Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
KnownFlaws: car problems, by model year
KnownFlaws lets shoppers research vehicle complaints, recalls, service bulletins, repair costs, and trouble codes by make, model, and year, or look up a car by VIN.
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- For
- Used-car shoppers comparing model years
- Worth noticing
- Its avoid-year lists flag years with over twice the complaints of a typical year for the same vehicle model.
Field notes
Visitors can browse by make or problem category, compare rival vehicles, and inspect annual rankings alongside individual model-year pages. The homepage also separates recent complaint spikes from its longer-term “years to avoid” lists, and says its underlying complaint, recall, and service-bulletin counts are updated daily.
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