Chevrolet Lumina vs Toyota Tundra

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	Toyota Tundra
Complaints on file	4,007	9,446
Model years covered	1987–2008	1999–2026
Worst model year	1995	2007
Best model year	2001	2026
Crashes reported	283	501
Fires reported	83	70
Injuries reported	159	260
Deaths reported	18	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	13.6%	8.9%

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%

Toyota Tundra by year

1 1,334 543 648 524 652 491 677 535 460 53 218 184 216 105 115 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 633 620 511 222 34

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 26

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

What breaks

Body & Structure 1,779 18.8%

Brakes 1,068 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,053 11.1%

Suspension 854 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 802 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 576 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 568 6.0%

Airbags 495 5.2%