Nissan Maxima vs Honda Cr-V

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	Nissan Maxima	Honda Cr-V
Complaints on file	8,853	21,242
Model years covered	1982–2023	1997–2026
Worst model year	2000	2019
Best model year	2013	2001
Crashes reported	466	1,258
Fires reported	398	226
Injuries reported	330	783
Deaths reported	16	27
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.7%	10.8%

Nissan Maxima by year

4 8 40 64 74 194 73 78 138 99 140 102 128 195 117 123 133 215 467 225 278 249 1,725 1,152 733 169 99 460 399 138 137 71 126 2 224 155 46 28 33 4 6 2

82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 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

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,465 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 957 10.8%

Electrical System 915 10.3%

Steering 528 6.0%

Airbags 517 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 503 5.7%

Brakes 441 5.0%

Body & Structure 355 4.0%

Honda Cr-V by year

129 136 158 156 159 661 580 603 602 522 1,162 1,221 447 588 648 512 500 798 975 545 2,642 2,994 1,536 464 459 319 656 539 356 175

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

Engine & Cooling 2,751 13.0%

Electrical System 2,522 11.9%

Airbags 2,392 11.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,934 9.1%

Steering 1,707 8.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,656 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,633 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,019 4.8%