Mercedes Benz 300 vs Isuzu Trooper

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	Mercedes Benz 300	Isuzu Trooper
Complaints on file	288	713
Model years covered	1978–2002	1985–2002
Worst model year	1993	1999
Best model year	1997	2002
Crashes reported	17	72
Fires reported	14	43
Injuries reported	26	45
Deaths reported	1	3
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	20.1%	22.9%

Mercedes Benz 300 by year

1 3 6 10 4 6 18 38 8 7 5 32 25 51 7 23 23 10 2 6 3

78 80 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 02

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

What breaks

Electrical System 54 18.8%

Engine & Cooling 53 18.4%

Airbags 26 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 24 8.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 20 6.9%

Brakes 18 6.3%

Tires 17 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 14 4.9%

Isuzu Trooper by year

5 18 9 20 17 30 71 27 41 58 65 66 18 48 105 61 42 12

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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 199 27.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 80 11.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 45 6.3%

Electrical System 44 6.2%

Tires 43 6.0%

Suspension 42 5.9%

Brakes 41 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 39 5.5%