Sources and update dates
Recall campaigns, owner complaint reports, and crash-test ratings come from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Fuel-economy records come from FuelEconomy.gov, a service of the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency. Each vehicle page identifies its sources and the latest date found in the source snapshot used for that page.
How records are joined
We standardize common differences in capitalization and spacing, then group source rows by the source's make, model, and model year. A source can name related trims or body styles differently, so a group may not include every variation a person expects. We do not infer a match from a vehicle identification number.
Which model-year pages are published
A model year qualifies when it has at least one recall campaign, at least five owner complaint reports, a crash-test rating, or a fuel-economy record. Parent model and make pages appear only when they have a qualifying model-year page. Public releases use a reviewed, ordered batch of five hundred pages rather than publishing the entire eligible inventory at once.
Recall campaigns
A model-year page counts distinct NHTSA campaign numbers and lists the components and dates supplied by NHTSA. A model overview counts one campaign once even when it covers several displayed years. A campaign's potential-unit count can cover other models or years. A listing does not prove that a particular vehicle is affected, unrepaired, or safe; check the full vehicle identification number with NHTSA or an authorized dealer.
Owner complaint reports
These reports are allegations submitted by consumers, not verified defects or agency findings. We count source reports and whether a report is marked as mentioning a crash or fire. One report can appear in both groups. We do not publish complaint narratives. Counts are not failure rates because the number of exposed vehicles is not supplied, and NHTSA does not use one fixed complaint count to decide whether to investigate.
Crash-test ratings
NHTSA's five-star scale summarizes controlled frontal, side, and rollover testing for listed configurations. More stars indicate lower injury risk in those tests. We average the available scores for configurations grouped into the same make, model, and model year. Results can differ by body style and weight class and do not describe a particular vehicle's maintenance, tires, damage, or present condition.
Fuel economy and gauges
City, highway, and combined values are averages across the listed FuelEconomy.gov configurations in a vehicle group. The unit can be MPG or MPGe. Each gauge places that average within the source minimum and maximum for the same model year, represented vehicle class, and primary fuel. If several classes are represented, the comparison uses their combined range. This is a relative comparison, not a universal maximum.
Published annual fuel cost follows the government's applicable assumptions, including fifteen thousand miles per year and fifty-five percent city driving. Actual cost depends on fuel price, driving, trim, condition, and use.
Privacy and corrections
Published records exclude vehicle identification numbers, complaint narratives, and source fields that may contain personal contact details. Public data can be delayed, incomplete, corrected, or inconsistently labeled at the source. Send a correction request with the page address and supporting source to the contact on the About page.