Too few owners filed complaints about the 2017 200 in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 6 200 years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2014 (0.53 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2015 (5.38).
Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.
too few complaints to rank against its other years
Counted from 22 complaints filed in the first three years, of 43 ever. 95% lower bound 0.34.
The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1.26 | 110 | |
| 2012 | 1.21 | 129 | |
| 2013 | 1.02 | 127 | |
| 2014 | 0.53 | 64 | |
| 2015 | 5.38 | 794 | |
| 2016 | 1.04 | 122 | |
| 2017 | 0.58 | 22 |
No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.
No clear early or late pattern.
That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.
Too few owners filed complaints about the 2017 200 in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 6 200 years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2014 (0.53 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2015 (5.38). The typical year is the median across its model years.
The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Engine (21), Electrical System (13), Power Train (10).
Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other 200 years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2017 200 in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.
Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2014, at 0.53 per 1,000 sold. Every 200 year, ranked.
No guide we read covers the 200.
Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site: