Hyundai Veloster vs Lincoln Town CAR

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	Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints on file	1,775	4,329
Model years covered	2012–2021	1977–2011
Worst model year	2012	1996
Best model year	2021	2010
Crashes reported	71	404
Fires reported	80	512
Injuries reported	68	232
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	12.3%	26.7%

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%

Lincoln Town CAR by year

2 1 1 1 4 6 19 24 54 40 123 97 267 278 312 226 212 241 316 395 194 203 147 207 71 242 99 161 207 114 31 6 17 11

77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Electrical System 558 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 520 12.0%

Brakes 504 11.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 469 10.8%

Suspension 334 7.7%

Airbags 329 7.6%

Steering 240 5.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 186 4.3%