Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
PG01601
SUBJECT REGARDING SOME STATE INSPECTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS REQUIRE A LOADED MODE TEST CONDUCTED ON A DYNAMOMETER. A LOADED MODE TEST USING A 2WD DYNAMOMETER CANNOT BE PERFORMED ON VEHICLES WITH FULL TIME FOR WHEEL DRIVE OR NON SWITCHABLE TRACTION CONTROL VEHICLES. *ET
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.