Chevrolet S10 vs Ford Edge

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 S10	Ford Edge
Complaints on file	7,335	17,975
Model years covered	1981–2018	2004–2024
Worst model year	1995	2013
Best model year	2004	2021
Crashes reported	923	428
Fires reported	135	110
Injuries reported	494	296
Deaths reported	16	3
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	4.7%

Chevrolet S10 by year

1 2 7 9 15 32 44 43 55 34 253 221 276 1,225 1,151 875 574 742 298 559 405 246 230 30 1 1 1 5

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Brakes 2,126 29.0%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 973 13.3%

Engine & Cooling 541 7.4%

Body & Structure 465 6.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 448 6.1%

Airbags 385 5.2%

Electrical System 345 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 343 4.7%

Ford Edge by year

5 1,242 1,467 307 778 2,538 1,480 3,240 516 964 1,103 1,630 970 919 429 144 162 31 50

04 07 08 09 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

Engine & Cooling 3,153 17.5%

Electrical System 2,612 14.5%

Brakes 2,347 13.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,124 11.8%

Other & Unspecified 1,520 8.5%

Airbags 1,309 7.3%

Body & Structure 964 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 698 3.9%