Cadillac Fleetwood vs Toyota Prius V

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	Toyota Prius V
Complaints on file	265	652
Model years covered	1972–1998	2011–2018
Worst model year	1993	2012
Best model year	1995	2017
Crashes reported	33	67
Fires reported	14	16
Injuries reported	22	33
Deaths reported	0	6
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	26%	18.7%

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%

Toyota Prius V by year

1 290 165 123 32 24 14 3

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Brakes 260 39.9%

Engine & Cooling 71 10.9%

Electrical System 61 9.4%

Other & Unspecified 44 6.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 37 5.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 36 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 22 3.4%

Airbags 20 3.1%