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Idaho vehicle complaints

3,715 NHTSA complaints filed by Idaho drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
3,715
Crashes
191
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Idaho drivers, the FORD F-150 leads complaint volume at 255 (#1 of 50) but the JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE leads crash-linked reports at 15 (#1).

255
FORD F-150 complaints #1
15
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 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 LIGHT Crash-flag FLAG (5.1%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Idaho filings in this extract split 5.1% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Idaho vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

7,511 42nd of 51 higher than 9 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

Idaho has more filings than 9 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 Idaho drivers. See our methodology.

Idaho drivers have submitted 3,715 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 191 crash reports , 74 fire incidents , and 2 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 Idaho

191
Crash reports
74
Fire incidents
2
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Idaho
FORD (1,290 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Idaho

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

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

# Vehicle Complaints
1 FORD F-150 255
2 FORD EXPLORER 172
3 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 160
4 FORD FOCUS 152
5 RAM 1500 145
6 SUBARU OUTBACK 120
7 DODGE DURANGO 117
8 FORD ESCAPE 107
9 FORD F-250 106
10 DODGE RAM 2500 104
11 FORD F-350 100
12 JEEP WRANGLER 93
13 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 89
14 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 86
15 CHEVROLET MALIBU 86
16 FORD EDGE 85
17 FORD FUSION 80
18 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 75
19 JEEP CHEROKEE 74
20 DODGE RAM 1500 74
21 FORD WINDSTAR 73
22 KIA SORENTO 65
23 FORD EXPEDITION 60
24 HONDA CR-V 57
25 CHEVROLET IMPALA 57
26 GMC SIERRA 1500 55
27 FORD TAURUS 54
28 HONDA ACCORD 53
29 PONTIAC GRAND AM 52
30 DODGE CARAVAN 52
31 RAM 2500 51
32 SUBARU FORESTER 49
33 RAM 3500 49
34 KIA OPTIMA 49
35 JEEP LIBERTY 49
36 FORD RANGER 46
37 DODGE RAM 44
38 TOYOTA TUNDRA 43
39 TESLA MODEL 3 43
40 HONDA ODYSSEY 43
41 DODGE DAKOTA 43
42 TOYOTA PRIUS 42
43 TOYOTA CAMRY 41
44 HONDA CIVIC 41
45 CHEVROLET TAHOE 39
46 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 39
47 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 37
48 NISSAN PATHFINDER 37
49 TOYOTA TACOMA 36
50 TOYOTA RAV4 36

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Idaho's 7,511 filings (LIGHT band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Delaware

7,850 · LIGHT · Δ339

Rhode Island

6,911 · LIGHT · Δ600

District of Columbia

6,811 · LIGHT · Δ700

Hawaii

6,648 · LIGHT · Δ863
Compare FORD F-150 vs FORD EXPLORER →

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 Idaho compares to the national picture

Idaho sits #42 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (LIGHT; 9 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Idaho's FLAG crash-flag share (5.1%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the FORD F-150 leads Idaho 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 Idaho. A an Idaho 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 Idaho's LIGHT 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 Idaho drivers (3,715 filings across 50 models; vintage August 2026; LIGHT/FLAG). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.