Where each one leads

Jeep Gladiator

• Against cars of the same year, the Jeep Gladiator comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 13% less often than average) than the Toyota Tundra (fails 3% less often than average).

Toyota Tundra

• On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Toyota Tundra uses 12.0 l/100 km, the 2026 Jeep Gladiator 12.4.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

	Jeep Gladiator	Toyota Tundra
Model years in the US safety record	2019–2026	1999–2026

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

	Jeep Gladiator	Toyota Tundra
New York safety inspections failed	0.8%	1.6%
… against cars of the same year	−13%	−3%
US owner complaints	994	6,938
Most complaints about	Steering	Structure
Model year with most complaints	2020 (484)	2000 (1,011)
US recall campaigns	18	74
Manufacturer service bulletins	1,834	5,185
NHTSA defect investigations	7	29

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

	Jeep Gladiator	Toyota Tundra
NHTSA overall rating	—	5★ (2027)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

	Jeep Gladiator	Toyota Tundra
Official combined fuel use, Canada	12.4 l/100 km (2026)	12.0 l/100 km (2026)

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).