Chrysler Lebaron vs Lincoln MKZ

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	Chrysler Lebaron	Lincoln MKZ
Complaints on file	832	2,025
Model years covered	1978–2003	2007–2020
Worst model year	1995	2017
Best model year	1993	2018
Crashes reported	79	165
Fires reported	57	30
Injuries reported	48	71
Deaths reported	4	1
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	22.6%	13.2%

Chrysler Lebaron by year

2 1 1 2 7 13 31 59 40 69 96 95 100 87 133 89 4 2 1

78 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 03

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 142 17.1%

Engine & Cooling 106 12.7%

Body & Structure 84 10.1%

Electrical System 72 8.7%

Airbags 57 6.9%

Suspension 56 6.7%

Brakes 52 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 42 5.0%

Lincoln MKZ by year

305 328 129 197 181 176 146 130 107 78 184 40 22 2

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

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

What breaks

Airbags 674 33.3%

Brakes 292 14.4%

Engine & Cooling 178 8.8%

Electrical System 122 6.0%

Steering 114 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 101 5.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 94 4.6%

Wheels 84 4.1%