Isuzu Amigo vs Volkswagen EOS

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	Isuzu Amigo	Volkswagen EOS
Complaints on file	220	550
Model years covered	1987–2002	2007–2016
Worst model year	1998	2009
Best model year	2000	2010
Crashes reported	36	24
Fires reported	1	6
Injuries reported	16	12
Deaths reported	2	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	25%	7.6%

Isuzu Amigo by year

1 1 9 5 6 2 6 1 99 77 12 1

87 89 90 91 92 93 94 97 98 99 00 02

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

What breaks

Brakes 49 22.3%

Engine & Cooling 29 13.2%

Body & Structure 23 10.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 20 9.1%

Suspension 19 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 5.5%

Electrical System 10 4.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 10 4.5%

Volkswagen EOS by year

54 62 123 84 21 114 32 47 7 6

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Airbags 168 30.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 102 18.5%

Engine & Cooling 56 10.2%

Electrical System 51 9.3%

Brakes 34 6.2%

Other & Unspecified 28 5.1%

Body & Structure 19 3.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 17 3.1%