Chevrolet Suburban 1500 vs Jeep Patriot

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 Suburban 1500	Jeep Patriot
Complaints on file	1,761	4,394
Model years covered	1994–2026	2002–2017
Worst model year	2007	2014
Best model year	1998	2007
Crashes reported	53	205
Fires reported	34	60
Injuries reported	56	151
Deaths reported	1	5
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.2%	9.6%

Chevrolet Suburban 1500 by year

10 10 12 21 16 91 72 102 144 223 220 102 35 240 131 70 70 108 1 25 39 19

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 21 23 25 26

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

What breaks

Brakes 375 21.3%

Electrical System 268 15.2%

Airbags 204 11.6%

Body & Structure 135 7.7%

Engine & Cooling 133 7.6%

Other & Unspecified 122 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 79 4.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 79 4.5%

Jeep Patriot by year

6 130 274 292 207 487 554 178 906 501 761 98

02 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 840 19.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 432 9.8%

Electrical System 423 9.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 418 9.5%

Airbags 383 8.7%

Other & Unspecified 340 7.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 234 5.3%

Seat Belts 228 5.2%