Nissan Armada 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	Nissan Armada	Chevrolet Cruze
Complaints on file	2,547	5,786
Model years covered	2004–2026	2010–2019
Worst model year	2006	2014
Best model year	2026	2017
Crashes reported	118	479
Fires reported	44	137
Injuries reported	76	226
Deaths reported	1	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	9.4%	14.6%

Nissan Armada by year

638 501 329 104 209 39 63 60 24 26 17 27 3 131 119 114 39 21 16 10 8 33 16

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

Brakes 973 38.2%

Electrical System 278 10.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 186 7.3%

Engine & Cooling 177 6.9%

Airbags 145 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 129 5.1%

Body & Structure 101 4.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 99 3.9%

Chevrolet Cruze by year

2 1,116 1,354 936 1,106 383 395 295 166 33

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 1,401 24.2%

Electrical System 761 13.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 677 11.7%

Other & Unspecified 468 8.1%

Brakes 383 6.6%

Stability & Traction Control 382 6.6%

Steering 377 6.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 273 4.7%