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NHTSA Vehicle Complaints 1995–March 2026

Vehicle complaint records with narratives and component fields.

Snapshot coverage

Records: 2,189,824 component rows; 1,582,110 complaints

Coverage: Added dates: 1995-01-03 through 2026-03-26

Format: CSV + Parquet

Package uploaded: 2026-03-30

Listing reviewed: 2026-09-19

The upload and review dates do not extend the source coverage. This is a dated snapshot; future updates are not included.

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Known limitations

Failure dates include implausible values through 2203 and model years include the 9999 sentinel. Validate these fields before analysis.
Coverage is based on complaint-added dates, not incident dates. Consumer reports are allegations, not independently established defects.
The 2,189,824 rows represent complaint/component records covering 1,582,110 distinct odino values. Count distinct odino values when estimating complaint totals.

Files in this snapshot

Row counts are per table and should not be added as independent events. Expand a file to see its delivered Parquet field names and types.

nhtsa_complaints.parquet — 2,189,824 rows · 53 fields

Field	Type
cmplid	int64
odino	int64
mfr_name	string
make	string
model	string
model_year	int64
crash	int64
fail_date	string
fire	int64
injured	int64
deaths	int64
comp_desc	string
city	string
state	string
date_added	string
date_updated	string
miles	int64
occurrences	int64
complaint_desc	string
cmpl_type	string
police_rpt	int64
purch_date	string
orig_owner	int64
anti_brakes	int64
cruise_ctrl	int64
num_cyls	int64
drive_train	string
fuel_sys	string
eng_type	string
climate_ctrl	int64
nad	string
ntsb	int64
ext_34	string
ext_35	string
ext_36	string
ext_37	string
ext_38	string
ext_39	string
ext_40	string
ext_41	string
ext_42	string
ext_43	string
ext_44	string
ext_45	string
ext_46	string
ext_47	string
ext_48	string
ext_49	string
comp_system	string
comp_component	string
comp_part	string
fail_year	int64
add_year	int64

Inspect the public CSV

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv(
    "https://huggingface.co/datasets/claritystorm/nhtsa-vehicle-complaints/resolve/main/sample_1000.csv"
)
print(df.shape)
print(df.columns.tolist())
print(df.head())

This CSV is a sample, not the full package. It does not establish complete historical coverage or represent every field’s missingness. License details are on the Hugging Face card.

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