FaultScore

2012 car problems

Owners have filed 72,780 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2012 model year, across 299 models with enough data to report on.

72,780

Complaints

12

Cars graded F

3,831

Crashes reported

1,796

Fires reported

The 2012 cars to avoid

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

What broke on 2012 cars

Engine & Cooling 11,256 15.5%
Electrical System 9,503 13.1%
Steering 7,204 9.9%
Airbags 7,127 9.8%
Other & Unspecified 5,065 7.0%
Brakes 4,759 6.5%
Fuel & Propulsion 3,885 5.3%
Body & Structure 2,884 4.0%
Lights 1,899 2.6%

2012 complaints by make

Ford 16,706 23.0%
Dodge 8,179 11.2%
Chevrolet 7,130 9.8%
Hyundai 5,416 7.4%
Jeep 4,981 6.8%
KIA 4,396 6.0%
Toyota 4,209 5.8%
Nissan 2,815 3.9%
Honda 2,562 3.5%
Chrysler 2,517 3.5%
Volkswagen 2,417 3.3%
BMW 1,420 2.0%
Mercedes Benz 1,402 1.9%
GMC 1,379 1.9%
Subaru 965 1.3%
Mazda 839 1.2%
Buick 766 1.1%
Cadillac 628 0.9%
Audi 580 0.8%
Fiat 537 0.7%

The cleanest 2012 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years