Land Rover LR2 vs Mercury Topaz

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	Land Rover LR2	Mercury Topaz
Complaints on file	236	581
Model years covered	2008–2015	1983–1998
Worst model year	2008	1994
Best model year	2012	1995
Crashes reported	3	27
Fires reported	2	59
Injuries reported	2	12
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	3%	17.2%

Land Rover LR2 by year

105 41 27 15 12 20 9 7

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 79 33.5%

Engine & Cooling 30 12.7%

Electrical System 26 11.0%

Other & Unspecified 18 7.6%

Airbags 15 6.4%

Suspension 13 5.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 5.5%

Brakes 8 3.4%

Mercury Topaz by year

1 13 5 13 28 28 57 67 59 92 98 106 13 1

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 98

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

What breaks

Electrical System 113 19.4%

Engine & Cooling 99 17.0%

Seat Belts 77 13.3%

Brakes 59 10.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 34 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 32 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 28 4.8%

Steering 20 3.4%