FaultScore

2006 car problems

Owners have filed 94,266 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2006 model year, across 370 models with enough data to report on.

94,266

Complaints

19

Cars graded F

5,364

Crashes reported

1,603

Fires reported

The 2006 cars to avoid

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

What broke on 2006 cars

Airbags 10,351 11.0%
Electrical System 10,306 10.9%
Engine & Cooling 10,265 10.9%
Steering 9,089 9.6%
Fuel & Propulsion 8,772 9.3%
Brakes 5,751 6.1%
Body & Structure 4,621 4.9%
Lights 4,164 4.4%
Suspension 3,689 3.9%

2006 complaints by make

Chevrolet 12,624 13.4%
Ford 9,904 10.5%
Toyota 9,417 10.0%
Jeep 7,024 7.5%
Nissan 6,990 7.4%
Dodge 6,947 7.4%
Chrysler 4,984 5.3%
Honda 4,600 4.9%
Pontiac 4,125 4.4%
BMW 3,408 3.6%
Hyundai 2,386 2.5%
Saturn 2,002 2.1%
Volkswagen 1,875 2.0%
KIA 1,646 1.7%
Mercedes Benz 1,585 1.7%
GMC 1,340 1.4%
Lexus 1,313 1.4%
Buick 1,182 1.3%
Cadillac 1,061 1.1%
Suzuki 1,008 1.1%

The cleanest 2006 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years