Buick Encore vs Ford Bronco

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	Buick Encore	Ford Bronco
Complaints on file	905	2,189
Model years covered	2013–2022	1967–2026
Worst model year	2017	2022
Best model year	2021	1993
Crashes reported	85	107
Fires reported	10	200
Injuries reported	62	58
Deaths reported	3	22
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	17.7%	17.7%

Buick Encore by year

70 92 193 120 136 109 129 34 11 11

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 248 27.4%

Electrical System 88 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 75 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 74 8.2%

Airbags 70 7.7%

Brakes 63 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 7.0%

Steering 48 5.3%

Ford Bronco by year

2 1 1 2 2 1 4 11 24 43 61 68 118 77 37 56 45 114 131 109 1 2 5 303 508 266 111 77 9

67 69 77 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 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 309 14.1%

Brakes 279 12.7%

Engine & Cooling 237 10.8%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 225 10.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 156 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 140 6.4%

Other & Unspecified 128 5.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 125 5.7%