Buying a Used EV? Every 2022 Electric Car Ranked by Recalls and Owner Complaints (NHTSA Data)

Recalls and owner complaints filed with NHTSA for 16 model year 2022 electric vehicles (queried October 11, 2026): Tesla Model Y (867 complaints, 20 recalls), Model 3 (766, 18), Hyundai Ioniq 5 (407, 3), Polestar 2 (305, 4), Ford F-150 Lightning (304, 9), Kia EV6 (278, 4), Mach-E (138, 9), VW ID.4 (137, 7), Nissan LEAF (95, 4), Chevrolet Bolt EV/EUV (85, 7), Rivian R1T (68, 12), R1S (4, 13), BMW iX (30, 11), Lucid Air (24, 15), BMW i4 (10, 8), Audi Q4 e-tron (8, 5). Complaints are unverified and not adjusted for sales. Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:02 Tesla: the most complaints 2:55 Hyundai and Kia: the ICCU 4:04 Polestar: the camera 4:35 Ford: Lightning and Mach-E 6:02 Chevrolet Bolt: the battery story 6:51 VW, Nissan and the rest 7:43 Startups: many recalls, few complaints 8:51 The patterns 9:32 Used EV checklist 10:19 Final word Sources: NHTSA recalls and complaints databases (api.nhtsa.gov recallsByVehicle and complaintsByVehicle), model year 2022, queried October 11, 2026 NHTSA recall details (api.nhtsa.gov recalls by campaign number) Image credits (resized and cropped for video): 132 public-domain / CC0 images (no attribution required). Additional footage: Pixabay (pixabay.com), Pixabay Content License. Additional photos: Pixabay (pixabay.com), Pixabay Content License. --- Voiceover is produced with AI text-to-speech. Images are licensed (public domain or Creative Commons) and credited in each video description. Sources are listed above for every number in the video. #cars #automotive #RayStricklandCars