Mazda MPV vs Honda Ridgeline

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 MPV	Honda Ridgeline
Complaints on file	1,156	2,769
Model years covered	1989–2006	2006–2026
Worst model year	2003	2006
Best model year	1995	2009
Crashes reported	130	96
Fires reported	27	65
Injuries reported	107	63
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	22.8%	8.2%

Mazda MPV by year

27 55 81 95 65 41 21 21 27 26 2 184 82 143 141 84 45 16

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 232 20.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 204 17.6%

Airbags 108 9.3%

Brakes 106 9.2%

Electrical System 85 7.4%

Body & Structure 53 4.6%

Seat Belts 51 4.4%

Tires 46 4.0%

Honda Ridgeline by year

296 195 159 39 50 44 30 55 36 2 438 198 295 232 150 156 172 88 123 11

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 422 15.2%

Engine & Cooling 361 13.0%

Airbags 350 12.6%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 289 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 227 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 212 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 173 6.2%

Body & Structure 165 6.0%