Nissan Titan vs Chevrolet Cobalt

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 Titan	Chevrolet Cobalt
Complaints on file	4,163	10,115
Model years covered	2004–2024	1996–2017
Worst model year	2004	2006
Best model year	2024	2010
Crashes reported	157	885
Fires reported	71	101
Injuries reported	79	485
Deaths reported	12	69
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	7.7%	15.2%

Nissan Titan by year

1,295 1,104 545 195 174 66 61 31 28 19 12 18 253 125 68 33 69 21 26 20

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,397 33.6%

Engine & Cooling 592 14.2%

Brakes 565 13.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 286 6.9%

Electrical System 268 6.4%

Suspension 209 5.0%

Airbags 155 3.7%

Other & Unspecified 120 2.9%

Chevrolet Cobalt by year

1 1 2 2,231 3,056 2,004 1,104 916 795 2 1 1 1

96 00 02 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 16 17

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

What breaks

Steering 3,925 38.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,623 16.0%

Electrical System 1,491 14.7%

Airbags 615 6.1%

Engine & Cooling 476 4.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 372 3.7%

Brakes 243 2.4%

Suspension 222 2.2%