Lincoln Continental vs Jeep Compass

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	Jeep Compass
Complaints on file	2,566	6,123
Model years covered	1975–2020	2007–2026
Worst model year	1994	2018
Best model year	2001	2008
Crashes reported	115	248
Fires reported	114	76
Injuries reported	71	138
Deaths reported	9	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12%	7.6%

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%

Jeep Compass by year

396 135 60 108 283 263 121 518 173 461 385 1,629 579 254 131 390 76 113 44 4

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,307 21.3%

Electrical System 1,060 17.3%

Other & Unspecified 663 10.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 527 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 294 4.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 280 4.6%

Airbags 273 4.5%

Brakes 245 4.0%