Chevrolet Silverado 2500 vs Ford Expedition

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 Silverado 2500	Ford Expedition
Complaints on file	5,011	12,004
Model years covered	1994–2026	1991–2026
Worst model year	2005	2003
Best model year	2010	2026
Crashes reported	242	740
Fires reported	151	848
Injuries reported	130	610
Deaths reported	8	33
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.6%	18.6%

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 by year

7 6 2 74 82 95 156 379 408 561 431 337 218 253 226 79 27 128 70 71 52 245 157 69 70 104 139 105 130 71 208 44 7

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 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

Brakes 1,336 26.7%

Electrical System 701 14.0%

Engine & Cooling 469 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 417 8.3%

Airbags 367 7.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 314 6.3%

Steering 285 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 222 4.4%

Ford Expedition by year

1 1 4 1 3 1,065 1,022 1,137 1,136 742 415 800 381 452 395 267 179 42 74 92 167 116 97 229 280 480 482 640 547 302 173 93 113 58 18

91 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 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 2,044 17.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,584 13.2%

Electrical System 1,414 11.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 838 7.0%

Brakes 770 6.4%

Tires 690 5.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 635 5.3%

Suspension 561 4.7%