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	9,494
Model years covered	2000–2015	1999–2026
Worst model year	2006	2007
Best model year	2009	2026
Crashes reported	173	502
Fires reported	60	70
Injuries reported	111	261
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 1,334 543 648 524 653 491 677 535 461 53 218 184 216 105 116 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 646 632 522 223 42

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 1,781 18.8%

Brakes 1,070 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,068 11.2%

Suspension 856 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 808 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 578 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 571 6.0%

Airbags 496 5.2%