Total Complaints
1 filings
MCLAREN MP4-12C SPIDER · model year
1 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2015MCLARENMP4-12C SPIDER carries 1 consumer safety complaint in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 3 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2015 MP4-12C SPIDER is air bags with 1 filings. Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
No open NHTSA investigation overlaps the 2015 MP4-12C SPIDER in the current dataset. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | 1 |
TAKATA RECALL - VEHICLE INVOLVED IN SERIOUS CRASH IN FEB 2018. THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND, DRIVER LOST CONTROL IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES WITH BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER DAMAGE ALONG WITH EXTENSIVE FRONT END NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. VEHICLE WAS SERVICE IN SEPT 2017, FOR ISSUES RELATED TO COMPUTER AND POSSIBLE SENSOR ISSUES
Mileage: 3,600
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.