Lincoln Continental vs Chevrolet Cruze

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	Lincoln Continental	Chevrolet Cruze
Complaints on file	2,566	5,775
Model years covered	1975–2020	2010–2019
Worst model year	1994	2014
Best model year	2001	2017
Crashes reported	115	479
Fires reported	114	136
Injuries reported	71	226
Deaths reported	9	3
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12%	14.6%

Lincoln Continental by year

1 1 1 2 1 1 2 9 18 8 14 147 255 244 399 199 200 303 94 69 109 88 46 108 38 43 99 22 38 7

75 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 457 17.8%

Suspension 289 11.3%

Electrical System 260 10.1%

Brakes 219 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 178 6.9%

Body & Structure 155 6.0%

Steering 152 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 117 4.6%

Chevrolet Cruze by year

2 1,115 1,353 934 1,106 383 391 295 166 30

10 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 1,397 24.2%

Electrical System 760 13.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 677 11.7%

Other & Unspecified 467 8.1%

Brakes 382 6.6%

Stability & Traction Control 382 6.6%

Steering 377 6.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 272 4.7%