Nissan Xterra vs Toyota Tundra

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 Xterra	Toyota Tundra
Complaints on file	4,194	9,446
Model years covered	2000–2015	1999–2026
Worst model year	2006	2007
Best model year	2009	2026
Crashes reported	173	501
Fires reported	60	70
Injuries reported	111	260
Deaths reported	8	14
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	8.4%	8.9%

Nissan Xterra by year

258 197 214 97 110 1,175 1,034 770 174 26 58 27 17 7 15 15

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 1,106 26.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,045 24.9%

Engine & Cooling 823 19.6%

Electrical System 209 5.0%

Airbags 179 4.3%

Other & Unspecified 121 2.9%

Brakes 114 2.7%

Steering 110 2.6%

Toyota Tundra by year

1 1,334 543 648 524 652 491 677 535 460 53 218 184 216 105 115 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 633 620 511 222 34

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

Body & Structure 1,779 18.8%

Brakes 1,068 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,053 11.1%

Suspension 854 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 802 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 576 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 568 6.0%

Airbags 495 5.2%