Toyota T100 vs Audi A3

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 T100	Audi A3
Complaints on file	390	946
Model years covered	1992–1998	2001–2025
Worst model year	1995	2016
Best model year	1998	2023
Crashes reported	11	33
Fires reported	2	9
Injuries reported	17	22
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	7.7%	6.8%

Toyota T100 by year

2 23 22 90 130 90 33

92 93 94 95 96 97 98

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 84 21.5%

Body & Structure 70 17.9%

Steering 35 9.0%

Suspension 33 8.5%

Seat Belts 32 8.2%

Airbags 22 5.6%

Engine & Cooling 21 5.4%

Brakes 21 5.4%

Audi A3 by year

1 2 7 140 63 46 66 60 51 48 25 135 115 75 47 15 19 12 10 1 8

01 03 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 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

Airbags 339 35.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 126 13.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 116 12.3%

Electrical System 86 9.1%

Engine & Cooling 75 7.9%

Other & Unspecified 39 4.1%

Lights 30 3.2%

Seat Belts 20 2.1%