Chevrolet S10 vs RAM 1500

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	RAM 1500
Complaints on file	7,338	16,726
Model years covered	1981–2018	2009–2026
Worst model year	1995	2019
Best model year	2004	2009
Crashes reported	923	912
Fires reported	135	289
Injuries reported	494	467
Deaths reported	16	16
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	10.1%

Chevrolet S10 by year

1 2 7 9 15 32 44 43 55 34 253 221 276 1,225 1,151 875 574 742 298 559 405 249 230 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 386 5.3%

Electrical System 345 4.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 343 4.7%

RAM 1500 by year

47 1,608 2,413 1,977 2,110 1,189 915 2,154 902 1,146 1,037 340 126 635 127

09 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 2,665 15.9%

Steering 2,637 15.8%

Electrical System 2,332 13.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,509 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,432 8.6%

Brakes 1,267 7.6%

Other & Unspecified 1,233 7.4%

Airbags 568 3.4%