Mazda MX-5 Miata vs Hyundai Veracruz

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 MX-5 Miata	Hyundai Veracruz
Complaints on file	391	956
Model years covered	1990–2005	2007–2012
Worst model year	1999	2008
Best model year	1994	2009
Crashes reported	52	30
Fires reported	12	22
Injuries reported	43	34
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	27.4%	9%

Mazda MX-5 Miata by year

32 21 25 8 20 36 32 12 1 87 34 24 24 18 8 9

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

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

What breaks

Airbags 83 21.2%

Engine & Cooling 37 9.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 32 8.2%

Electrical System 32 8.2%

Brakes 31 7.9%

Body & Structure 28 7.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 25 6.4%

Tires 19 4.9%

Hyundai Veracruz by year

200 361 42 125 149 79

07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 331 34.6%

Electrical System 186 19.5%

Brakes 91 9.5%

Stability & Traction Control 51 5.3%

Other & Unspecified 45 4.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 43 4.5%

Airbags 38 4.0%

Lights 38 4.0%