Tires & Wheels Problems
27,824 owner-reported tires & wheels 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 4 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 1998 Ford Explorer with 696 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 tires & wheels 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 | 1998 Ford Explorer | 696 |
| 2 | 1997 Ford Explorer | 666 |
| 3 | 1996 Ford Explorer | 559 |
| 4 | 1997 Ford F-150 | 392 |
| 5 | 1999 Ford Explorer | 352 |
| 6 | 1994 Ford Explorer | 324 |
| 7 | 1993 Ford Explorer | 243 |
| 8 | 2017 Chevrolet Corvette | 221 |
| 9 | 2000 Ford Explorer | 213 |
| 10 | 1995 Ford Explorer | 198 |
| 11 | 1999 Ford Expedition | 191 |
| 12 | 1998 Ford F-150 | 187 |
| 13 | 2000 Ford Excursion | 180 |
| 14 | 2000 Ford Expedition | 174 |
| 15 | 2000 Ford F-350 | 160 |
| 16 | 2000 Ford F-250 | 146 |
| 17 | 1999 Ford F-350 | 142 |
| 18 | 1999 Ford F-250 | 136 |
| 19 | 2000 Ford Ranger | 135 |
| 20 | 2000 Ford Focus | 132 |
| 21 | 1992 Ford Explorer | 128 |
| 22 | 2004 Toyota Sienna | 124 |
| 23 | 2019 Chevrolet Corvette | 123 |
| 24 | 1998 Ford Windstar | 122 |
| 25 | 2010 Ford Fusion | 121 |
| 26 | 2000 Chevrolet Silverado | 120 |
| 27 | 2004 Nissan Maxima | 120 |
| 28 | 2001 Chevrolet Silverado | 111 |
| 29 | 1991 Ford Explorer | 109 |
| 30 | 2001 Ford F-250 | 97 |
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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.