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Alaska vehicle complaints

2,234 NHTSA complaints filed by Alaska drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
2,234
Crashes
138
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Alaska drivers, the FORD F-150 leads both complaint volume and crash-linked reports at 174 complaints and 13 crash reports (#1 each), but the JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE leads reported fatalities at 17 (#1).

174
FORD F-150 complaints #1
13
FORD F-150 crashes #1
17
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE deaths #1

Counts sum NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaints self-reported by owners in this state. Crash and fatality flags come from those filings, not a separate crash registry.

ODI volume THIN Crash-flag FLAG (6.2%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Alaska filings in this extract split 6.2% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Alaska vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

Where this state's owner-attributed ODI complaint count sits among every state and DC on PlainCars

4,406 48th of 51 higher than 3 of 51 jurisdictions

States and DC, banded by owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaint count

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more jurisdictions. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NHTSA ODI owner-reported state field · 2026-08-08

Alaska has more filings than 3 of 51 jurisdictions in this extract. Absolute volume tracks population and reporting culture; it is not a per-vehicle defect rate.

Data updated August 2026. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 2,000,000 owner filings sit in the national ODI file; this page counts the subset attributed to Alaska drivers. See our methodology.

Alaska drivers have submitted 2,234 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 138 crash reports , 46 fire incidents , and 22 reported fatalities , each self-reported through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation intake form.

State is geocoded from the owner's self-reported ZIP. The table below ranks models by complaint count; crash, fire, and death columns isolate filings that reported a serious outcome.

Severe outcomes reported in Alaska

138
Crash reports
46
Fire incidents
22
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Alaska
FORD (752 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Alaska

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

What this shows The FORD F-150 draws the most NHTSA complaints from Alaska drivers. State-level volume reflects how common a model is locally as much as its defect rate.

Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation As of 2026

Full ranking: top 50 most-complained vehicles in Alaska

# Vehicle Complaints
1 FORD F-150 174
2 FORD ESCAPE 112
3 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 106
4 RAM 1500 83
5 FORD EXPLORER 75
6 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 72
7 DODGE RAM 2500 71
8 JEEP CHEROKEE 69
9 SUBARU OUTBACK 67
10 FORD EXPEDITION 66
11 FORD FOCUS 62
12 FORD TAURUS 52
13 TOYOTA TUNDRA 51
14 TOYOTA TACOMA 50
15 FORD F-350 50
16 FORD F-250 48
17 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 48
18 DODGE DURANGO 46
19 GMC SIERRA 1500 45
20 DODGE DAKOTA 45
21 RAM 2500 43
22 HONDA CR-V 37
23 FORD RANGER 37
24 SUBARU FORESTER 34
25 JEEP WRANGLER 34
26 DODGE RAM 3500 34
27 DODGE CARAVAN 32
28 DODGE RAM 1500 31
29 FORD WINDSTAR 30
30 CHEVROLET TAHOE 30
31 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 30
32 CHEVROLET MALIBU 30
33 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 28
34 TOYOTA RAV4 28
35 SUBARU IMPREZA 28
36 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 28
37 DODGE RAM 27
38 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 27
39 GMC JIMMY 25
40 FORD EDGE 25
41 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 25
42 GMC ACADIA 24
43 SUBARU LEGACY 23
44 NISSAN TITAN 23
45 JEEP LIBERTY 22
46 DODGE JOURNEY 22
47 CHEVROLET BLAZER 22
48 HONDA PILOT 21
49 FORD F-350 SD 21
50 CHEVROLET S10 21

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Alaska's 4,406 filings (THIN band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Montana

5,088 · LIGHT · Δ682

Vermont

5,320 · LIGHT · Δ914

South Dakota

3,445 · THIN · Δ961

North Dakota

2,845 · THIN · Δ1,561
Compare FORD F-150 vs FORD ESCAPE →

Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, with fatality-linked filings cross-checked against NHTSA FARS and crash-test ratings drawn from NHTSA NCAP. State is self-reported by the vehicle owner.

How Alaska compares to the national picture

Alaska sits #48 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (THIN; 3 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Alaska's FLAG crash-flag share (6.2%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the FORD F-150 leads Alaska volume; check whether that nameplate's local share exceeds its national share before calling a regional pattern.

A note on self-reported state data

The state field on each NHTSA complaint is supplied by the consumer at filing, there is no mandatory check that the owner filed from their registration state, nor that the incident occurred in Alaska. A an Alaska resident reporting a purchase made elsewhere still tags here; a visitor who filed from another home state will not. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years, so multi-year filings from the same vehicle accumulate. Treat Alaska's THIN ranking as directional and open the model pages linked above.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. State totals sum NHTSA ODI complaints attributed to Alaska drivers (2,234 filings across 50 models; vintage August 2026; THIN/FLAG). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.