Spartan Highlander

Owners filed 8 complaints across 7 model years of the Spartan Highlander. The 2001 drew the most (5); the 2000 the fewest (3).

Model years7

Complaints8

Recalls7

Fires0

Deaths0

Every Spartan Highlander model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2001	5	0	—	1	Structure › Body	Routine
2000	3	0	—	—	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Routine
1998	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
1996	0	2	—	—	—	Routine
1995	0	2	—	—	—	Routine
1994	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
1993	0	1	—	—	—	Routine

Which Spartan Highlander years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2001 is the weakest year on record, with 5 complaints concentrated in the structure › body.

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.