Toyota Land Cruiser vs Buick Encore

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	Toyota Land Cruiser	Buick Encore
Complaints on file	372	905
Model years covered	1977–2021	2013–2022
Worst model year	2000	2017
Best model year	2001	2021
Crashes reported	43	85
Fires reported	3	10
Injuries reported	26	62
Deaths reported	3	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	20.2%	17.7%

Toyota Land Cruiser by year

4 1 2 6 4 1 6 14 3 5 13 10 9 25 10 16 20 21 27 41 12 17 11 8 11 10 4 11 6 5 5 8 2 3 7 8 5 1

77 80 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 21

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

What breaks

Brakes 72 19.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 35 9.4%

Seat Belts 29 7.8%

Airbags 25 6.7%

Engine & Cooling 24 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 23 6.2%

Body & Structure 22 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 21 5.6%

Buick Encore by year

70 92 193 120 136 109 129 34 11 11

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 248 27.4%

Electrical System 88 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 75 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 74 8.2%

Airbags 70 7.7%

Brakes 63 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 7.0%

Steering 48 5.3%