Hyundai Tiburon vs Nissan Armada

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	Nissan Armada
Complaints on file	1,057	2,540
Model years covered	1997–2008	2004–2026
Worst model year	2003	2006
Best model year	1998	2026
Crashes reported	136	115
Fires reported	13	44
Injuries reported	77	76
Deaths reported	5	1
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	21.9%	9.3%

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%

Nissan Armada by year

638 501 329 104 209 39 63 60 24 26 17 27 3 131 115 114 39 21 16 10 8 31 15

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 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

Brakes 972 38.3%

Electrical System 277 10.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 184 7.2%

Engine & Cooling 177 7.0%

Airbags 144 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 129 5.1%

Body & Structure 101 4.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 99 3.9%