Chevrolet Equinox vs Ford Focus

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 Equinox	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	12,765	29,823
Model years covered	2005–2026	1999–2018
Worst model year	2005	2000
Best model year	2009	1999
Crashes reported	591	1,631
Fires reported	141	424
Injuries reported	369	979
Deaths reported	7	54
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	8.7%	10.4%

Chevrolet Equinox by year

950 950 950 535 151 1,118 1,140 945 991 699 845 493 371 592 421 494 131 232 143 132 359 123

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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

Engine & Cooling 3,188 25.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,566 12.3%

Electrical System 1,232 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,092 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,064 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 788 6.2%

Brakes 763 6.0%

Airbags 635 5.0%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,986 2,924 3,633 1,331 1,571 1,187 1,123

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 6,871 23.0%

Electrical System 4,477 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,630 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,729 9.2%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,539 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%