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Vermont vehicle complaints

2,683 NHTSA complaints filed by Vermont drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
2,683
Crashes
162
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to Vermont drivers, the FORD F-150 leads complaint volume at 140 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the TOYOTA COROLLA leads crash-linked reports at 15 (#1); the HONDA ACCORD leads reported fatalities at 2 (#1).

140
FORD F-150 complaints #1
15
TOYOTA COROLLA crashes #1
2
HONDA ACCORD 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 LIGHT Crash-flag FLAG (6.0%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

Vermont filings in this extract split 6.0% crash-flagged (FLAG) versus other ODI rows, orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

Vermont vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

5,320 46th of 51 higher than 5 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

Vermont has more filings than 5 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 Vermont drivers. See our methodology.

Vermont drivers have submitted 2,683 safety complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across 50 distinct vehicle models. Those filings include 162 crash reports , 65 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 Vermont

162
Crash reports
65
Fire incidents
5
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in Vermont
FORD (649 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in Vermont

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

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

# Vehicle Complaints
1 FORD F-150 140
2 SUBARU OUTBACK 115
3 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 113
4 TOYOTA TACOMA 105
5 TOYOTA TUNDRA 90
6 FORD FOCUS 87
7 FORD EXPLORER 81
8 FORD ESCAPE 80
9 FORD WINDSTAR 79
10 JEEP WRANGLER 75
11 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 69
12 DODGE DAKOTA 67
13 TOYOTA COROLLA 66
14 HONDA CR-V 66
15 SUBARU FORESTER 61
16 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 60
17 JEEP CHEROKEE 58
18 FORD RANGER 57
19 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 56
20 FORD TAURUS 56
21 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 54
22 TOYOTA RAV4 53
23 TOYOTA PRIUS 53
24 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 50
25 DODGE CARAVAN 48
26 HONDA ACCORD 46
27 SUBARU IMPREZA 45
28 FORD FUSION 43
29 TOYOTA SIENNA 42
30 CHEVROLET MALIBU 41
31 HONDA CIVIC 40
32 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 40
33 SUBARU LEGACY 39
34 GMC SIERRA 1500 37
35 JEEP LIBERTY 33
36 GMC SIERRA 33
37 TOYOTA CAMRY 32
38 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 32
39 NISSAN ROGUE 31
40 NISSAN ALTIMA 31
41 CHEVROLET IMPALA 31
42 CHEVROLET COBALT 31
43 KIA SPORTAGE 30
44 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 29
45 CHEVROLET BLAZER 28
46 KIA SORENTO 26
47 HYUNDAI SONATA 26
48 FORD ESCORT 26
49 DODGE DURANGO 26
50 CHEVROLET CAVALIER 26

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to Vermont's 5,320 filings (LIGHT band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Montana

5,088 · LIGHT · Δ232

Alaska

4,406 · THIN · Δ914

Hawaii

6,648 · LIGHT · Δ1,328

District of Columbia

6,811 · LIGHT · Δ1,491
Compare FORD F-150 vs SUBARU OUTBACK →

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 Vermont compares to the national picture

Vermont sits #46 of 51 jurisdictions on owner-attributed ODI volume (LIGHT; 5 jurisdictions file fewer). Absolute counts track population and reporting culture more than per-vehicle defect rates, pair Vermont's FLAG crash-flag share (6.0%) with model-level national rankings before treating a local leaderboard as a reliability verdict. Inside this extract the FORD F-150 leads Vermont 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 Vermont. A a Vermont 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 Vermont's LIGHT 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 Vermont drivers (2,683 filings across 50 models; vintage August 2026; LIGHT/FLAG). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.