BMW 745LI vs Ford F Super Duty

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 745LI	Ford F Super Duty
Complaints on file	225	552
Model years covered	2002–2005	1981–2008
Worst model year	2002	2000
Best model year	2004	1998
Crashes reported	22	22
Fires reported	2	18
Injuries reported	15	15
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	17.3%	10.1%

BMW 745LI by year

57 77 50 41

02 03 04 05

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

What breaks

Airbags 35 15.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 33 14.7%

Engine & Cooling 28 12.4%

Brakes 23 10.2%

Electrical System 22 9.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 14 6.2%

Seat Belts 12 5.3%

Body & Structure 9 4.0%

Ford F Super Duty by year

1 1 2 1 1 10 4 27 13 12 28 20 115 78 38 50 33 23 49 46

81 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 08

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 106 19.2%

Brakes 78 14.1%

Tires 66 12.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 50 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 49 8.9%

Steering 47 8.5%

Electrical System 36 6.5%

Suspension 31 5.6%