FaultScore

Pontiac G6 vs Honda Civic

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 Pontiac G6 Honda Civic
Complaints on file 8,448 20,273
Model years covered 2003–2014 1979–2026
Worst model year 2006 2001
Best model year 2010 1994
Crashes reported 381 2,375
Fires reported 111 247
Injuries reported 198 1,473
Deaths reported 10 37
Most complained-about part Steering Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 8.3% 20.4%

Pontiac G6 by year

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

What breaks

Steering 3,129 37.0%
Electrical System 1,000 11.8%
Lights 987 11.7%
Brakes 738 8.7%
Airbags 411 4.9%

Honda Civic by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,926 14.4%
Steering 2,536 12.5%
Engine & Cooling 1,881 9.3%
Electrical System 1,562 7.7%
Other & Unspecified 1,343 6.6%
Brakes 1,072 5.3%