Buick Lesabre vs Jeep Liberty

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	Buick Lesabre	Jeep Liberty
Complaints on file	4,865	11,711
Model years covered	1971–2006	2000–2012
Worst model year	2000	2002
Best model year	1996	2009
Crashes reported	278	820
Fires reported	320	218
Injuries reported	213	631
Deaths reported	6	19
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Suspension
Share of complaints involving harm	16.8%	14.4%

Buick Lesabre by year

1 1 2 1 1 7 6 20 53 22 35 75 46 245 264 220 235 121 514 518 268 849 460 381 209 212 95 4

71 77 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 848 17.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 590 12.1%

Electrical System 562 11.6%

Brakes 476 9.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 319 6.6%

Airbags 293 6.0%

Body & Structure 293 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 267 5.5%

Jeep Liberty by year

7 12 2,330 1,732 1,440 1,461 1,812 941 766 146 271 241 552

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Suspension 2,062 17.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,786 15.3%

Airbags 1,356 11.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,213 10.4%

Electrical System 901 7.7%

Body & Structure 895 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 605 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 516 4.4%