FaultScore

2004 car problems

Owners have filed 77,834 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2004 model year, across 368 models with enough data to report on.

77,834

Complaints

18

Cars graded F

5,125

Crashes reported

1,883

Fires reported

The 2004 cars to avoid

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

What broke on 2004 cars

Electrical System 10,139 13.0%
Engine & Cooling 7,636 9.8%
Airbags 6,233 8.0%
Brakes 5,982 7.7%
Body & Structure 5,685 7.3%
Steering 5,648 7.3%
Fuel & Propulsion 4,300 5.5%
Suspension 3,948 5.1%
Lights 2,676 3.4%

2004 complaints by make

Chevrolet 11,163 14.3%
Ford 10,151 13.0%
Toyota 8,576 11.0%
Nissan 6,320 8.1%
Dodge 4,977 6.4%
Honda 4,236 5.4%
Jeep 3,293 4.2%
Chrysler 2,564 3.3%
GMC 2,295 2.9%
BMW 2,028 2.6%
Pontiac 1,895 2.4%
Volkswagen 1,572 2.0%
Saturn 1,562 2.0%
Mazda 1,380 1.8%
Volvo 1,336 1.7%
Acura 1,239 1.6%
KIA 1,205 1.5%
Mercury 1,164 1.5%
Hyundai 1,160 1.5%
Cadillac 1,037 1.3%

The cleanest 2004 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years