Toyota Tacoma vs Jeep Cherokee

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 Tacoma	Jeep Cherokee
Complaints on file	10,773	21,059
Model years covered	1995–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2007	2015
Best model year	2026	2006
Crashes reported	930	997
Fires reported	133	443
Injuries reported	447	560
Deaths reported	23	23
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	14.2%	9.6%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 348 231 407 170 134 143 417 320 282 311 126 118 79 76 194 122 11

95 96 97 98 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

Body & Structure 2,229 20.7%

Suspension 1,580 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 952 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 782 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 722 6.7%

Brakes 675 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 604 5.6%

Airbags 563 5.2%

Jeep Cherokee by year

1 1 1 1 8 24 26 72 118 287 368 297 175 571 618 732 584 496 553 516 508 329 18 3,969 2,663 2,051 1,935 995 2,443 394 219 74 4 8

73 78 80 81 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 06 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 5,644 26.8%

Engine & Cooling 2,913 13.8%

Electrical System 2,413 11.5%

Brakes 2,199 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 1,781 8.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 968 4.6%

Body & Structure 893 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 782 3.7%