Which other state measures also move with car battery replacement complaints?

NHTSA owner complaints about car battery replacement also differ across states on 4 other public measures; the widest gap is vehicle miles driven per lane-mile of public road (+20 points in reports against expected, 10 highest vs 10 lowest states).

Vehicle miles driven per lane-mile of public road+20 points

Share of residents living in urban areas+14 points

Average one-way commute+14 points

Spending on vehicle maintenance and repair per resident+12 points

What it shows: Vehicle miles driven per lane-mile of public road is the largest at +20 points, followed by Share of residents living in urban areas at +14 points; the smallest shown is Spending on vehicle maintenance and repair per resident at +12 points.

• States differ in many ways at once, so a link across states says nothing about why; reports are not failures.

Source: Public state measures (listed in the sources of this page), joined to NHTSA owner complaints · downloaded 2026-10-12