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Arkansas vehicle complaints

7,921 NHTSA complaints filed by Arkansas drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
7,921
Crashes
633
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Arkansas drivers, the FORD F-150 leads complaint volume at 462 (#1 of 50) but the HONDA ACCORD leads crash-linked reports at 39 (#1).

462
FORD F-150 complaints #1
39
HONDA ACCORD crashes #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 FULL Crash-flag CRASH-HEAVY (8.0%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Arkansas filings in this extract split 8.0% crash-flagged (CRASH-HEAVY) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Arkansas vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

16,230 30th of 51 higher than 21 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

Arkansas has more filings than 21 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 Arkansas drivers. See our methodology.

Arkansas drivers have submitted 7,921 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 633 crash reports , 249 fire incidents , and 31 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 Arkansas

633
Crash reports
249
Fire incidents
31
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Arkansas
FORD (2,338 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Arkansas

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

What this shows The FORD F-150 draws the most NHTSA complaints from Arkansas 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 Arkansas

# Vehicle Complaints
1 FORD F-150 462
2 CHEVROLET MALIBU 336
3 FORD EXPLORER 307
4 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 289
5 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 271
6 FORD ESCAPE 244
7 FORD FUSION 237
8 FORD FOCUS 235
9 GMC SIERRA 1500 229
10 HONDA ACCORD 220
11 RAM 1500 211
12 JEEP CHEROKEE 195
13 DODGE RAM 1500 191
14 NISSAN ALTIMA 190
15 TOYOTA CAMRY 176
16 DODGE DURANGO 174
17 JEEP WRANGLER 165
18 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 156
19 FORD F-250 153
20 FORD EDGE 148
21 CHEVROLET IMPALA 145
22 CHEVROLET TAHOE 144
23 HONDA CIVIC 143
24 HYUNDAI SONATA 141
25 KIA SORENTO 138
26 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 136
27 RAM 2500 127
28 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 125
29 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 121
30 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 121
31 FORD TAURUS 119
32 KIA OPTIMA 116
33 FORD EXPEDITION 115
34 FORD MUSTANG 114
35 FORD WINDSTAR 113
36 HONDA CR-V 111
37 GMC ACADIA 109
38 DODGE CHARGER 105
39 DODGE CARAVAN 104
40 GMC YUKON 98
41 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 96
42 CHEVROLET BLAZER 92
43 FORD RANGER 91
44 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 91
45 HONDA ODYSSEY 89
46 CHEVROLET COBALT 89
47 PONTIAC G6 86
48 DODGE JOURNEY 86
49 DODGE RAM 2500 85
50 TOYOTA TUNDRA 82

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Arkansas's 16,230 filings (FULL band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Nevada

16,067 · FULL · Δ163

Kansas

15,668 · FULL · Δ562

Mississippi

15,388 · FULL · Δ842

Iowa

14,831 · LIGHT · Δ1,399
Compare FORD F-150 vs CHEVROLET MALIBU →

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 Arkansas compares to the national picture

Arkansas sits #30 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (FULL; 21 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Arkansas's CRASH-HEAVY crash-flag share (8.0%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the FORD F-150 leads Arkansas 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 Arkansas. A an Arkansas 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 Arkansas's FULL 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 Arkansas drivers (7,921 filings across 50 models; vintage August 2026; FULL/CRASH-HEAVY). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.