Fleetwood Pace Arrow vs Buick Rainier

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 Pace Arrow	Buick Rainier
Complaints on file	216	525
Model years covered	1985–2019	2003–2007
Worst model year	2005	2004
Best model year	1997	2007
Crashes reported	2	33
Fires reported	4	24
Injuries reported	6	14
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6%	13.5%

Fleetwood Pace Arrow by year

1 12 5 9 18 8 18 8 12 19 18 17 3 6 13 22 13 3 1 2 3 4 1

85 88 89 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Brakes 57 26.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 22 10.2%

Equipment & Accessories 22 10.2%

Engine & Cooling 17 7.9%

Body & Structure 15 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 5.6%

Electrical System 11 5.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 11 5.1%

Buick Rainier by year

1 205 158 117 44

03 04 05 06 07

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

What breaks

Electrical System 147 28.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 93 17.7%

Lights 57 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 28 5.3%

Suspension 25 4.8%

Engine & Cooling 22 4.2%

Airbags 22 4.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 22 4.2%