Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs Ford E-250

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 Corvette Z06	Ford E-250
Complaints on file	175	421
Model years covered	2005–2008	1990–2022
Worst model year	2008	1999
Best model year	2007	2013
Crashes reported	13	47
Fires reported	5	24
Injuries reported	5	38
Deaths reported	2	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	26.4%

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 by year

6 62 51 56

05 06 07 08

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 70 40.0%

Stability & Traction Control 24 13.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 20 11.4%

Steering 10 5.7%

Body & Structure 10 5.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 9 5.1%

Lights 8 4.6%

Electrical System 7 4.0%

Ford E-250 by year

1 11 30 7 14 19 24 31 30 56 21 18 18 22 14 12 14 7 10 2 12 9 13 13 7 2 3 1

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 22

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 15.0%

Brakes 61 14.5%

Tires 43 10.2%

Suspension 37 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 33 7.8%

Electrical System 32 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 5.7%

Steering 23 5.5%