When in the year do owners report it?

NHTSA owner complaints about this part run furthest above the usual seasonal share in June: about 153% more of them name an incident that month than complaints about any part would predict. A complaint is a report, not a measured failure.

Complaints by month of the incident, against all complaints

What it shows: June is the largest at 23% (all: 9%), followed by January at 5% (all: 9%); the smallest shown is November at 2% (all: 7%).

Source: NHTSA owner complaint files · file downloaded 2026-10-05

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