Toyota Pickup vs BMW 528I

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	Toyota Pickup	BMW 528I
Complaints on file	514	1,239
Model years covered	1980–2002	1979–2016
Worst model year	1994	2008
Best model year	1995	2009
Crashes reported	43	28
Fires reported	4	72
Injuries reported	18	45
Deaths reported	6	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.8%	11.7%

Toyota Pickup by year

2 3 2 2 4 10 20 9 7 30 29 37 62 100 110 52 7 7 5 3 5 7 1

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 83 16.1%

Body & Structure 81 15.8%

Seat Belts 51 9.9%

Tires 47 9.1%

Brakes 44 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 35 6.8%

Steering 34 6.6%

Suspension 29 5.6%

BMW 528I by year

1 2 49 39 59 53 3 1 181 33 87 164 145 119 92 106 105

79 80 97 98 99 00 01 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 384 31.0%

Electrical System 183 14.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 106 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 104 8.4%

Airbags 98 7.9%

Other & Unspecified 66 5.3%

Lights 63 5.1%

Brakes 36 2.9%