Reliability & cost of ownership
Startrans Candidate Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Startrans Candidate? 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.
Startrans Candidate problems by model year
43 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 11 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Candidate | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2013 Candidate | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2012 Candidate | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2011 Candidate | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2010 Candidate | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2009 Candidate | 7 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2008 Candidate | 8 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2007 Candidate | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2006 Candidate | 4 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2005 Candidate | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2004 Candidate | 2 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |