Chevrolet C20 vs Lincoln Corsair

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	Chevrolet C20	Lincoln Corsair
Complaints on file	100	245
Model years covered	1970–1997	2020–2025
Worst model year	1995	2020
Best model year	1993	2023
Crashes reported	14	11
Fires reported	7	2
Injuries reported	7	10
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
Share of complaints involving harm	28%	9.4%

Chevrolet C20 by year

1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 6 2 3 4 2 6 7 2 25 13 15 2

70 71 72 74 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 97

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

What breaks

Brakes 22 22.0%

Seat Belts 13 13.0%

Tires 9 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 8 8.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 7 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 6 6.0%

Electrical System 6 6.0%

Body & Structure 5 5.0%

Lincoln Corsair by year

89 51 46 22 29 8

20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 62 25.3%

Electrical System 46 18.8%

Other & Unspecified 38 15.5%

Engine & Cooling 16 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 14 5.7%

Lights 12 4.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 12 4.9%

Brakes 11 4.5%