Chevrolet Lumina vs Nissan Maxima

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 Lumina	Nissan Maxima
Complaints on file	4,007	8,853
Model years covered	1987–2008	1982–2023
Worst model year	1995	2000
Best model year	2001	2013
Crashes reported	283	466
Fires reported	83	398
Injuries reported	159	330
Deaths reported	18	16
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	13.6%	13.7%

Chevrolet Lumina by year

2 615 483 483 344 190 670 312 438 276 132 36 25 1

87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 08

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

What breaks

Brakes 1,252 31.2%

Engine & Cooling 423 10.6%

Electrical System 300 7.5%

Steering 287 7.2%

Body & Structure 226 5.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 199 5.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 196 4.9%

Seat Belts 182 4.5%

Nissan Maxima by year

4 8 40 64 74 194 73 78 138 99 140 102 128 195 117 123 133 215 467 225 278 249 1,725 1,152 733 169 99 460 399 138 137 71 126 2 224 155 46 28 33 4 6 2

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 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,465 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 957 10.8%

Electrical System 915 10.3%

Steering 528 6.0%

Airbags 517 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 503 5.7%

Brakes 441 5.0%

Body & Structure 355 4.0%