Owners have filed 5 complaints on the Bentley Bentayga, covering 2017–2019. The system named most often is Fuel System (2 reports). Worst years by volume: 2017, 2019, 2018; cleanest: 2018, 2019, 2017. 1 reports describe a crash. On average the car was 4.0 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Bentley Bentayga
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 5 Bentayga complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Fuel System 2 Read
The contact owns a 2019 Bentley Bentayga. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and occupied, while attempting to start the vehicle, the contact smelled an abnormal fuel odor inside the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. An independent mechanic was contacted. The vehicle was taken to an…
The contact owns a 2017 Bentley Bentayga. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormally strong fuel odor detected. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel line was fractured and the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired.…
Electrical System 1 Read
The contact stated that she was a standing outside of a 2017 Bentley Bentayga while guiding a driver to park the vehicle in a residential garage when the anti-collision and anti-pedestrian feature failed. The contact stated that she was providing information from the electronic data recorder. The contact stated that…
Service Brakes 1 Read
On July 19, 2019, with 8800 miles on my 2018 Bentley Bentayga, I took it into an authorized Bentley dealer repair shop for routine service. I was advised that the brakes, front, and back were dangerously low. There was no prior warning or indication of this problem. I had the front and back brakes replaced. In…
Air Bags 1 Read
Easy cyber attack against new bentley - critical issue it is incredibly dangerous to connect this car to the internet using a sim card, as the car is littered with high impact vulnerabilities that can easily be exploited to shut down systems, this would deny service of systems, like steering or brakes, or airbags.…
Bentayga years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fuel System, Gasoline | — | — | |
| 2018 | Service Brakes | — | — | |
| 2017 | Air Bags,unknown Or Other,service Brakes | 1 | — |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 4 |
| Average complaints per series | 1.3 |
| Worst single series | 2 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 4.0 years |
A model average of 1.3 hides a worst series at 2. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the Bentayga?
By complaint volume, 2017, 2019, 2018 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which Bentayga years are the cleanest?
2018, 2019, 2017 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Bentley Bentayga have?
5 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2017–2019. Of those, 1 describe a crash and 0 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.