Mitsubishi Montero vs Cadillac Escalade

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	Mitsubishi Montero	Cadillac Escalade
Complaints on file	989	2,367
Model years covered	1986–2006	1999–2026
Worst model year	2001	2007
Best model year	1993	2026
Crashes reported	83	135
Fires reported	18	78
Injuries reported	59	110
Deaths reported	8	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	17%	13.8%

Mitsubishi Montero by year

8 4 1 10 25 22 18 17 35 106 40 85 91 47 68 213 132 53 7 1 6

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

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

What breaks

Brakes 240 24.3%

Engine & Cooling 170 17.2%

Suspension 70 7.1%

Electrical System 68 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 6.4%

Steering 56 5.7%

Airbags 51 5.2%

Body & Structure 37 3.7%

Cadillac Escalade by year

46 96 3 164 111 99 64 26 320 180 89 47 53 32 24 30 145 123 78 29 29 16 101 119 199 70 32 42

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 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 549 23.2%

Airbags 328 13.9%

Electrical System 278 11.7%

Brakes 184 7.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 180 7.6%

Other & Unspecified 116 4.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 105 4.4%

Suspension 74 3.1%