Chevrolet Suburban 1500 vs Lincoln Town CAR

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	Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints on file	1,753	4,329
Model years covered	1994–2026	1977–2011
Worst model year	2007	1996
Best model year	2026	2010
Crashes reported	50	404
Fires reported	34	512
Injuries reported	56	232
Deaths reported	1	8
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	8%	26.7%

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 36 14

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 21.4%

Electrical System 268 15.3%

Airbags 204 11.6%

Body & Structure 135 7.7%

Engine & Cooling 128 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 121 6.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 79 4.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 78 4.4%

Lincoln Town CAR by year

2 1 1 1 4 6 19 24 54 40 123 97 267 278 312 226 212 241 316 395 194 203 147 207 71 242 99 161 207 114 31 6 17 11

77 78 80 81 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

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

What breaks

Electrical System 558 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 520 12.0%

Brakes 504 11.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 469 10.8%

Suspension 334 7.7%

Airbags 329 7.6%

Steering 240 5.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 186 4.3%