Suspension Problems
43,503 owner-reported suspension 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 7 makes and 14 models, so it works best as a browsing and comparison surface, not a defect verdict.
- The highest-volume tracked page right now is 2002 Ford Taurus with 954 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 suspension 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 | 2002 Ford Taurus | 954 |
| 2 | 2001 Ford Taurus | 507 |
| 3 | 2000 Dodge Durango | 483 |
| 4 | 2005 Ford Escape | 469 |
| 5 | 2002 Jeep Liberty | 466 |
| 6 | 2000 Ford Taurus | 440 |
| 7 | 2004 Jeep Liberty | 434 |
| 8 | 2003 Jeep Liberty | 418 |
| 9 | 2002 Ford Explorer | 404 |
| 10 | 2001 Ford Windstar | 384 |
| 11 | 2000 Ford Windstar | 339 |
| 12 | 2000 Ford Focus | 323 |
| 13 | 2003 Ford Taurus | 309 |
| 14 | 2002 Ford Windstar | 266 |
| 15 | 2013 Nissan Altima | 257 |
| 16 | 2005 Jeep Liberty | 243 |
| 17 | 2001 Dodge Durango | 242 |
| 18 | 2003 Ford Windstar | 241 |
| 19 | 2007 Honda Civic | 240 |
| 20 | 2002 Mercury Sable | 236 |
| 21 | 2007 Dodge Caliber | 209 |
| 22 | 1998 Ford Windstar | 203 |
| 23 | 2001 Mercury Sable | 202 |
| 24 | 2006 Honda Civic | 194 |
| 25 | 1997 Ford F-150 | 190 |
| 26 | 1999 Ford Windstar | 188 |
| 27 | 1999 Ford Taurus | 179 |
| 28 | 2016 Tesla Model S | 179 |
| 29 | 2006 Jeep Liberty | 177 |
| 30 | 2009 Nissan Versa | 167 |
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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.