Chevrolet Colorado 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	Chevrolet Colorado	Jeep Liberty
Complaints on file	4,956	11,717
Model years covered	2004–2026	2000–2012
Worst model year	2005	2002
Best model year	2010	2009
Crashes reported	189	820
Fires reported	95	218
Injuries reported	133	631
Deaths reported	9	19
Most complained-about part	Steering	Suspension
Share of complaints involving harm	8.6%	14.4%

Chevrolet Colorado by year

502 459 323 199 130 87 48 54 60 2 1 646 955 286 249 197 106 109 70 214 190 47 22

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Steering 952 19.2%

Electrical System 769 15.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 561 11.3%

Brakes 439 8.9%

Engine & Cooling 435 8.8%

Other & Unspecified 281 5.7%

Lights 214 4.3%

Airbags 184 3.7%

Jeep Liberty by year

7 12 2,330 1,732 1,440 1,461 1,813 941 766 146 273 244 552

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 2,063 17.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,786 15.2%

Airbags 1,357 11.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,213 10.4%

Electrical System 901 7.7%

Body & Structure 895 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 606 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 516 4.4%