Wrench.Pro — NHTSA complaints (summary) (dataset)
Generated 2026-09-21. Source data through 2026-09-20.

WHAT THIS IS
Complaint counts per year/make/model with date span, crash and fire flags, and the top five component categories.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaints (public API) (https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
Note: Counts are raw and track how many of each vehicle are on the road. No rates.
Note: Complaint-reported deaths and injuries are deliberately not exported; deaths come from FARS only (see /data/fars).
Note: Individual complaint text is not in this file; the Known Issues dataset carries verified excerpts.

FILES
  bulk.json / bulk.csv      every row
  <make>.csv                one make
JSON files are { meta, rows }. CSV files have a header row and the same columns.

FIELDS
  year                     Model year (integer).
  make                     Make display name.
  make_slug                Make slug as used in Wrench.Pro URLs.
  model                    Model display name.
  model_slug               Model slug as used in Wrench.Pro URLs.
  complaint_count          Complaints on file for this year/make/model at the last refresh.
  earliest_date            Filing date of the oldest complaint (YYYY-MM-DD).
  latest_date              Filing date of the newest complaint (YYYY-MM-DD).
  crash_flagged            Complaints where the filer marked that a crash occurred.
  fire_flagged             Complaints where the filer marked that a fire occurred.
  top_components           Up to five NHTSA component categories with counts, formatted NAME:count; separated by semicolons.
  vehicle_page             The consumer page for this vehicle on Wrench.Pro.
  data_page                The raw-data page for this vehicle on Wrench.Pro.

LICENSE
CC BY 4.0 (derived data); underlying NHTSA records are US public domain. Attribution link required: https://www.wrench.pro/data/license
Nothing in this license restricts your use of the underlying NHTSA records, which are works of the United States government.

CITE AS
Wrench.Pro (2026). NHTSA complaints (summary) [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/complaints

Method: https://www.wrench.pro/data/methodology#complaints