Cadillac Fleetwood vs Jaguar S-Type

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	Cadillac Fleetwood	Jaguar S-Type
Complaints on file	265	656
Model years covered	1972–1998	2000–2008
Worst model year	1993	2003
Best model year	1995	2002
Crashes reported	33	79
Fires reported	14	12
Injuries reported	22	33
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	26%	19.2%

Cadillac Fleetwood by year

1 1 1 6 1 17 10 8 4 16 22 22 13 51 27 22 39 4

72 78 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98

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

What breaks

Brakes 48 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 30 11.3%

Electrical System 24 9.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 19 7.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 17 6.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 5.7%

Steering 14 5.3%

Body & Structure 14 5.3%

Jaguar S-Type by year

178 105 30 152 39 110 27 7 8

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 97 14.8%

Brakes 83 12.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 68 10.4%

Suspension 64 9.8%

Engine & Cooling 62 9.5%

Electrical System 53 8.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 45 6.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 40 6.1%