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Nevada vehicle complaints

7,058 NHTSA complaints filed by Nevada drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
7,058
Crashes
467
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Nevada drivers, the JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE leads complaint volume at 324 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the FORD EXPLORER leads crash-linked reports at 31 (#1); the DODGE DAKOTA leads reported fatalities at 2 (#1).

324
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE complaints #1
31
FORD EXPLORER crashes #1
2
DODGE DAKOTA 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 FULL Crash-flag FLAG (6.6%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Nevada filings in this extract split 6.6% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Nevada vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

16,067 31st of 51 higher than 20 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

Nevada has more filings than 20 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 Nevada drivers. See our methodology.

Nevada drivers have submitted 7,058 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 467 crash reports , 135 fire incidents , and 12 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 Nevada

467
Crash reports
135
Fire incidents
12
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Nevada
FORD (1,932 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Nevada

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

What this shows The JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE draws the most NHTSA complaints from Nevada 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 Nevada

# Vehicle Complaints
1 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 324
2 FORD F-150 321
3 FORD EXPLORER 313
4 FORD FOCUS 280
5 JEEP WRANGLER 245
6 HYUNDAI SONATA 205
7 DODGE DURANGO 202
8 TESLA MODEL 3 198
9 FORD ESCAPE 186
10 CHEVROLET MALIBU 183
11 HONDA ACCORD 177
12 RAM 1500 173
13 JEEP CHEROKEE 161
14 FORD FUSION 157
15 HONDA CIVIC 154
16 TOYOTA CAMRY 151
17 DODGE RAM 2500 143
18 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 143
19 SUBARU OUTBACK 140
20 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 139
21 FORD EDGE 137
22 NISSAN ALTIMA 132
23 DODGE RAM 1500 130
24 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 128
25 HONDA CR-V 125
26 NISSAN ROGUE 124
27 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 120
28 TESLA MODEL Y 117
29 FORD TAURUS 113
30 TOYOTA COROLLA 111
31 FORD MUSTANG 108
32 FORD F-350 108
33 FORD EXPEDITION 107
34 FORD F-250 102
35 DODGE JOURNEY 100
36 KIA OPTIMA 99
37 JEEP LIBERTY 99
38 NISSAN SENTRA 96
39 TOYOTA TACOMA 91
40 CHEVROLET TAHOE 90
41 CHEVROLET CORVETTE 90
42 NISSAN VERSA 86
43 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 86
44 TOYOTA RAV4 83
45 GMC SIERRA 1500 83
46 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 82
47 TOYOTA PRIUS 81
48 DODGE CARAVAN 81
49 DODGE DAKOTA 79
50 TOYOTA TUNDRA 75

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Nevada's 16,067 filings (FULL band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Arkansas

16,230 · FULL · Δ163

Kansas

15,668 · FULL · Δ399

Mississippi

15,388 · FULL · Δ679

Iowa

14,831 · LIGHT · Δ1,236
Compare JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE vs FORD F-150 →

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 Nevada compares to the national picture

Nevada sits #31 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (FULL; 20 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Nevada's FLAG crash-flag share (6.6%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE leads Nevada 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 Nevada. A a Nevada 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 Nevada'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 Nevada drivers (7,058 filings across 50 models; vintage August 2026; FULL/FLAG). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.