Across 153 owner complaints to NHTSA, the most reported area is Electrical System (25% of reports). Some reports involve a fire or crash — read the details below.

Most reported areas

Electrical System safety 25%
39 reports (25%) · 2 fire · 1 crash · 2 injured
Service Brakes0 23%
35 reports (23%)
Forward Collision Avoidance safety 18%
27 reports (18%) · 2 crash · 1 injured
Engine safety 15%
23 reports (15%) · 1 fire · 1 injured
Power Train safety 11%
17 reports (11%) · 2 crash

Source: NHTSA owner complaints · 153 complaints

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