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	3,460	8,648
Model years covered	1990–2026	2005–2026
Worst model year	2017	2017
Best model year	1999	2014
Crashes reported	270	404
Fires reported	66	222
Injuries reported	153	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 63 75 338 344 157 99 108 162 182 225 100 19 17 6 54 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 14.7%

Engine & Cooling 363 10.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 319 9.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 306 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 270 7.8%

Brakes 269 7.8%

Electrical System 237 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 226 6.5%

Hyundai Tucson by year

273 202 85 66 24 79 174 316 319 239 309 2,170 1,460 542 530 234 110 599 222 152 455 88

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 2,470 28.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,211 14.0%

Other & Unspecified 811 9.4%

Electrical System 725 8.4%

Brakes 724 8.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 468 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 411 4.8%

Body & Structure 385 4.5%