FaultScore

Jeep Cherokee vs Honda Civic

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 Jeep Cherokee Honda Civic
Complaints on file 20,992 20,273
Model years covered 1973–2026 1979–2026
Worst model year 2015 2001
Best model year 2006 1994
Crashes reported 997 2,375
Fires reported 443 247
Injuries reported 562 1,473
Deaths reported 23 37
Most complained-about part Transmission & Drivetrain Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 9.6% 20.4%

Jeep Cherokee by year

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

What breaks

Honda Civic by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,926 14.4%
Steering 2,536 12.5%
Engine & Cooling 1,881 9.3%
Electrical System 1,562 7.7%
Other & Unspecified 1,343 6.6%
Brakes 1,072 5.3%