Jeep Laredo vs Volkswagen GTI

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	Volkswagen GTI
Complaints on file	790	1,949
Model years covered	1986–2006	1985–2024
Worst model year	2002	2002
Best model year	2006	1999
Crashes reported	54	63
Fires reported	20	23
Injuries reported	39	76
Deaths reported	0	7
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	8.7%

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%

Volkswagen GTI by year

3 2 2 1 28 11 12 12 11 58 97 141 72 13 12 57 102 76 295 68 66 52 42 18 123 84 57 21 288 10 8 56 11 40

85 86 87 91 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 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 384 19.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 317 16.3%

Electrical System 223 11.4%

Brakes 160 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 147 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 126 6.5%

Airbags 124 6.4%

Stability & Traction Control 81 4.2%