Mazda B-Series Truck vs Audi A6

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	Mazda B-Series Truck	Audi A6
Complaints on file	888	2,209
Model years covered	1990–2009	1994–2026
Worst model year	2000	2001
Best model year	2006	2025
Crashes reported	89	94
Fires reported	21	87
Injuries reported	64	76
Deaths reported	10	2
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	20.7%	11.7%

Mazda B-Series Truck by year

22 15 14 18 157 54 73 64 81 96 74 55 31 25 26 17 14 37 11 4

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

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

What breaks

Airbags 135 15.2%

Brakes 108 12.2%

Tires 97 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 70 7.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 58 6.5%

Engine & Cooling 52 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 50 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 47 5.3%

Audi A6 by year

2 22 71 26 158 276 201 148 113 85 44 119 83 63 79 22 24 26 86 79 48 29 77 24 16 196 39 21 4 2 1 11 14

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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

Electrical System 401 18.2%

Airbags 322 14.6%

Engine & Cooling 248 11.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 229 10.4%

Brakes 170 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 118 5.3%

Steering 113 5.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 84 3.8%