Fleetwood Bounder vs BMW 335I

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	Fleetwood Bounder	BMW 335I
Complaints on file	465	1,136
Model years covered	1988–2025	2007–2016
Worst model year	1999	2008
Best model year	1995	2015
Crashes reported	6	43
Fires reported	12	45
Injuries reported	5	22
Deaths reported	0	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Fuel & Propulsion
Share of complaints involving harm	4.9%	9.9%

Fleetwood Bounder by year

2 1 37 5 8 15 26 10 30 39 38 55 16 20 17 16 31 24 8 5 3 1 1 3 1 4 12 8 5 10 3 3 4 3 1

88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25

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

What breaks

Brakes 72 15.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 61 13.1%

Body & Structure 43 9.2%

Equipment & Accessories 41 8.8%

Engine & Cooling 36 7.7%

Suspension 36 7.7%

Electrical System 31 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 30 6.5%

BMW 335I by year

388 276 128 58 136 30 70 31 16 3

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 278 24.5%

Airbags 192 16.9%

Engine & Cooling 175 15.4%

Electrical System 147 12.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 46 4.0%

Steering 36 3.2%

Other & Unspecified 35 3.1%

Lights 32 2.8%