FaultScore

KIA Amanti vs Plymouth Breeze

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 KIA Amanti Plymouth Breeze
Complaints on file 353 869
Model years covered 2004–2009 1996–2002
Worst model year 2004 1996
Best model year 2007 2000
Crashes reported 31 78
Fires reported 2 81
Injuries reported 21 49
Deaths reported 1 3
Most complained-about part Acceleration & Cruise Control Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 15.6% 24.3%

KIA Amanti by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 40 11.3%
Engine & Cooling 36 10.2%
Suspension 22 6.2%
Other & Unspecified 20 5.7%

Plymouth Breeze by year

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 300 34.5%
Steering 88 10.1%
Brakes 87 10.0%
Airbags 44 5.1%
Suspension 39 4.5%