FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Land Cruiser

Owners have filed 372 complaints about the Toyota Land Cruiser with NHTSA across model years 1977 to 2021. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Toyota Land Cruiser

41 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.

Cleanest on record

2001 Toyota Land Cruiser

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Land Cruiser year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2021 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2018 5 1 0 Airbags
2017 8 0 0 42,000 Airbags
2016 7 0 0 Seats
2015 3 1 0 Airbags
2014 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2013 8 0 0 67,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 5 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2010 5 3 0 Engine & Cooling
2009 6 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2008 C 11 1 0 92,250 Airbags
2007 4 0 0 Electrical System
2006 A 10 0 0 59,199 Brakes
2005 A 11 0 0 76,423 Brakes
2004 8 0 0 101,400 Brakes
2003 C 11 1 0 98,000 Brakes
2002 C 17 1 0 56,712 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2001 A 12 0 0 103,139 Brakes
2000 F 41 9 1 120,000 Body & Structure
1999 D 27 5 1 168,263 Brakes
1998 C 21 3 0 140,000 Brakes
1997 D 20 2 0 Brakes
1996 C 16 1 0 Brakes
1995 C 10 3 0 Brakes
1994 F 25 5 0 Brakes
1993 9 2 0 Brakes
1992 10 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1991 13 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1990 5 1 0 Tires
1989 3 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1988 14 0 0 Seat Belts
1987 6 0 0 Seat Belts
1986 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1985 4 0 0 Seat Belts
1984 6 0 0 Seat Belts
1982 2 2 1 Tires
1980 1 0 0 Wheels
1977 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Toyota Land Cruiser

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 72 19.4%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1994

Seat Belts 29 7.8%

Worst in 1988

Airbags 25 6.7%

Worst in 2008

Engine & Cooling 24 6.5%

Worst in 1992

Transmission & Drivetrain 23 6.2%

Worst in 2000

Body & Structure 22 5.9%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 21 5.6%

Worst in 1988

Tires 21 5.6%

Worst in 1994

Electrical System 18 4.8%

Worst in 1991

Other & Unspecified 15 4.0%

Worst in 2003

Steering 13 3.5%

Worst in 1994

Stability & Traction Control 9 2.4%

Worst in 2000

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 8 2.2%

Worst in 1994

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Land Cruiser

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 11 15.7%
Body 9 12.9%
Retractor 8 11.4%
Foundation Components 8 11.4%
Rotor 7 10.0%
Tread/Belt 6 8.6%
Gasoline 6 8.6%
Automatic Transmission 6 8.6%
Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs 5 7.1%
Driveline 4 5.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Land Cruiser, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 12 Mar 2026

Compare the Toyota Land Cruiser

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.