburon	Ford Flex
Complaints on file	1,057	2,511
Model years covered	1997–2008	2009–2019
Worst model year	2003	2009
Best model year	1998	2017
Crashes reported	136	105
Fires reported	13	18
Injuries reported	77	74
Deaths reported	5	3
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	21.9%	8%

Hyundai Tiburon by year

60 46 50 76 69 3 429 108 58 81 49 28

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 326 30.8%

Airbags 162 15.3%

Electrical System 75 7.1%

Seat Belts 74 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 45 4.3%

Brakes 43 4.1%

Lights 41 3.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 39 3.7%

Ford Flex by year

272 181 178 89 777 325 122 131 56 81 299

09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Electrical System 393 15.7%

Steering 381 15.2%

Other & Unspecified 242 9.6%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 235 9.4%

Engine & Cooling 227 9.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 193 7.7%

Body & Structure 185 7.4%

Suspension 106 4.2%