FaultScore

2000 car problems

Owners have filed 73,132 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2000 model year, across 382 models with enough data to report on.

73,132

Complaints

24

Cars graded F

5,820

Crashes reported

2,904

Fires reported

The 2000 cars to avoid

Graded D or F against the other years of their own model.

What broke on 2000 cars

Brakes 9,551 13.1%
Engine & Cooling 9,245 12.6%
Electrical System 7,314 10.0%
Suspension 5,883 8.0%
Body & Structure 4,834 6.6%
Airbags 4,177 5.7%
Fuel & Propulsion 3,388 4.6%
Steering 3,363 4.6%
Tires 3,279 4.5%

2000 complaints by make

Ford 16,959 23.2%
Chevrolet 9,929 13.6%
Dodge 7,108 9.7%
Toyota 4,105 5.6%
Honda 3,040 4.2%
Jeep 2,805 3.8%
Pontiac 2,373 3.2%
GMC 2,002 2.7%
Volkswagen 1,919 2.6%
Nissan 1,696 2.3%
Volvo 1,583 2.2%
Chrysler 1,539 2.1%
Buick 1,460 2.0%
Mercury 1,436 2.0%
Oldsmobile 1,349 1.8%
BMW 1,171 1.6%
KIA 953 1.3%
Mercedes Benz 942 1.3%
Lincoln 891 1.2%
Mitsubishi 877 1.2%

The cleanest 2000 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years