State profile
Connecticut vehicle complaints
12,540 NHTSA complaints filed by Connecticut drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.
- Complaints
- 12,540
- Crashes
- 716
- Models
- 50
Volume is not severity
According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Connecticut drivers, the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads complaint volume at 776 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the Toyota Camry leads crash-linked reports at 61 (#1); the Honda Civic leads reported fatalities at 3 (#1).
- 776
- Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints #1
- 61
- Toyota Camry crashes #1
- 3
- Honda Civic 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
Connecticut filings in this extract split 5.7% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.
Connecticut vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume
Where this state's owner-attributed ODI complaint count sits among every state and DC on PlainCars
27,585 25th of 51 higher than 26 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
Connecticut has more filings than 26 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 Connecticut drivers. See our methodology.
Connecticut make-concentration reading
The standout signal in Connecticut is make concentration: Ford accounts for 2,861 filings (22.8% of the state book), beside 27,585 total complaints (FULL).
Mid-pack volume still shows a clear model fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for Connecticut owners.
Inside this extract the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads Connecticut with 776 filings (54 crash-flagged).
Severe outcomes reported in Connecticut
Most-complained vehicles in Connecticut
Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners
- Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee
776 complaints
- Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer
562 complaints
- Honda Accord
Honda Accord
438 complaints
- Ford Taurus
Ford Taurus
410 complaints
- Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler
409 complaints
- Ford Escape
Ford Escape
398 complaints
- Ford F-150
Ford F-150
365 complaints
- Honda CR-V
Honda CR-V
328 complaints
- Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry
326 complaints
- Nissan Altima
Nissan Altima
320 complaints
What this shows The Jeep Grand Cherokee draws the most NHTSA complaints from Connecticut 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 Connecticut
Nearest ODI volume peers
Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Connecticut's 27,585 filings (FULL 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. Connecticut totals: 12,540 filings across 50 models (FULL/FLAG; vintage August 2026).
How Connecticut compares to the national picture
Connecticut sits #25 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (FULL; 26 file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates; pair Connecticut's FLAG crash-flag share (5.7%) with model-level national rankings. Inside this extract the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads Connecticut 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 Connecticut. A a Connecticut resident reporting a purchase made elsewhere still tags here. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years. Treat Connecticut's FULL ranking as directional and open the model pages linked above.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.