FaultScore

2005 car problems

Owners have filed 90,746 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2005 model year, across 357 models with enough data to report on.

90,746

Complaints

17

Cars graded F

5,414

Crashes reported

1,635

Fires reported

The 2005 cars to avoid

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

What broke on 2005 cars

Electrical System 11,110 12.2%
Engine & Cooling 9,034 10.0%
Airbags 7,977 8.8%
Fuel & Propulsion 7,929 8.7%
Steering 6,908 7.6%
Body & Structure 5,937 6.5%
Brakes 5,504 6.1%
Suspension 3,918 4.3%
Lights 3,770 4.2%
Other & Unspecified 2,542 2.8%

2005 complaints by make

Ford 13,547 14.9%
Chevrolet 13,082 14.4%
Nissan 9,225 10.2%
Toyota 8,368 9.2%
Dodge 8,257 9.1%
Chrysler 5,558 6.1%
Jeep 4,950 5.5%
Honda 4,291 4.7%
Pontiac 2,129 2.3%
GMC 1,902 2.1%
KIA 1,297 1.4%
Hyundai 1,285 1.4%
Mercury 1,285 1.4%
BMW 1,268 1.4%
Saturn 1,138 1.3%
Mazda 1,134 1.2%
Buick 1,104 1.2%
Acura 1,052 1.2%
Mini 1,010 1.1%
Volkswagen 1,001 1.1%

The cleanest 2005 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years