How many vehicle complaints have been filed in North Dakota?

Vehicle owners in North Dakota have filed 1,593 complaints with NHTSA (THIN ODI volume band, #50 of 51). 61 of those filings are crash-flagged (3.8% · QUIET).

What are the most complained-about vehicles in North Dakota?

In North Dakota the FORD F-150 leads with 140 filings (8 crash-flagged). The table ranks the top models with crash, fire, and death columns.

Where does the state vehicle complaint data come from?

All data comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints database. Vehicle owners self-report their state when filing a complaint, and PlainCars aggregates this data to show state-level safety trends.

Can I file a vehicle complaint for my state?

Yes. You can file a vehicle safety complaint directly with NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. Filing a complaint helps NHTSA identify safety defects and can lead to recalls that protect other drivers.

State profile

North Dakota vehicle complaints

1,593 NHTSA complaints filed by North Dakota drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints: 1,593
Crashes: 61
Models: 50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to North Dakota drivers, the FORD F-150 leads both complaint volume and crash-linked reports at 140 complaints and 8 crash reports (#1 each), but the CHEVROLET SILVERADO leads reported fatalities at 2 (#1).

140
FORD F-150 complaints #1: 8
FORD F-150 crashes #1: 2
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 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 THIN Crash-flag QUIET (3.8%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

North Dakota filings in this extract split 3.8% crash-flagged (QUIET) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Crash-flagged filings 61 complaints (4%) Other filings 1,532 complaints (96%)

Compiled by PlainCars

North Dakota vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

2,845 50th of 51 higher than 1 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

North Dakota has more filings than 1 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 North Dakota drivers. See our methodology.

North Dakota drivers have submitted 1,593 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 61 crash reports , 64 fire incidents , and 5 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 North Dakota

Crash reports

Fire incidents

Reported fatalities

Most complained make in North Dakota

FORD (535 complaints)

FORD F-150

140
FORD EXPLORER

65
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

57
RAM 1500

54
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

53
FORD ESCAPE

50
FORD TAURUS

48
FORD FOCUS

46
DODGE DURANGO

45
DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

44

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

#	Vehicle	Complaints	Years	Crashes	Fires	Deaths
1	FORD F-150	140	1991–2021	8	5	0
2	FORD EXPLORER	65	1991–2022	1	1	0
3	JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE	57	1995–2023	5	0	0
4	RAM 1500	54	2010–2022	3	0	1
5	CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500	53	1997–2024	3	3	0
6	FORD ESCAPE	50	2004–2020	1	3	0
7	FORD TAURUS	48	1987–2016	3	7	0
8	FORD FOCUS	46	2000–2018	5	2	1
9	DODGE DURANGO	45	1998–2024	1	1	0
10	DODGE GRAND CARAVAN	44	1990–2019	0	3	0
11	FORD EDGE	43	2007–2022	3	0	0
12	JEEP WRANGLER	41	1987–2024	0	2	0
13	CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY	41	1993–2016	1	0	0
14	FORD FUSION	39	2006–2016	1	1	0
15	CHEVROLET IMPALA	39	2001–2015	0	0	0
16	CHEVROLET MALIBU	38	1998–2017	1	0	0
17	JEEP CHEROKEE	37	1984–2019	3	0	0
18	CHEVROLET EQUINOX	36	2005–2020	0	2	0
19	HONDA CR-V	33	1997–2019	1	1	0
20	FORD WINDSTAR	33	1995–2003	1	0	0
21	FORD F-350	28	1995–2019	2	0	0
22	CHEVROLET SUBURBAN	28	1992–2023	1	2	0
23	RAM 2500	26	2010–2022	0	0	0
24	DODGE JOURNEY	26	2009–2018	0	0	0
25	PONTIAC GRAND PRIX	25	1989–2007	0	15	0
26	CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER	25	2002–2022	0	0	0
27	DODGE RAM 1500	24	1995–2011	0	0	0
28	HONDA PILOT	23	2003–2025	1	0	0
29	GMC ACADIA	23	2007–2018	0	0	0
30	FORD EXPEDITION	22	1998–2024	1	0	0
31	CHEVROLET TAHOE	22	1995–2023	1	0	0
32	FORD F-250	21	1992–2017	0	1	0
33	DODGE RAM 2500	21	1995–2012	3	0	0
34	CHEVROLET TRAVERSE	21	2009–2019	0	0	0
35	CHEVROLET SILVERADO	21	1992–2015	2	0	2
36	SUBARU OUTBACK	20	2007–2022	3	0	0
37	HONDA ACCORD	20	1992–2014	1	0	0
38	GMC SIERRA 1500	20	2004–2023	0	2	0
39	KIA SORENTO	19	2011–2022	1	1	0
40	CHEVROLET BLAZER	18	1991–2000	1	1	0
41	HYUNDAI SONATA	17	2000–2019	0	1	0
42	DODGE DAKOTA	17	1992–2003	1	1	0
43	DODGE AVENGER	17	1996–2012	0	3	0
44	CHEVROLET S10	17	1992–2003	0	0	0
45	MERCURY SABLE	16	1986–2002	1	4	0
46	CHEVROLET COBALT	16	2005–2010	0	1	0
47	TESLA MODEL Y	15	2021–2022	0	0	0
48	PONTIAC GRAND AM	15	1991–2004	1	1	1
49	KIA SPORTAGE	14	1998–2013	0	0	0
50	GMC JIMMY	14	1997–2001	0	0	0

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to North Dakota's 2,845 filings (THIN band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Wyoming

2,638 · THIN · Δ207

South Dakota

3,445 · THIN · Δ600

Alaska

4,406 · THIN · Δ1,561

Montana

5,088 · LIGHT · Δ2,243

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 North Dakota compares to the national picture

North Dakota sits #50 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (THIN; 1 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair North Dakota's QUIET crash-flag share (3.8%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the FORD F-150 leads North Dakota 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 North Dakota. A a North Dakota 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 North Dakota's THIN 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 North Dakota drivers (1,593 filings across 50 models; vintage August 2026; THIN/QUIET). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.