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West Virginia vehicle complaints

7,276 NHTSA complaints filed by West Virginia drivers across 50 vehicle models, the models your neighbors flag most.

Complaints
7,276
Crashes
629
Models
50

Volume is not severity

According to NHTSA ODI filings attributed to West Virginia drivers, the Ford F-150 leads complaint volume at 479 (#1 of 50 tracked models) but the Ford Focus leads crash-linked reports at 34 (#1); the Pontiac Grand AM leads reported fatalities at 14 (#1).

479
Ford F-150 complaints #1
34
Ford Focus crashes #1
14
Pontiac Grand AM 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 CRASH-HEAVY (8.6%)

Crash-flagged vs other filings

West Virginia filings in this extract skew crash-flagged at 8.6% (CRASH-HEAVY · crash-led) versus other ODI rows - orthogonal to the make/model top-N bars below.

West Virginia vs all jurisdictions by NHTSA complaint volume

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

13,816 35th of 51 higher than 16 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

West Virginia has more filings than 16 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 West Virginia drivers. See our methodology.

West Virginia ODI volume reading

The standout signal in West Virginia is filing volume: 13,816 owner-attributed NHTSA ODI complaints (#35 of 51, thin-book tercile). Crash-flag share sits at 8.6% (CRASH-HEAVY).

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 West Virginia with 479 filings (31 crash-flagged).

Severe outcomes reported in West Virginia

629
Crash reports
153
Fire incidents
21
Reported fatalities
Most complained make in West Virginia
Ford (2,262 complaints)

Most-complained vehicles in West Virginia

Ranked by NHTSA complaints filed by in-state owners

complaints

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

# Vehicle Complaints
1 Ford F-150 479
2 Ford Escape 333
3 Ford Explorer 312
4 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 300
5 Jeep Grand Cherokee 292
6 Ford Focus 280
7 Jeep Cherokee 225
8 Ford Fusion 213
9 Chevrolet Malibu 208
10 Jeep Wrangler 202
11 Chevrolet Silverado 182
12 Dodge Durango 181
13 Ford Taurus 170
14 Ford Ranger 163
15 Toyota Tacoma 157
16 Chevrolet Blazer 152
17 Chevrolet Cobalt 150
18 Jeep Liberty 140
19 Dodge RAM 1500 134
20 Chevrolet Impala 126
21 Ford Windstar 123
22 Chevrolet S10 121
23 Pontiac Grand AM 120
24 RAM 1500 113
25 Chrysler Town AND Country 111
26 Toyota 4runner 108
27 GMC Sierra 1500 106
28 Dodge Grand Caravan 106
29 Toyota Rav4 105
30 Honda CR-V 105
31 Dodge Dakota 103
32 Chevrolet Cavalier 103
33 Chevrolet Equinox 99
34 Chevrolet Trailblazer 97
35 Ford Edge 96
36 Hyundai Sonata 95
37 Honda Accord 93
38 Ford F-250 93
39 RAM 2500 92
40 Toyota Tundra 90
41 Dodge Caravan 90
42 Subaru Outback 89
43 KIA Sorento 89
44 Honda Civic 80
45 Chevrolet Cruze 78
46 Pontiac G6 76
47 Toyota Corolla 75
48 Nissan Altima 75
49 Toyota Camry 73
50 Chrysler Pacifica 73

Nearest ODI volume peers

Closest owner-attributed complaint totals to West Virginia's 13,816 filings (LIGHT band) - NHTSA ODI volume stamps, not an alphabetical state strip.

Utah

12,879 · LIGHT · Δ937

Iowa

14,831 · LIGHT · Δ1,015

Mississippi

15,388 · FULL · Δ1,572

Kansas

15,668 · FULL · Δ1,852
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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. West Virginia totals: 7,276 filings across 50 models (LIGHT/CRASH-HEAVY; vintage August 2026).

How West Virginia compares to the national picture

West Virginia sits #35 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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia. West Virginia's crash-led crash-flag standing (8.6%) is especially sensitive to that self-report noise; treat the LIGHT ranking as directional and open the model pages.

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