Pontiac Bonneville 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	Pontiac Bonneville	Jeep Compass
Complaints on file	2,580	6,123
Model years covered	1977–2005	2007–2026
Worst model year	1998	2018
Best model year	2004	2008
Crashes reported	135	248
Fires reported	180	76
Injuries reported	117	138
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	16.7%	7.6%

Pontiac Bonneville by year

1 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 24 20 35 45 26 139 183 123 330 181 188 359 176 301 179 113 67 38 37

77 78 79 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 615 23.8%

Electrical System 324 12.6%

Brakes 256 9.9%

Steering 218 8.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 171 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 169 6.6%

Airbags 150 5.8%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 133 5.2%

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%