Jeep Commander vs Nissan Maxima

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	Jeep Commander	Nissan Maxima
Complaints on file	3,923	8,853
Model years covered	2005–2010	1982–2023
Worst model year	2006	2000
Best model year	2009	2013
Crashes reported	167	466
Fires reported	39	398
Injuries reported	83	330
Deaths reported	3	16
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	7.4%	13.7%

Jeep Commander by year

7 2,342 982 458 64 70

05 06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Electrical System 1,308 33.3%

Engine & Cooling 793 20.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 479 12.2%

Body & Structure 224 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 140 3.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 131 3.3%

Steering 117 3.0%

Brakes 116 3.0%

Nissan Maxima by year

4 8 40 64 74 194 73 78 138 99 140 102 128 195 117 123 133 215 467 225 278 249 1,725 1,152 733 169 99 460 399 138 137 71 126 2 224 155 46 28 33 4 6 2

82 83 84 85 86 87 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,465 27.8%

Engine & Cooling 957 10.8%

Electrical System 915 10.3%

Steering 528 6.0%

Airbags 517 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 503 5.7%

Brakes 441 5.0%

Body & Structure 355 4.0%