Carpenter Cadet
Owners filed 2 complaints across 8 model years of the Carpenter Cadet. The 1997 drew the most (1); the 1997 the fewest (1).
Model years8
Complaints2
Recalls25
Fires0
Deaths0
Which Carpenter Cadet years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1997 is the weakest year on record, with 1 complaints concentrated in the seats. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.