2018 car problems

Owners have filed 67,692 complaints with NHTSA about cars from the 2018 model year, across 289 models with enough data to report on.

67,692

Complaints

22

Cars graded F

2,925

Crashes reported

808

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 12,734 18.8%
Electrical System 8,222 12.1%
Other & Unspecified 6,837 10.1%
Brakes 6,708 9.9%
Fuel & Propulsion 4,498 6.6%
Steering 4,000 5.9%
Body & Structure 1,970 2.9%
Airbags 1,678 2.5%
Suspension 1,601 2.4%

2018 complaints by make

Ford 11,693 17.3%
Honda 10,254 15.1%
Jeep 7,196 10.6%
RAM 6,017 8.9%
Chevrolet 4,984 7.4%
Toyota 3,315 4.9%
Nissan 2,744 4.1%
Subaru 2,339 3.5%
Tesla 2,304 3.4%
Hyundai 2,302 3.4%
Chrysler 1,962 2.9%
KIA 1,705 2.5%
GMC 1,616 2.4%
Volkswagen 1,356 2.0%
Dodge 1,325 2.0%
Mazda 879 1.3%
Audi 863 1.3%
BMW 778 1.1%
Mercedes Benz 667 1.0%
Acura 570 0.8%

The cleanest 2018 cars on record

Graded A against the other years of their own model.

Nearby model years