Subaru Impreza vs Hyundai Tucson

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	Subaru Impreza	Hyundai Tucson
Complaints on file	3,451	8,589
Model years covered	1990–2026	2005–2026
Worst model year	2017	2017
Best model year	1999	2014
Crashes reported	269	399
Fires reported	66	221
Injuries reported	152	228
Deaths reported	5	2
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	9.9%

Subaru Impreza by year

2 48 8 69 25 38 55 27 54 13 339 64 113 95 68 84 249 149 60 75 337 344 157 99 108 162 181 224 100 19 15 6 53 10 1

90 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 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

Airbags 510 14.8%

Engine & Cooling 362 10.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 319 9.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 305 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 270 7.8%

Brakes 267 7.7%

Electrical System 236 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 225 6.5%

Hyundai Tucson by year

273 202 85 66 24 78 174 316 319 238 309 2,168 1,456 537 521 234 109 579 220 146 450 85

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

Engine & Cooling 2,448 28.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,208 14.1%

Other & Unspecified 807 9.4%

Brakes 721 8.4%

Electrical System 719 8.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 459 5.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 405 4.7%

Body & Structure 385 4.5%