The Lemon Index

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Every model we score has a free chart of its owner complaints by model year: 250 models. Paste one line of code into your site, blog or forum post. The numbers update when ours do, and the credit line is built in.

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<iframe src="https://lemonindex.com/embed/cars/honda-civic/" title="Honda Civic reliability by model year (The Lemon Index)" width="100%" height="813" style="border:0;max-width:720px" loading="lazy"></iframe><p style="font-size:13px;margin:4px 0 0">Data: <a href="https://lemonindex.com/cars/honda-civic/">Lemon Index</a> (Honda Civic reliability by year)</p>

Preview the chart · or use the Embed this chart button under the year chart on any car page.

On a website or blog

  • WordPress: add a Custom HTML block and paste the code.
  • Squarespace: add a Code block. Wix: Embed code → Embed HTML. Ghost: an HTML card.
  • The chart fills the column up to 720 px wide and works on phones. Keep the Data: Lemon Index line under it: that's the credit.
  • Sites that strip iframes (Substack, Medium): post a screenshot of the preview with a link to the car's page instead.

On a forum

  • Most car forums don't allow iframes. Open the preview, take a screenshot, and post it with the car page's link, e.g. Data: Lemon Index, https://lemonindex.com/cars/honda-civic/.
  • Forums that allow HTML embeds (some XenForo and Discourse setups) take the code as is.

In a YouTube video

  • Open the preview full screen, pick Light or Dark to match your edit, and screen-record or screenshot it.
  • Keep the Data: Lemon Index line in frame, or say it, and put the car page's link in your description.

The rules

  • Free for anyone under CC BY 4.0: credit The Lemon Index (lemonindex.com) with a link.
  • Don't change the numbers or cut off the credit line.
  • The chart shows owner complaints per car sold. A complaint is an owner's report, not proof of a defect, and this is not a safety rating. How the index works.

Site-wide charts

Free under CC BY 4.0. The credit line is built into the image and the embed.

Car brands ranked by owner complaints (chart, The Lemon Index)

Car brands ranked by owner complaints

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<iframe src="https://lemonindex.com/embed/brands/" title="Car brands ranked by owner complaints (The Lemon Index)" width="100%" height="804" style="border:0;max-width:720px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
The most and least reliable cars (chart, The Lemon Index)

The most and least reliable cars

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<iframe src="https://lemonindex.com/embed/models/" title="The most and least reliable cars (The Lemon Index)" width="100%" height="642" style="border:0;max-width:720px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
The worst car model years, 2015-2025 (chart, The Lemon Index)

The worst car model years, 2015-2025

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<iframe src="https://lemonindex.com/embed/worst-years/" title="The worst car model years, 2015-2025 (The Lemon Index)" width="100%" height="615" style="border:0;max-width:720px" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Numbers on every chart come from NHTSA owner complaints and published U.S. sales. Reporters: see the press page and the car complaint statistics.

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