FaultScore

Fleetwood Tioga vs BMW 128I

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 Tioga BMW 128I
Complaints on file 95 237
Model years covered 1975–2009 2007–2013
Worst model year 1997 2012
Best model year 1999 2008
Crashes reported 0 7
Fires reported 1 14
Injuries reported 2 2
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Tires Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 3.2% 9.7%

Fleetwood Tioga by year

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

What breaks

Tires 39 41.1%
Equipment & Accessories 13 13.7%
Electrical System 8 8.4%
Engine & Cooling 6 6.3%
Body & Structure 5 5.3%
Fuel & Propulsion 4 4.2%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 4.2%
Brakes 3 3.2%

BMW 128I by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 90 38.0%
Engine & Cooling 62 26.2%
Electrical System 19 8.0%
Lights 11 4.6%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 9 3.8%
Other & Unspecified 8 3.4%
Body & Structure 7 3.0%
Brakes 6 2.5%