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Maryland vehicle complaints

25,070 NHTSA complaints filed by Maryland drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
25,070
Crashes
1,680
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Maryland drivers, the Honda Accord leads complaint volume at 1,106 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the Toyota Camry leads crash-linked reports at 149 (#1); the Ford Expedition leads reported fatalities at 10 (#1).

1,106
Honda Accord complaints #1
149
Toyota Camry crashes #1
10
Ford Expedition 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 (6.7%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Maryland filings in this extract split 6.7% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Maryland vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

55,709 13th of 51 higher than 38 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

Maryland has more filings than 38 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 Maryland drivers. See our methodology.

Maryland ODI volume reading

The standout signal in Maryland is filing volume: 55,709 owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaints (#13 of 51, heavy-book tercile). Crash-flag share sits at 6.7% (FLAG).

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

Inside this extract the Honda Accord leads Maryland with 1,106 filings (119 crash-flagged).

Severe outcomes reported in Maryland

1,680
Crash reports
495
Fire incidents
30
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Maryland
Ford (6,060 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Maryland

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

What this shows The Honda Accord draws the most NHTSA complaints from Maryland 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 Maryland

# Vehicle Complaints
1 Honda Accord 1,106
2 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1,018
3 Ford Explorer 994
4 Chevrolet Malibu 858
5 Toyota Camry 817
6 Ford F-150 816
7 Hyundai Sonata 801
8 Ford Escape 784
9 Ford Focus 752
10 Ford Fusion 665
11 Ford Taurus 638
12 Nissan Altima 630
13 Honda Odyssey 599
14 Honda Civic 594
15 Toyota Prius 589
16 Honda CR-V 588
17 Jeep Cherokee 555
18 Jeep Wrangler 550
19 Dodge Grand Caravan 533
20 Volkswagen Jetta 531
21 Ford Windstar 526
22 Dodge Caravan 519
23 Toyota Corolla 481
24 Chrysler Town AND Country 464
25 Dodge Durango 436
26 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 433
27 Hyundai Elantra 425
28 Honda Pilot 412
29 Toyota Sienna 406
30 Nissan Maxima 401
31 Toyota Rav4 391
32 Volkswagen Passat 380
33 Chevrolet Impala 369
34 Chevrolet Tahoe 338
35 KIA Sorento 332
36 Chevrolet Cobalt 329
37 Jeep Liberty 318
38 Ford Edge 316
39 Chevrolet Suburban 309
40 Hyundai Santa FE 304
41 Chevrolet Blazer 295
42 Ford Expedition 292
43 Nissan Pathfinder 287
44 Subaru Outback 283
45 Dodge RAM 1500 282
46 Ford Mustang 277
47 Chevrolet Traverse 270
48 Chevrolet Equinox 264
49 Subaru Forester 260
50 Nissan Sentra 253

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Maryland's 55,709 filings (HEAVY band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Massachusetts

51,172 · HEAVY · Δ4,537

North Carolina

64,852 · HEAVY · Δ9,143

New Jersey

66,119 · HEAVY · Δ10,410

Virginia

69,295 · HEAVY · Δ13,586
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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. Maryland totals: 25,070 filings across 50 models (HEAVY/FLAG; vintage August 2026).

How Maryland compares to the national picture

Maryland sits #13 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (HEAVY; 38 file fewer) - a heavy-book footprint that tracks population more than per-vehicle defect rates. Pair the FLAG crash-flag share (6.7%) with national model rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the Honda Accord leads Maryland 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 Maryland. A a Maryland resident reporting a purchase made elsewhere still tags here. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years. Treat Maryland's HEAVY ranking as directional and open the model pages linked above.

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