Chevrolet Suburban 1500 vs Ford Fiesta

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 Suburban 1500	Ford Fiesta
Complaints on file	1,753	4,342
Model years covered	1994–2026	1988–2019
Worst model year	2007	2011
Best model year	2026	2018
Crashes reported	50	206
Fires reported	34	43
Injuries reported	56	131
Deaths reported	1	13
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	8%	9.1%

Chevrolet Suburban 1500 by year

10 10 12 21 16 91 72 102 144 223 220 102 35 240 131 70 70 108 1 25 36 14

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 21 23 25 26

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

What breaks

Brakes 375 21.4%

Electrical System 268 15.3%

Airbags 204 11.6%

Body & Structure 135 7.7%

Engine & Cooling 128 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 121 6.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 79 4.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 78 4.4%

Ford Fiesta by year

1 1 3 1 1 1,040 833 917 653 368 253 105 46 120

88 89 91 01 02 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

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,509 34.8%

Engine & Cooling 550 12.7%

Body & Structure 411 9.5%

Other & Unspecified 394 9.1%

Electrical System 339 7.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 198 4.6%

Doors, Latches & Locks 184 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 161 3.7%