Fleetwood Discovery vs Toyota Land Cruiser

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 Discovery	Toyota Land Cruiser
Complaints on file	151	372
Model years covered	1996–2021	1977–2021
Worst model year	1997	2000
Best model year	2000	2001
Crashes reported	1	43
Fires reported	6	3
Injuries reported	0	26
Deaths reported	0	3
Most complained-about part	Windows, Mirrors & Wipers	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	4.6%	20.2%

Fleetwood Discovery by year

3 15 21 18 10 9 2 12 15 19 10 4 3 1 2 1 2 3 1

96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 13 14 17 19 20 21

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

What breaks

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 44 29.1%

Tires 29 19.2%

Electrical System 17 11.3%

Equipment & Accessories 15 9.9%

Body & Structure 13 8.6%

Lights 9 6.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 5 3.3%

Other & Unspecified 5 3.3%

Toyota Land Cruiser by year

4 1 2 6 4 1 6 14 3 5 13 10 9 25 10 16 20 21 27 41 12 17 11 8 11 10 4 11 6 5 5 8 2 3 7 8 5 1

77 80 82 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 21

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

What breaks

Brakes 72 19.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 35 9.4%

Seat Belts 29 7.8%

Airbags 25 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 24 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 23 6.2%

Body & Structure 22 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 21 5.6%