Chevrolet Colorado vs Ford Mustang

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 Colorado Ford Mustang
Complaints on file 4,956 11,764
Model years covered 2004–2026 1965–2026
Worst model year 2005 2007
Best model year 2010 2025
Crashes reported 189 1,018
Fires reported 95 430
Injuries reported 133 576
Deaths reported 9 31
Most complained-about part Steering Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 8.6% 17.5%

Chevrolet Colorado by year

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

What breaks

Steering 952 19.2%
Electrical System 769 15.5%
Brakes 439 8.9%
Engine & Cooling 435 8.8%
Lights 214 4.3%
Airbags 184 3.7%

Ford Mustang by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,404 20.4%
Engine & Cooling 1,649 14.0%
Electrical System 1,193 10.1%
Brakes 707 6.0%
Body & Structure 540 4.6%