Keystone Cougar

Owners filed 151 complaints across 28 model years of the Keystone Cougar. The 2004 drew the most (26).

Model years28
Complaints151
Recalls96
Fires5
Deaths0

Which Keystone Cougar years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Keystone Cougar model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Keystone Cougar model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new2
0——Structure › BodyRoutine
2025Too new0
1———Routine
20240
1———Routine
20232
1——StructureRoutine
20223
6——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20214
7——TiresRoutine
20203
8——Electrical SystemRoutine
20199
8——SuspensionRoutine
20184
4——Service BrakesRoutine
20173
7——Electrical SystemRoutine
20165
21—SuspensionRoutine
20155
3——SuspensionRoutine
20144
4——Exterior LightingRoutine
20136
21—Structure › BodyRoutine
20125
2——Structure › BodyRoutine
20119
7——TiresRoutine
201010
4—1TiresRoutine
20094
3——StructureRoutine
20089
311TiresRoutine
20079
6——TiresRoutine
20066
4——Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/TrailerRoutine
20057
31—TiresRoutine
200426
311TiresRoutine
20036
2——Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/TrailerRoutine
20026
1——SuspensionRoutine
20013
1——Tires › Tread/BeltRoutine
20001
2——EquipmentRoutine
19990
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.