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Oklahoma vehicle complaints

9,819 NHTSA complaints filed by Oklahoma drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
9,819
Crashes
648
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Oklahoma drivers, the FORD F-150 leads complaint volume at 712 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the HONDA ACCORD leads crash-linked reports at 37 (#1); the DODGE RAM 1500 leads reported fatalities at 18 (#1).

712
FORD F-150 complaints #1
37
HONDA ACCORD crashes #1
18
DODGE RAM 1500 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

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

Oklahoma vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

20,325 28th of 51 higher than 23 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

Oklahoma has more filings than 23 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 Oklahoma drivers. See our methodology.

Oklahoma drivers have submitted 9,819 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 648 crash reports , 307 fire incidents , and 48 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 Oklahoma

648
Crash reports
307
Fire incidents
48
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Oklahoma
FORD (3,349 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Oklahoma

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

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

# Vehicle Complaints
1 FORD F-150 712
2 FORD EXPLORER 435
3 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 375
4 CHEVROLET MALIBU 361
5 FORD ESCAPE 347
6 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 307
7 FORD FOCUS 294
8 DODGE RAM 1500 294
9 FORD FUSION 292
10 FORD EDGE 260
11 FORD F-250 244
12 RAM 1500 242
13 JEEP WRANGLER 233
14 JEEP CHEROKEE 233
15 HONDA ACCORD 214
16 DODGE DURANGO 210
17 FORD TAURUS 195
18 HYUNDAI SONATA 194
19 CHEVROLET IMPALA 192
20 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 183
21 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 176
22 FORD MUSTANG 175
23 GMC SIERRA 1500 174
24 DODGE RAM 2500 168
25 TOYOTA CAMRY 161
26 NISSAN ALTIMA 161
27 CHEVROLET TAHOE 160
28 HONDA CIVIC 158
29 FORD EXPEDITION 158
30 CHEVROLET COBALT 145
31 HONDA CR-V 144
32 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 139
33 FORD WINDSTAR 137
34 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 134
35 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 131
36 CHEVROLET BLAZER 130
37 RAM 2500 125
38 DODGE CHARGER 124
39 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 123
40 KIA OPTIMA 122
41 HYUNDAI TUCSON 116
42 PONTIAC GRAND AM 111
43 DODGE CARAVAN 111
44 HONDA ODYSSEY 109
45 NISSAN ROGUE 108
46 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 106
47 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 100
48 FORD RANGER 100
49 PONTIAC G6 98
50 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 98

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Oklahoma's 20,325 filings (FULL band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Oregon

19,665 · FULL · Δ660

Arkansas

16,230 · FULL · Δ4,095

Nevada

16,067 · FULL · Δ4,258

Kansas

15,668 · FULL · Δ4,657
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 Oklahoma compares to the national picture

Oklahoma sits #28 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (FULL; 23 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Oklahoma'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 FORD F-150 leads Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma. A an Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma drivers (9,819 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.