Nissan Versa vs Chevrolet Silverado

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 Versa	Chevrolet Silverado
Complaints on file	4,522	10,928
Model years covered	2007–2025	1980–2017
Worst model year	2012	2001
Best model year	2023	1993
Crashes reported	417	869
Fires reported	61	165
Injuries reported	232	498
Deaths reported	15	28
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	16%	14.3%

Nissan Versa by year

447 461 615 340 328 673 294 306 261 115 94 88 45 119 53 35 72 159 17

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Airbags 1,090 24.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 564 12.5%

Suspension 484 10.7%

Engine & Cooling 432 9.6%

Other & Unspecified 313 6.9%

Electrical System 275 6.1%

Brakes 208 4.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 192 4.2%

Chevrolet Silverado by year

2 2 5 3 2 18 24 37 18 51 77 235 331 230 365 335 2,104 1,614 1,048 853 852 723 361 223 253 221 103 91 99 91 87 195 111 8 156

80 82 84 85 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

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

What breaks

Brakes 3,696 33.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 818 7.5%

Electrical System 763 7.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 686 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 661 6.0%

Steering 561 5.1%

Body & Structure 508 4.6%

Airbags 485 4.4%