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Utah vehicle complaints

5,961 NHTSA complaints filed by Utah drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
5,961
Crashes
314
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Utah drivers, the Ford F-150 leads complaint volume at 332 (#1 of 50) but the Toyota Camry leads crash-linked reports at 18 (#1).

332
Ford F-150 complaints #1
18
Toyota Camry crashes #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 LIGHT Crash-flag FLAG (5.3%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Utah filings in this extract split 5.3% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Utah vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

12,879 36th of 51 higher than 15 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

Utah has more filings than 15 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 Utah drivers. See our methodology.

Utah ODI volume reading

The standout signal in Utah is filing volume: 12,879 owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaints (#36 of 51, thin-book tercile). Crash-flag share sits at 5.3% (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 Utah with 332 filings (9 crash-flagged).

Severe outcomes reported in Utah

314
Crash reports
97
Fire incidents
2
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Utah
Ford (1,736 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Utah

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

What this shows The Ford F-150 draws the most NHTSA complaints from Utah 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 Utah

# Vehicle Complaints
1 Ford F-150 332
2 Jeep Grand Cherokee 263
3 Ford Explorer 228
4 Jeep Wrangler 215
5 Dodge Durango 206
6 Ford Focus 180
7 Ford Escape 179
8 Ford F-350 159
9 Subaru Outback 157
10 Honda Accord 157
11 Chevrolet Malibu 157
12 Dodge RAM 2500 156
13 Dodge Grand Caravan 155
14 Hyundai Sonata 147
15 Ford Fusion 146
16 RAM 1500 139
17 Jeep Cherokee 130
18 Honda Civic 123
19 Ford Edge 121
20 Volkswagen Jetta 117
21 Dodge RAM 1500 115
22 Ford Windstar 114
23 Ford Taurus 109
24 Toyota Prius 102
25 Honda Odyssey 100
26 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 98
27 Chrysler Town AND Country 93
28 Nissan Altima 92
29 Hyundai Elantra 89
30 Honda CR-V 89
31 Tesla Model 3 87
32 Ford Expedition 86
33 Honda Pilot 85
34 Toyota Camry 84
35 Tesla Model Y 83
36 Ford F-250 82
37 Jeep Liberty 75
38 Toyota Rav4 74
39 Toyota Sienna 73
40 Toyota Corolla 73
41 Subaru Forester 72
42 Nissan Rogue 72
43 Toyota Tacoma 71
44 Chevrolet Suburban 71
45 Hyundai Santa FE 70
46 Nissan Titan 69
47 Volkswagen Passat 68
48 Chevrolet Blazer 67
49 Chevrolet Tahoe 66
50 Toyota Tundra 65

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Utah's 12,879 filings (LIGHT band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

West Virginia

13,816 · LIGHT · Δ937

New Hampshire

11,840 · LIGHT · Δ1,039

Iowa

14,831 · LIGHT · Δ1,952

New Mexico

10,743 · LIGHT · Δ2,136
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. Utah totals: 5,961 filings across 50 models (LIGHT/FLAG; vintage August 2026).

How Utah compares to the national picture

Utah sits #36 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 Utah 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 Utah. A a Utah resident reporting a purchase made elsewhere still tags here. NHTSA does not deduplicate by VIN across years. Treat Utah's LIGHT ranking as directional and open the model pages linked above.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.