Jaguar XJ vs Fleetwood Bounder

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	Jaguar XJ	Fleetwood Bounder
Complaints on file	186	465
Model years covered	1984–2019	1988–2025
Worst model year	2011	1999
Best model year	1998	1995
Crashes reported	28	6
Fires reported	7	12
Injuries reported	17	5
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	28%	4.9%

Jaguar XJ by year

1 1 1 1 12 14 3 2 18 9 15 7 9 27 10 10 17 15 9 3 1 1

84 86 95 97 98 00 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 40 21.5%

Brakes 18 9.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 8.6%

Other & Unspecified 16 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 8.1%

Electrical System 14 7.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 7.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 8 4.3%

Fleetwood Bounder by year

2 1 37 5 8 15 26 10 30 39 38 55 16 20 17 16 31 24 8 5 3 1 1 3 1 4 12 8 5 10 3 3 4 3 1

88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25

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

What breaks

Brakes 72 15.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 61 13.1%

Body & Structure 43 9.2%

Equipment & Accessories 41 8.8%

Engine & Cooling 36 7.7%

Suspension 36 7.7%

Electrical System 31 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 30 6.5%