Most reliable used midsize cars by NHTSA complaints per 10,000 built

These 12 model years of used midsize cars drew the fewest NHTSA owner complaints for every 10,000 cars built. The rate puts models that sell in large and small numbers on the same scale.

How this list is ranked

Complaints per 10,000 built is a model year's NHTSA owner complaints divided by its production, times 10,000.
Production is the number of cars the maker reported building for that model year to NHTSA under Early Warning Reporting (EWR).
Only model years with at least 10,000 built and from 2023 or earlier are ranked. Production for newer model years is not final.
At most 3 model years per model are listed, so one model can't fill the list. Ties are listed by make, model and year.
It covers 4 models of used midsize cars with a model page on this site: Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Altima and Toyota Camry.
The ranked model years run from 2012 to 2023.
Source: NHTSA owner complaints and EWR production reports, as of October 26, 2026.

Rank	Model year	Complaints per 10,000 built	Complaints	Built	Model
1	2022 Nissan Altima	1.7	20	115,373	All years
2	2023 Toyota Camry	2.1	64	308,407	All years
3	2022 Toyota Camry	2.4	60	249,349	All years
4	2023 Nissan Altima	2.5	29	117,225	All years
5	2017 Toyota Camry	3.7	148	399,180	All years
6	2021 Nissan Altima	6.4	70	109,261	All years
7	2023 Honda Accord	6.5	85	131,749	All years
8	2012 Honda Accord	11.4	372	325,940	All years
9	2023 Hyundai Sonata	11.6	86	73,902	All years
10	2022 Honda Accord	12.3	244	198,093	All years
11	2021 Hyundai Sonata	15.1	131	86,975	All years
12	2019 Hyundai Sonata	17.3	161	93,241	All years

What these numbers can't show

Here 'reliable' means few NHTSA complaints per 10,000 built.
Complaints are unverified reports that owners filed with NHTSA. They don't show repair costs, or problems owners never reported.
Older model years have had more time to draw complaints, so the measure favors newer years.
A few model years have no production match in EWR and are left out.