Of the 2 ES model years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the most about the 2008 (0.81) and the fewest about the 2009 (0.62), per 1,000 sold in the first three years.
Median across these years: 0.26 per 1,000 sold in the first three years. A model year well above its own nameplate’s median is the signal worth acting on.
Each model year with a verified denominator. Follow a year for what owners reported about it.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | Most-reported part |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.81 | 52 | Air Bags 59% |
| 2009 | 0.62 | 35 | Air Bags 63% |
| 2019 | 0.40 | 20 | Fuel/Propulsion System 19% |
| 2010 | 0.37 | 18 | Air Bags 65% |
| 2013 | 0.36 | 23 | Service Brakes 18% |
| 2017 | 0.26 | 14 | Structure 16% |
| 2014 | 0.22 | 16 | Electrical System 20% |
| 2016 | 0.21 | 13 | Unknown Or Other 29% |
| 2011 | 0.20 | 9 | Air Bags 78% |
| 2015 | 0.19 | 13 | Unknown Or Other 22% |
| 2021 | 0.16 | 7 | Air Bags 66% |
| 2012 | 0.08 | 4 | Air Bags 75% |
Safety complaints owners filed with NHTSA in each model year’s first three years on the road, divided by how many were sold, so a year that sold twice as many cars is not penalised for it.
Too few owners filed complaints about them to rank them. Few reports is not the same as a good year, so those years are left out of best and worst.