GMC Yukon XL 1500 vs Mitsubishi Montero

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	GMC Yukon XL 1500	Mitsubishi Montero
Complaints on file	407	989
Model years covered	2000–2012	1986–2006
Worst model year	2003	2001
Best model year	2009	1993
Crashes reported	18	83
Fires reported	3	18
Injuries reported	20	59
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	10.1%	17%

GMC Yukon XL 1500 by year

19 33 26 87 46 33 6 85 27 14 9 16 6

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Electrical System 77 18.9%

Brakes 65 16.0%

Airbags 39 9.6%

Engine & Cooling 34 8.4%

Body & Structure 33 8.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 25 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 25 6.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 18 4.4%

Mitsubishi Montero by year

8 4 1 10 25 22 18 17 35 106 40 85 91 47 68 213 132 53 7 1 6

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

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

What breaks

Brakes 240 24.3%

Engine & Cooling 170 17.2%

Suspension 70 7.1%

Electrical System 68 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 6.4%

Steering 56 5.7%

Airbags 51 5.2%

Body & Structure 37 3.7%