Toyota Land Cruiser vs Chevrolet Caprice

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	Chevrolet Caprice
Complaints on file	372	912
Model years covered	1977–2021	1977–2014
Worst model year	2000	1994
Best model year	2001	2014
Crashes reported	43	100
Fires reported	3	37
Injuries reported	26	58
Deaths reported	3	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	20.2%	21.7%

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%

Chevrolet Caprice by year

2 6 8 8 8 41 20 16 19 6 170 133 63 185 111 87 3 1 2 9 14

77 79 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 03 11 13 14

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

What breaks

Brakes 151 16.6%

Electrical System 120 13.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 70 7.7%

Engine & Cooling 66 7.2%

Suspension 64 7.0%

Steering 55 6.0%

Seat Belts 53 5.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 44 4.8%