Audi A6 vs Ford F-350 SD

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Audi A6	Ford F-350 SD
Complaints on file	2,209	5,142
Model years covered	1994–2026	1995–2026
Worst model year	2001	2019
Best model year	2025	2026
Crashes reported	94	166
Fires reported	87	113
Injuries reported	76	89
Deaths reported	2	2
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	11.7%	7.2%

Audi A6 by year

2 22 71 26 158 276 201 148 113 85 44 119 83 63 79 22 24 26 86 79 48 29 77 24 16 196 39 21 4 2 1 11 14

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 401 18.2%

Airbags 322 14.6%

Engine & Cooling 248 11.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 229 10.4%

Brakes 170 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 118 5.3%

Steering 113 5.1%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 84 3.8%

Ford F-350 SD by year

5 3 4 169 188 188 145 164 159 269 192 35 146 25 79 63 50 12 12 315 317 854 311 740 243 128 165 58 66 24 13

95 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 1,100 21.4%

Suspension 874 17.0%

Engine & Cooling 603 11.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 393 7.6%

Electrical System 334 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 293 5.7%

Tires 251 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 242 4.7%