Workhorse W22

Owners filed 323 complaints across 11 model years of the Workhorse W22. The 2003 drew the most (113).

Model years11
Complaints323
Recalls19
Fires21
Deaths0

Which Workhorse W22 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Workhorse W22 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Workhorse W22 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20110
2———Routine
20092
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
20084
1——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
20075
1——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
20068
31—Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
200521
32—Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
200492
23—Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
2003113
181Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
200267
261Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
200110
31—Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
20001
1——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.