1. A method for providing a vehicle component fault score, the method comprising the steps of: tracking faults that occur on vehicle components in a plurality of vehicles; compiling one or more sets of attribute values for the tracked faults, wherein a set of attribute values is collected for each item within one or more preset vehicle categories; calculating a fault score for each set of the compiled attribute values; and displaying a set of one or more items with respective fault scores based on a preset vehicle category selected by a user.