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We read the federal complaint record so you don't have to. Every report below is built from NHTSA's public complaint, recall, and investigation data, with our methodology stated and our numbers checkable against the source. No automaker money, ever.
The Wrench.Pro Reliability Report: Summer 2026
What 598,000 federal complaints say about the cars people actually drive
Rankings and failure patterns from 597,865 federal complaints across 33 brands: the Ioniq 5's ICCU problem, Honda's spreading sticky steering, and the vehicles where one failure dominates the record.
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Rankings and failure patterns from 597,865 federal complaints across 33 brands: the Ioniq 5's ICCU problem, Honda's spreading sticky steering, and the vehicles where one failure dominates the record.
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