Fleetwood Bounder vs Mitsubishi Lancer

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	Mitsubishi Lancer
Complaints on file	465	1,139
Model years covered	1988–2025	1996–2017
Worst model year	1999	2002
Best model year	1995	2016
Crashes reported	6	155
Fires reported	12	19
Injuries reported	5	87
Deaths reported	0	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	4.9%	23.2%

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%

Mitsubishi Lancer by year

1 1 194 242 96 27 52 3 126 139 66 51 26 9 23 36 40 7

96 00 02 03 04 05 06 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 161 14.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 151 13.3%

Engine & Cooling 132 11.6%

Airbags 117 10.3%

Suspension 78 6.8%

Electrical System 74 6.5%

Brakes 72 6.3%

Body & Structure 60 5.3%