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Oregon vehicle complaints

9,052 NHTSA complaints filed by Oregon drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
9,052
Crashes
580
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Oregon drivers, the FORD F-150 leads complaint volume at 446 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the TOYOTA CAMRY leads crash-linked reports at 41 (#1); the TOYOTA TACOMA leads reported fatalities at 4 (#1).

446
FORD F-150 complaints #1
41
TOYOTA CAMRY crashes #1
4
TOYOTA TACOMA 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 (6.4%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Oregon filings in this extract split 6.4% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Oregon vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

19,665 29th of 51 higher than 22 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

Oregon has more filings than 22 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 Oregon drivers. See our methodology.

Oregon drivers have submitted 9,052 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 580 crash reports , 183 fire incidents , and 16 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 Oregon

580
Crash reports
183
Fire incidents
16
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Oregon
FORD (2,433 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Oregon

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

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

# Vehicle Complaints
1 FORD F-150 446
2 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 400
3 SUBARU OUTBACK 318
4 FORD EXPLORER 311
5 FORD ESCAPE 311
6 HONDA ACCORD 260
7 FORD FOCUS 260
8 HONDA CR-V 242
9 DODGE RAM 2500 237
10 JEEP CHEROKEE 217
11 TOYOTA PRIUS 211
12 JEEP WRANGLER 208
13 TOYOTA CAMRY 197
14 HONDA CIVIC 196
15 FORD FUSION 193
16 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 192
17 DODGE DURANGO 189
18 HONDA ODYSSEY 186
19 FORD WINDSTAR 185
20 RAM 1500 183
21 SUBARU FORESTER 182
22 CHEVROLET MALIBU 179
23 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 178
24 FORD TAURUS 166
25 RAM 2500 160
26 TOYOTA RAV4 157
27 DODGE RAM 1500 155
28 FORD F-250 154
29 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 148
30 FORD RANGER 148
31 HONDA PILOT 146
32 TOYOTA TACOMA 144
33 FORD F-350 144
34 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 142
35 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 133
36 TESLA MODEL 3 132
37 DODGE CARAVAN 129
38 RAM 3500 126
39 DODGE RAM 3500 126
40 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 126
41 TOYOTA SIENNA 124
42 TOYOTA COROLLA 124
43 CHEVROLET TAHOE 122
44 JEEP LIBERTY 120
45 FORD EDGE 115
46 DODGE DAKOTA 112
47 KIA SORENTO 111
48 TESLA MODEL Y 103
49 HYUNDAI SONATA 102
50 DODGE RAM 102

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Oregon's 19,665 filings (FULL band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Oklahoma

20,325 · FULL · Δ660

Arkansas

16,230 · FULL · Δ3,435

Nevada

16,067 · FULL · Δ3,598

Kansas

15,668 · FULL · Δ3,997
Compare FORD F-150 vs JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE →

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 Oregon compares to the national picture

Oregon sits #29 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (FULL; 22 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Oregon's FLAG crash-flag share (6.4%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the FORD F-150 leads Oregon 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 Oregon. A an Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Oregon drivers (9,052 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.