Reliability & cost of ownership
Ottawa 50 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Ottawa 50? 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.
Ottawa 50 problems by model year
10 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 8 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 50 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2006 50 | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2005 50 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2004 50 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2003 50 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2002 50 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2001 50 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2000 50 | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |