Chevrolet Equinox vs Ford Taurus

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 Taurus
Complaints on file	12,688	23,971
Model years covered	2005–2026	1977–2019
Worst model year	2005	2000
Best model year	2009	2019
Crashes reported	573	1,482
Fires reported	141	685
Injuries reported	360	926
Deaths reported	6	38
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.5%	13.1%

Chevrolet Equinox by year

950 950 950 535 151 1,118 1,139 943 988 699 845 493 370 583 418 488 128 220 140 126 346 108

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 3,179 25.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,564 12.3%

Electrical System 1,223 9.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,085 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,053 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 783 6.2%

Brakes 753 5.9%

Airbags 632 5.0%

Ford Taurus by year

2 2 1 4 2 150 355 462 762 542 946 1,009 2,206 1,284 1,597 1,132 1,003 680 1,100 1,497 1,264 1,759 1,524 482 1,005 415 196 240 77 280 251 100 755 296 353 103 53 65 17

77 81 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,716 15.5%

Suspension 3,366 14.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,035 12.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2,128 8.9%

Electrical System 1,721 7.2%

Brakes 1,501 6.3%

Steering 1,445 6.0%

Body & Structure 1,087 4.5%