Spartan Gladiator

Owners filed 4 complaints across 31 model years of the Spartan Gladiator. The 2014 drew the most (2).

Model years31
Complaints4
Recalls361
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Spartan Gladiator years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Spartan Gladiator 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.

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 Spartan Gladiator model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20201
7——Visibility/WiperRoutine
20190
14———Routine
20180
13———Routine
20170
15———Routine
20160
14———Routine
20150
26———Routine
20142
28——StructureRoutine
20130
29———Routine
20120
24———Routine
20110
26———Routine
20100
29———Routine
20090
23———Routine
20080
21———Routine
20070
16———Routine
20060
12———Routine
20050
9———Routine
20040
8———Routine
20030
3———Routine
20020
5———Routine
20010
4———Routine
20000
1———Routine
19990
3———Routine
19980
4———Routine
19970
4———Routine
19961
4——Seats › Front Assembly › Power AdjustRoutine
19950
4———Routine
19940
4———Routine
19930
2———Routine
19920
3———Routine
19910
3———Routine
19900
3———Routine

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