What is the best year for the Chrysler LeBaron?
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.
Model-year matrix
Chrysler LeBaron
which year?
Compare every Chrysler LeBaron model year the EPA recorded, 1984 to 1995. 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 LeBaron 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.
Which Chrysler LeBaron 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 inspect1994
102 indexed complaint reports; structure is the most-reported component label.
Open the 1994 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect199278 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.
Open the 1992 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect199575 indexed complaint reports; structure is the most-reported component label.
Open the 1995 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.
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 LeBaron 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.
1994 Chrysler LeBaron
- NHTSA complaint allegations
- 102
- Combined EPA economy
- 21–22 mpg/MPGe
- EPA configurations
- 4
- Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate
- $2,800–2,950
- Fuel labels
- Regular Gasoline
Most-reported component labelsstructure 31engine and engine cooling 24power train 24
Open the 1994 evidence dossier →1995 Chrysler LeBaron
- NHTSA complaint allegations
- 75
- Combined EPA economy
- 21 mpg/MPGe
- EPA configurations
- 1
- Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate
- $2,950
- Fuel labels
- Regular Gasoline
Most-reported component labelsstructure 22power train 11seats 7
Open the 1995 evidence dossier →Observed complaint-record difference
1995 has 27 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 1994.
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 LeBaron by year.
Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.
| Year | Complaints | Most-reported components | Combined MPG | EPA configs | Annual fuel cost | Dossier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 75 | structure 22power train 11seats 7 | 21 | 1 | $2,950 | Dossier → |
| 1994 | 102 | structure 31engine and engine cooling 24power train 24 | 21–22 | 4 | $2,800–2,950 | Dossier → |
| 1993 | 66 | power train 23suspension 14electrical system 11 | 20–23 | 7 | $2,650–3,100 | Dossier → |
| 1992 | 78 | power train 18suspension 13service brakes, hydraulic 12 | 18–22 | 11 | $2,800–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 1991 | 63 | power train 22air bags 10visibility 10 | 19–22 | 10 | $2,800–4,000 | Dossier → |
| 1990 | 68 | power train 28electrical system 12engine and engine cooling 9 | 18–21 | 11 | $2,950–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 1989 | 49 | engine and engine cooling 17air bags 11electrical system 9 | 18–25 | 17 | $2,450–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 1988 | 32 | steering 7engine and engine cooling 6seat belts 6 | 20–25 | 15 | $2,450–3,800 | Dossier → |
| 1987 | 42 | engine and engine cooling 15fuel system, gasoline 10seat belts 8 | 19–24 | 15 | $2,550–4,000 | Dossier → |
| 1986 | 25 | engine and engine cooling 8electrical system 5structure 4 | 19–26 | 13 | $2,350–4,000 | Dossier → |
| 1985 | 10 | engine and engine cooling 4seat belts 2suspension 2 | 19–24 | 20 | $2,550–4,000 | Dossier → |
| 1984 | 7 | fuel system, gasoline 3steering 3engine and engine cooling 1 | 19–25 | 20 | $2,450–3,250 | Dossier → |
Evidence snapshot generated . “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.