Reliability & cost of ownership
East Manufacturing Pup Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the East Manufacturing Pup? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
East Manufacturing Pup problems by model year
19 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 7 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Pup | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2005 Pup | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2004 Pup | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2003 Pup | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2002 Pup | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2001 Pup | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2000 Pup | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |