Hyundai Venue vs BMW M3

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 Venue	BMW M3
Complaints on file	221	552
Model years covered	2020–2026	1988–2025
Worst model year	2020	2008
Best model year	2024	2018
Crashes reported	16	35
Fires reported	3	6
Injuries reported	5	22
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Other & Unspecified	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	10.9%	11.4%

Hyundai Venue by year

60 46 34 41 32 6 2

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

Other & Unspecified 46 20.8%

Electrical System 45 20.4%

Seat Belts 23 10.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 20 9.0%

Steering 13 5.9%

Engine & Cooling 11 5.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 5.0%

Brakes 10 4.5%

BMW M3 by year

2 16 1 28 18 13 20 48 69 38 12 14 102 54 20 41 6 17 4 7 3 10 5 1 1 2

88 95 96 97 98 99 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 25

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 120 21.7%

Airbags 101 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 94 17.0%

Electrical System 37 6.7%

Body & Structure 27 4.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 24 4.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 23 4.2%

Suspension 21 3.8%