Hyundai Veloster vs Ford Fiesta

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 Veloster	Ford Fiesta
Complaints on file	1,775	4,348
Model years covered	2012–2021	1988–2019
Worst model year	2012	2011
Best model year	2021	2018
Crashes reported	71	206
Fires reported	80	43
Injuries reported	68	131
Deaths reported	0	13
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	12.3%	9%

Hyundai Veloster by year

409 580 116 189 301 70 63 32 15

12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 551 31.0%

Electrical System 208 11.7%

Other & Unspecified 179 10.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 143 8.1%

Steering 126 7.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 124 7.0%

Brakes 87 4.9%

Body & Structure 78 4.4%

Ford Fiesta by year

1 1 3 1 1 1,040 834 917 653 368 253 107 46 123

88 89 91 01 02 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,509 34.7%

Engine & Cooling 551 12.7%

Body & Structure 411 9.5%

Other & Unspecified 395 9.1%

Electrical System 339 7.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 198 4.6%

Doors, Latches & Locks 185 4.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 162 3.7%