Nissan Stanza vs Toyota Celica

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 Stanza	Toyota Celica
Complaints on file	212	520
Model years covered	1983–1996	1974–2005
Worst model year	—	2000
Best model year	—	1999
Crashes reported	16	108
Fires reported	18	15
Injuries reported	17	65
Deaths reported	2	3
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	25%	36.7%

Nissan Stanza by year

1 2 7 18 32 7 11 47 43 38 2 1 1 2

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 77 36.3%

Engine & Cooling 26 12.3%

Seat Belts 24 11.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 8.5%

Body & Structure 12 5.7%

Brakes 11 5.2%

Electrical System 7 3.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 7 3.3%

Toyota Celica by year

3 1 1 3 2 4 3 3 9 9 6 10 16 34 35 24 18 24 25 10 10 8 11 130 55 37 21 4 4

74 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 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

Engine & Cooling 94 18.1%

Airbags 85 16.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 48 9.2%

Seat Belts 46 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 39 7.5%

Body & Structure 31 6.0%

Brakes 29 5.6%

Tires 25 4.8%