About Car Red Flags

Car Red Flags is run by a small team that got tired of piecing together recall pages, complaint counters and forum threads every time a friend asked which year of a used car to buy. We put that answer on one page for each car: a short verdict first, then the records behind it.

Every model page starts from public U.S. safety records: recalls, complaints owners file with federal regulators, and federal crash test ratings. We compare years fairly by dividing complaints by the number of cars sold, then read through the complaints ourselves to name the problems owners actually describe and what they usually cost to fix.

We are independent. We are not a government agency, a carmaker, a dealer or a repair shop, and no carmaker pays for a verdict. The site is supported by advertising.

Spotted something wrong, or own one of these cars and have a story to add? Reach out at [email protected]. See our corrections policy.