Porsche 911 vs Honda Prelude

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	Porsche 911	Honda Prelude
Complaints on file	188	463
Model years covered	1983–2025	1981–2001
Worst model year	1995	1997
Best model year	2002	2000
Crashes reported	7	52
Fires reported	10	15
Injuries reported	8	29
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	13.3%	21.2%

Porsche 911 by year

2 1 2 1 2 1 2 15 9 3 4 12 7 8 10 12 10 4 8 7 5 13 2 3 1 2 9 5 13 5 8 2

83 84 87 88 90 91 92 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 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

Engine & Cooling 52 27.7%

Electrical System 27 14.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 14 7.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 5.9%

Airbags 10 5.3%

Lights 10 5.3%

Other & Unspecified 10 5.3%

Body & Structure 9 4.8%

Honda Prelude by year

3 1 5 11 12 17 40 34 4 18 26 14 12 9 4 88 86 40 14 25

81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 106 22.9%

Engine & Cooling 53 11.4%

Electrical System 49 10.6%

Seat Belts 35 7.6%

Steering 33 7.1%

Airbags 26 5.6%

Suspension 25 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 25 5.4%