FaultScore

2018 car problems

Owners have filed 67,123 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2018 model year, across 289 models with enough data to report on.

67,123

Complaints

24

Cars graded F

2,914

Crashes reported

800

Fires reported

The 2018 cars to avoid

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

What broke on 2018 cars

Engine & Cooling 12,606 18.8%
Electrical System 8,159 12.2%
Other & Unspecified 6,790 10.1%
Brakes 6,656 9.9%
Fuel & Propulsion 4,463 6.6%
Steering 3,969 5.9%
Body & Structure 1,954 2.9%
Airbags 1,663 2.5%
Suspension 1,591 2.4%

2018 complaints by make

Ford 11,577 17.2%
Honda 10,140 15.1%
Jeep 7,164 10.7%
RAM 5,966 8.9%
Chevrolet 4,948 7.4%
Toyota 3,294 4.9%
Nissan 2,733 4.1%
Subaru 2,330 3.5%
Hyundai 2,288 3.4%
Tesla 2,286 3.4%
Chrysler 1,935 2.9%
KIA 1,689 2.5%
GMC 1,601 2.4%
Volkswagen 1,346 2.0%
Dodge 1,315 2.0%
Mazda 874 1.3%
Audi 855 1.3%
BMW 767 1.1%
Mercedes Benz 661 1.0%
Acura 565 0.8%

The cleanest 2018 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years