Buick Rainier vs Land Rover Range Rover

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 Rainier	Land Rover Range Rover
Complaints on file	525	1,307
Model years covered	2003–2007	1987–2025
Worst model year	2004	2015
Best model year	2007	1994
Crashes reported	33	81
Fires reported	24	50
Injuries reported	14	55
Deaths reported	0	4
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	13.5%	14.5%

Buick Rainier by year

1 205 158 117 44

03 04 05 06 07

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

What breaks

Electrical System 147 28.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 93 17.7%

Lights 57 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 28 5.3%

Suspension 25 4.8%

Engine & Cooling 22 4.2%

Airbags 22 4.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 22 4.2%

Land Rover Range Rover by year

3 2 6 14 6 9 13 46 50 27 28 38 34 7 25 133 61 43 80 22 36 5 17 20 23 37 67 102 95 84 38 27 28 16 3 33 16 13

87 88 89 90 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 239 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 158 12.1%

Steering 151 11.6%

Suspension 125 9.6%

Electrical System 120 9.2%

Brakes 76 5.8%

Airbags 71 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 69 5.3%