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Illinois vehicle complaints

34,626 NHTSA complaints filed by Illinois drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
34,626
Crashes
1,913
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Illinois drivers, the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads complaint volume at 1,611 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the Toyota Camry leads crash-linked reports at 147 (#1); the Ford Focus leads reported fatalities at 5 (#1).

1,611
Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints #1
147
Toyota Camry crashes #1
5
Ford Focus 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 HEAVY Crash-flag FLAG (5.5%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Illinois filings in this extract split 5.5% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Illinois vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

74,798 8th of 51 higher than 43 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

Illinois has more filings than 43 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 Illinois drivers. See our methodology.

Illinois ODI volume reading

The standout signal in Illinois is filing volume: 74,798 owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaints (#8 of 51, heavy-book tercile). Crash-flag share sits at 5.5% (FLAG).

As a heavy-book state, population and reporting culture inflate absolute counts - pair Illinois's local leaderboard with national model pages before treating volume as a defect rate.

Inside this extract the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads Illinois with 1,611 filings (113 crash-flagged).

Severe outcomes reported in Illinois

1,913
Crash reports
826
Fire incidents
36
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Illinois
Ford (9,037 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Illinois

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

What this shows The Jeep Grand Cherokee draws the most NHTSA complaints from Illinois 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 Illinois

# Vehicle Complaints
1 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1,611
2 Ford Escape 1,567
3 Chevrolet Malibu 1,501
4 Ford Explorer 1,356
5 Ford F-150 1,259
6 Ford Taurus 1,105
7 Chrysler Town AND Country 1,044
8 Ford Fusion 1,034
9 Ford Windstar 1,017
10 Ford Focus 998
11 Dodge Grand Caravan 964
12 Hyundai Sonata 887
13 Honda Accord 875
14 Jeep Cherokee 874
15 Nissan Altima 834
16 Chevrolet Impala 814
17 Honda CR-V 725
18 Jeep Wrangler 722
19 Ford Edge 701
20 Toyota Camry 684
21 Dodge Durango 684
22 Chrysler Pacifica 646
23 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 632
24 Chevrolet Equinox 632
25 Dodge Caravan 612
26 Honda Odyssey 601
27 Honda Civic 589
28 Toyota Prius 527
29 Volkswagen Jetta 510
30 Hyundai Santa FE 475
31 Pontiac G6 471
32 KIA Sorento 464
33 Honda Pilot 461
34 Hyundai Elantra 460
35 Pontiac Grand Prix 458
36 Toyota Sienna 442
37 Dodge Intrepid 433
38 Jeep Liberty 424
39 Chevrolet Blazer 409
40 Chevrolet Trailblazer 403
41 Toyota Corolla 400
42 Chevrolet Cobalt 394
43 Dodge RAM 1500 384
44 Toyota Rav4 382
45 Subaru Outback 379
46 RAM 1500 367
47 Pontiac Grand AM 366
48 Volkswagen Passat 350
49 Nissan Murano 350
50 Nissan Rogue 349

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Illinois's 74,798 filings (HEAVY band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Georgia

72,002 · HEAVY · Δ2,796

Virginia

69,295 · HEAVY · Δ5,503

Michigan

80,406 · DENSE · Δ5,608

New Jersey

66,119 · HEAVY · Δ8,679
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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. Illinois totals: 34,626 filings across 50 models (HEAVY/FLAG; vintage August 2026).

How Illinois compares to the national picture

Illinois sits #8 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (HEAVY; 43 file fewer) - a heavy-book footprint that tracks population more than per-vehicle defect rates. Pair the FLAG crash-flag share (5.5%) with national model rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads Illinois 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 Illinois. A an Illinois resident reporting a purchase made elsewhere still tags here. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years. Treat Illinois's HEAVY ranking as directional and open the model pages linked above.

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