Worst Vehicles with the Worst Problems

Question

Worst Complaints of Vehicles reported by owners, relevant to those interested or buying a used car.

This list is compiled from carcomplaints.com's "The Worst Complaints" list. Here is their way of calculation:

"Shown below are worst car problems as reported to CarComplaints.com, ranked using our PainRank™ algorithm that factors in average mileage at failure, cost to fix & repair, relative complaints analysis, & owners' ranking."

1. 2005 Nissan Pathfinder coolant leaked into transmission

2. 2001 Honda Civic transmission failure

3. 2003 Honda Accord transmission failure

4. 2011 Hyundai Sonata engine seized

5. 2013 Nissan Altima CVT shuttering, vibration, hesitation, rough

6. 2014 Ford Focus bad hesitation, jerking when starting from stop

7. 2002 Honda Civic transmission failure

8. 2005 Nissan Xterra radiator leak causes transmission failure

9. 2006 Nissan Pathfinder coolant leaked into transmission

10. 2002 Chrysler Sebring oil sludge results in engine failing

11. 2003 Ford Taurus transmission failure

12. 1999 Dodge Intrepid oil sludge results in engine failing

13. 2001 Chrysler Sebring oil sludge results in engine failing

14. 2000 Dodge Intrepid oil sludge results in engine failing

15. 2008 Buick Enclave transmission failure

16. 2017 Chrysler Pacifica hard shifting

17. 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine won't start and TIMP going bad

18. 2006 Ford Explorer hard jolt while shifting, transmission lunges

19. 2005 Ford Taurus transmission failure

20. 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee electronic shifting unreliable

Top Problem Vehicles (years together in no order)

02-05 Ford Explorer https://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/Explorer/2002/

03, 08 Honda Accord https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Accord/2008/

01, 06 Honda Civic https://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Civic/2001/

02-03 Dodge Ram 1500 https://www.carcomplaints.com/Dodge/Ram_1500/2002/

07 Toyota Camry https://www.carcomplaints.com/Toyota/Camry/2007/

13 Nissan Altima https://www.carcomplaints.com/Nissan/Altima/2013/

2011 Hyundai Sonata https://www.carcomplaints.com/Hyundai/Sonata/2011/

Hope this information was helpful and/or interesting as it took forever to compile!

E30Poke · Accepted Answer

So roughly 70% of these problems are automatic transmission problems.  I'll stick with the manual transmission as long as I can buy em.

TheFloridian · Answer

I was about to say.  The 05-06 Explorer was one of the worst cars.

Figmund Sreud · Answer

Worst vehicle with the worst problems? BMW E65, hands down! From an early two-thousands (2001-2008), it was a marvel in electronics, … feature by feature, years ahead of anything else! Today, … it is a dinosaur, … technologically speaking. Not only that, all that olden technology was/is just perhaps, the most unreliable in history of the world! Period. And the other stuff beside electronics, … was the most unreliable in history of the world, too! Countless number of these cars BMW had to re-purchase! I remember it all, … c.2002, wife and I visited a local BMW emporium, … rumour was they had  Z8 on the showroom floor, and I couldn’t wait. They did, … as they did, too, E65. My wife went for E65, … and I got lost in Z8. Neither of us was bothered, … probably because we pulled in in ‘83 VW Jetta, …  As I recall, … price of each was pretty close in the same ball park, … something in the order of C$145K. Anyway, … today, Z8 is commanding north of U$250k, … E65? Oh, … about U$2.50k! F.S.