FaultScore

Toyota Pickup vs Pontiac Trans Sport

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 Pontiac Trans Sport
Complaints on file 514 1,262
Model years covered 1980–2002 1984–2003
Worst model year 1994 1998
Best model year 1995 1996
Crashes reported 43 75
Fires reported 4 45
Injuries reported 18 46
Deaths reported 6 2
Most complained-about part Engine & Cooling Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 13.8% 13.3%

Toyota Pickup by year

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%
Steering 34 6.6%
Suspension 29 5.6%

Pontiac Trans Sport by year

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 164 13.0%
Body & Structure 136 10.8%
Seat Belts 119 9.4%
Steering 107 8.5%
Brakes 100 7.9%
Lights 80 6.3%