Lighting Problems
31,455 owner-reported lighting complaints across all covered vehicles in our database. Below are the vehicles with the most reports in this category. Complaint counts are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and may not indicate confirmed defects.
This group counts stored reports whose component label starts with one of this site's matching prefixes, ignoring case. Each matching report counts once within the group. Components mentioned later in the label or only in the narrative are not searched. How component counts work
Key Takeaways
- The total covers matching stored reports across the database; the table shows up to 30 published vehicle-year pages, not the entire dataset.
- The current leaderboard spans 14 makes and 15 models, so it works best as a browsing and comparison surface, not a defect verdict.
- The highest-volume tracked page right now is 2007 Toyota Prius with 957 complaints in this category.
- A high complaint count can reflect sales volume, age, or reporting behavior. Use the linked vehicle and recall pages to understand context before drawing conclusions.
What This Category Means
This page groups NHTSA owner complaints by matching prefixes at the start of the stored component label. Vehicles are ranked by matching report count, not by every mention of lighting in a report. These counts are browsing signals - a high number reflects reports, not a confirmed failure rate or a count of distinct owners. Click any vehicle to view its full complaint breakdown by component.
| # | Vehicle | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 Toyota Prius | 957 |
| 2 | 2006 Toyota Prius | 866 |
| 3 | 2008 Toyota Prius | 494 |
| 4 | 2013 Nissan Altima | 419 |
| 5 | 2015 Acura RDX | 330 |
| 6 | 2005 Toyota Prius | 303 |
| 7 | 2015 Cadillac SRX | 287 |
| 8 | 2014 Nissan Altima | 279 |
| 9 | 2015 Nissan Altima | 260 |
| 10 | 2014 Cadillac SRX | 251 |
| 11 | 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis | 242 |
| 12 | 2015 GMC Yukon | 229 |
| 13 | 2012 Cadillac SRX | 221 |
| 14 | 2014 Dodge Durango | 216 |
| 15 | 2013 Cadillac SRX | 208 |
| 16 | 2010 Cadillac SRX | 201 |
| 17 | 2000 Chevrolet Malibu | 189 |
| 18 | 2011 Cadillac SRX | 186 |
| 19 | 2008 Toyota Avalon | 179 |
| 20 | 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis | 178 |
| 21 | 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis | 178 |
| 22 | 2020 Kia Telluride | 171 |
| 23 | 2004 BMW 3 Series | 170 |
| 24 | 2008 Saturn Outlook | 161 |
| 25 | 2004 Toyota Prius | 161 |
| 26 | 2014 Acura RDX | 156 |
| 27 | 2011 Hyundai Sonata | 156 |
| 28 | 2016 Mazda CX-5 | 154 |
| 29 | 2015 Dodge Durango | 147 |
| 30 | 2006 Audi A4 | 144 |
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Data sourced from NHTSA public records. A high complaint count may reflect a vehicle's popularity or sales volume, not necessarily a higher defect rate.
Latest vehicle import recorded anywhere on this site: Oct 8, 2026. Individual vehicles and datasets may have older records; this is not this page's update date.