Model-year matrix

Chrysler Cirrus
which year?

Compare every Chrysler Cirrus model year the EPA recorded, 1995 to 2000. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Chrysler Cirrus year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Chrysler Cirrus?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Chrysler Cirrus years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect1995

369 indexed complaint reports; service brakes, hydraulic is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1995 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect1996

160 indexed complaint reports; engine and engine cooling is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1996 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2000

99 indexed complaint reports; steering is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2000 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Chrysler Cirrus model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

1999 Chrysler Cirrus

NHTSA complaint allegations: 62
Combined EPA economy: 20 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,100
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelspower train 13fuel system, gasoline 9engine and engine cooling 8

Open the 1999 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2000 Chrysler Cirrus

NHTSA complaint allegations: 99
Combined EPA economy: 19–20 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 3
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,100–3,250
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelssteering 29service brakes, hydraulic 20electrical system 14

Open the 2000 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2000 has 37 more indexed complaint allegations than 1999.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Chrysler Cirrus by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Chrysler Cirrus model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2000	99	steering 29service brakes, hydraulic 20electrical system 14	19–20	3	$3,100–3,250	Dossier →
1999	62	power train 13fuel system, gasoline 9engine and engine cooling 8	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
1998	69	electrical system 12power train 11engine and engine cooling 9	20–22	2	$2,800–3,100	Dossier →
1997	69	engine and engine cooling 11power train 11service brakes, hydraulic 11	21	3	$2,950	Dossier →
1996	160	engine and engine cooling 41power train 24service brakes, hydraulic 24	21	2	$2,950	Dossier →
1995	369	service brakes, hydraulic 150power train 71engine and engine cooling 52	21	2	$2,950	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.