Toyota Tercel vs Hyundai Veracruz

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 Tercel	Hyundai Veracruz
Complaints on file	389	956
Model years covered	1982–2000	2007–2012
Worst model year	1993	2008
Best model year	1997	2009
Crashes reported	105	30
Fires reported	18	22
Injuries reported	75	34
Deaths reported	4	0
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	51.9%	9%

Toyota Tercel by year

2 9 12 5 8 15 9 32 23 18 27 50 45 58 45 25 4 1 1

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

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

What breaks

Airbags 82 21.1%

Seat Belts 53 13.6%

Engine & Cooling 52 13.4%

Brakes 31 8.0%

Electrical System 24 6.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 6.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 19 4.9%

Tires 18 4.6%

Hyundai Veracruz by year

200 361 42 125 149 79

07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 331 34.6%

Electrical System 186 19.5%

Brakes 91 9.5%

Stability & Traction Control 51 5.3%

Other & Unspecified 45 4.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 43 4.5%

Airbags 38 4.0%

Lights 38 4.0%