State profile
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.
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) Office of Defects Investigation, 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 ODI volume reading
The standout signal in Alaska is filing volume: 4,406 owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaints (#48 of 51, thin-book tercile). Crash-flag share sits at 6.2% (FLAG).
As a thinner-book state, a handful of models can swing the ranking; open the table rows rather than reading the headline alone.
Inside this extract the Ford F-150 leads Alaska with 174 filings (13 crash-flagged).
Severe outcomes reported in Alaska
Most-complained vehicles in Alaska
Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners
- Ford F-150
Ford F-150
174 complaints
- Ford Escape
Ford Escape
112 complaints
- Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee
106 complaints
- RAM 1500
RAM 1500
83 complaints
- Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer
75 complaints
- Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
72 complaints
- Dodge RAM 2500
Dodge RAM 2500
71 complaints
- Jeep Cherokee 69
Jeep Cherokee
69 complaints
- Subaru Outback 67
Subaru Outback
67 complaints
- Ford Expedition 66
Ford Expedition
66 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.
Full ranking: top 50 most-complained vehicles in Alaska
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.
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. Alaska totals: 2,234 filings across 50 models (THIN/FLAG; vintage August 2026).
How Alaska compares to the national picture
Alaska sits #48 of 51 jurisdictions (THIN; thinner third of the book). Absolute counts are small enough that one popular nameplate moves the ranking - open the model pages linked above rather than reading the state headline alone. 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. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years. 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.