BMW 528I vs Chrysler Concorde

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	BMW 528I	Chrysler Concorde
Complaints on file	1,239	2,991
Model years covered	1979–2016	1993–2004
Worst model year	2008	1999
Best model year	2009	2001
Crashes reported	28	182
Fires reported	72	54
Injuries reported	45	130
Deaths reported	0	4
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11.7%	12.4%

BMW 528I by year

1 2 49 39 59 53 3 1 181 33 87 164 145 119 92 106 105

79 80 97 98 99 00 01 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 384 31.0%

Electrical System 183 14.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 106 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 104 8.4%

Airbags 98 7.9%

Other & Unspecified 66 5.3%

Lights 63 5.1%

Brakes 36 2.9%

Chrysler Concorde by year

463 484 330 236 189 213 422 364 112 72 40 66

93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 763 25.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 264 8.8%

Steering 255 8.5%

Brakes 232 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 217 7.3%

Electrical System 171 5.7%

Body & Structure 139 4.6%

Suspension 133 4.4%