claritystorm/nhtsa-vehicle-complaints
NHTSA Vehicle Complaints 1995–March 2026 One-time dated snapshot. Vehicle complaint records with narratives and component fields. Verified coverage: Added dates: 1995-01-03 through 2026-03-26. Records: 2,189,824 component rows; 1,582,110 complaints. This repository contains a 1,000-row public sample, not the full package. A sample does not establish complete historical coverage. Limitations Failure dates include implausible values through 2203 and model years… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/claritystorm/nhtsa-vehicle-complaints.
NHTSA Vehicle Complaints 1995–March 2026
One-time dated snapshot.
Vehicle complaint records with narratives and component fields.
Verified coverage: Added dates: 1995-01-03 through 2026-03-26.
Records: 2,189,824 component rows; 1,582,110 complaints.
This repository contains a 1,000-row public sample, not the full package. A sample does not establish complete historical coverage.
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.
Package upload: 2026-03-30. Listing reviewed: 2026-09-19. These dates do not extend source coverage. This review did not refresh the data.
Existing package tables
Counts are per table, not independent events. Full field names and types are on the dataset page.
Inspect the public CSV
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("sample_1000.csv")
print(df.shape)
print(df.columns.tolist())
print(df.head())Availability
The dated snapshot is available for a one-time $79 purchase, subject to its documented limitations and license terms. Future updates are not included.
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