Volkswagen GTI vs Toyota Sequoia

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	Volkswagen GTI	Toyota Sequoia
Complaints on file	1,949	4,811
Model years covered	1985–2024	2001–2022
Worst model year	2002	2002
Best model year	1999	2016
Crashes reported	63	164
Fires reported	23	12
Injuries reported	76	95
Deaths reported	7	5
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Stability & Traction Control
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	5.7%

Volkswagen GTI by year

3 2 2 1 28 11 12 12 11 58 97 141 72 13 12 57 102 76 295 68 66 52 42 18 123 84 57 21 288 10 8 56 11 40

85 86 87 91 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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 384 19.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 317 16.3%

Electrical System 223 11.4%

Brakes 160 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 147 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 126 6.5%

Airbags 124 6.4%

Stability & Traction Control 81 4.2%

Toyota Sequoia by year

857 1,126 877 579 558 293 194 95 9 38 21 33 16 25 15 14 8 36 8 4 4 1

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Stability & Traction Control 1,001 20.8%

Brakes 817 17.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 528 11.0%

Body & Structure 514 10.7%

Electrical System 271 5.6%

Suspension 257 5.3%

Airbags 236 4.9%

Engine & Cooling 208 4.3%