Chevrolet Suburban 1500 vs Toyota Avalon

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	Toyota Avalon
Complaints on file	1,753	4,245
Model years covered	1994–2026	1995–2022
Worst model year	2007	2006
Best model year	2026	2021
Crashes reported	50	672
Fires reported	34	34
Injuries reported	56	350
Deaths reported	1	26
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	8%	25.5%

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%

Toyota Avalon by year

92 121 155 205 113 220 168 148 353 252 303 449 313 417 110 53 130 35 187 123 64 33 17 31 98 13 29 13

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

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 604 14.2%

Airbags 594 14.0%

Steering 369 8.7%

Lights 302 7.1%

Electrical System 297 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 296 7.0%

Brakes 292 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 215 5.1%