State profile
New Hampshire vehicle complaints
5,741 NHTSA complaints filed by New Hampshire drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.
- Complaints
- 5,741
- Crashes
- 315
- Models
- 50
Volume is not severity
According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to New Hampshire drivers, the Ford F-150 leads complaint volume at 301 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the Jeep Grand Cherokee leads crash-linked reports at 25 (#1); the Honda Civic leads reported fatalities at 11 (#1).
- 301
- Ford F-150 complaints #1
- 25
- Jeep Grand Cherokee crashes #1
- 11
- 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
New Hampshire filings in this extract split 5.5% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.
New Hampshire vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume
Where this state's owner-attributed ODI complaint count sits among every state and DC on PlainCars
11,840 37th of 51 higher than 14 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
New Hampshire has more filings than 14 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 New Hampshire drivers. See our methodology.
New Hampshire ODI volume reading
The standout signal in New Hampshire is filing volume: 11,840 owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaints (#37 of 51, thin-book tercile). Crash-flag share sits at 5.5% (FLAG).
As a thinner-book state, a handful of models can swing the ranking; open the table rows rather than reading the headline alone.
Inside this extract the Ford F-150 leads New Hampshire with 301 filings (17 crash-flagged).
Severe outcomes reported in New Hampshire
Most-complained vehicles in New Hampshire
Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners
- Ford F-150
Ford F-150
301 complaints
- Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee
265 complaints
- Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer
233 complaints
- Ford Escape
Ford Escape
198 complaints
- Ford Focus
Ford Focus
183 complaints
- Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler
169 complaints
- Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tundra
166 complaints
- Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
165 complaints
- Ford Taurus
Ford Taurus
163 complaints
- Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tacoma
162 complaints
What this shows The Ford F-150 draws the most NHTSA complaints from New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire
Nearest ODI volume peers
Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to New Hampshire's 11,840 filings (LIGHT 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. New Hampshire totals: 5,741 filings across 50 models (LIGHT/FLAG; vintage August 2026).
How New Hampshire compares to the national picture
New Hampshire sits #37 of 51 jurisdictions (LIGHT; thinner third of the book). Absolute counts are small enough that one popular nameplate moves the ranking - open the model pages linked above rather than reading the state headline alone. Inside this extract the Ford F-150 leads New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire. A a New Hampshire resident reporting a purchase made elsewhere still tags here. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years. Treat New Hampshire's LIGHT ranking as directional and open the model pages linked above.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.