BMW 7 Series vs Ford Ford Truck

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	BMW 7 Series	Ford Ford Truck
Complaints on file	148	365
Model years covered	1995–2008	1968–2003
Worst model year	2006	1997
Best model year	2003	1996
Crashes reported	4	27
Fires reported	2	21
Injuries reported	7	29
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Tires
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	21.4%

BMW 7 Series by year

3 1 2 4 2 2 5 11 35 7 42 18 16

95 96 97 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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

What breaks

Airbags 23 15.5%

Brakes 18 12.2%

Engine & Cooling 15 10.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 15 10.1%

Seats 11 7.4%

Electrical System 10 6.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 9 6.1%

Body & Structure 7 4.7%

Ford Ford Truck by year

1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 7 6 8 9 11 8 21 28 22 47 29 37 30 22 54 14

68 74 77 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Tires 66 18.1%

Engine & Cooling 53 14.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 49 13.4%

Electrical System 26 7.1%

Brakes 21 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 18 4.9%

Suspension 17 4.7%

Steering 16 4.4%