Chevrolet Camaro vs Ford Ranger

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 Camaro	Ford Ranger
Complaints on file	4,341	10,502
Model years covered	1968–2024	1978–2026
Worst model year	2010	2000
Best model year	2022	2022
Crashes reported	452	977
Fires reported	115	386
Injuries reported	294	598
Deaths reported	17	35
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	20.2%	19%

Chevrolet Camaro by year

3 1 6 1 5 25 40 64 38 29 20 34 32 110 104 45 182 305 159 88 224 133 119 60 100 394 262 161 251 287 306 200 258 111 72 46 22 16 24 4

68 69 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Electrical System 648 14.9%

Engine & Cooling 480 11.1%

Brakes 464 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 439 10.1%

Airbags 401 9.2%

Steering 284 6.5%

Other & Unspecified 272 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 228 5.3%

Ford Ranger by year

1 1 13 12 33 50 58 117 88 141 145 231 272 531 451 533 536 744 966 849 687 449 310 462 353 316 286 344 179 171 260 1 1 1 350 156 158 52 21 109 58 6

78 79 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 14 16 17 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

Airbags 1,899 18.1%

Brakes 988 9.4%

Tires 900 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 898 8.6%

Body & Structure 753 7.2%

Electrical System 672 6.4%

Engine & Cooling 652 6.2%

Suspension 651 6.2%