Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg vs Cadillac Fleetwood

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	Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg	Cadillac Fleetwood
Complaints on file	107	265
Model years covered	2009–2024	1972–1998
Worst model year	2011	1993
Best model year	2010	1995
Crashes reported	15	33
Fires reported	2	14
Injuries reported	18	22
Deaths reported	9	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	41.1%	26%

Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg by year

5 10 15 9 7 7 10 3 14 8 9 4 3 1 2

09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 29 27.1%

Brakes 21 19.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 14.0%

Electrical System 11 10.3%

Other & Unspecified 11 10.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 5 4.7%

Lights 4 3.7%

Body & Structure 3 2.8%

Cadillac Fleetwood by year

1 1 1 6 1 17 10 8 4 16 22 22 13 51 27 22 39 4

72 78 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98

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

What breaks

Brakes 48 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 30 11.3%

Electrical System 24 9.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 19 7.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 17 6.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 5.7%

Steering 14 5.3%

Body & Structure 14 5.3%