Jeep Laredo vs Buick Park Avenue

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 Laredo	Buick Park Avenue
Complaints on file	790	1,880
Model years covered	1986–2006	1984–2005
Worst model year	2002	1998
Best model year	2006	2005
Crashes reported	54	95
Fires reported	20	174
Injuries reported	39	64
Deaths reported	0	4
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	17.9%

Jeep Laredo by year

2 3 5 24 12 6 37 18 30 71 62 43 85 105 93 101 64 29

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

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

What breaks

Brakes 147 18.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 91 11.5%

Engine & Cooling 81 10.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 69 8.7%

Electrical System 62 7.8%

Seats 48 6.1%

Airbags 44 5.6%

Body & Structure 40 5.1%

Buick Park Avenue by year

2 15 16 14 21 28 12 134 104 102 63 164 68 355 327 174 104 71 41 38 17 10

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 356 18.9%

Brakes 281 14.9%

Electrical System 198 10.5%

Seat Belts 142 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 117 6.2%

Steering 114 6.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 102 5.4%

Body & Structure 97 5.2%