Chevrolet Suburban 2500 vs Ford F250

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 2500	Ford F250
Complaints on file	200	492
Model years covered	1994–2011	1968–1990
Worst model year	2001	—
Best model year	2000	—
Crashes reported	10	16
Fires reported	2	98
Injuries reported	2	8
Deaths reported	0	1
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	7%	25%

Chevrolet Suburban 2500 by year

5 6 1 1 1 13 10 35 39 26 23 6 2 11 2 7 12

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Brakes 52 26.0%

Engine & Cooling 39 19.5%

Electrical System 26 13.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 22 11.0%

Airbags 13 6.5%

Body & Structure 12 6.0%

Tires 9 4.5%

Other & Unspecified 6 3.0%

Ford F250 by year

1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 11 33 42 51 85 127 129

68 70 74 77 78 79 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

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

What breaks

Electrical System 98 19.9%

Brakes 97 19.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 91 18.5%

Engine & Cooling 42 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 41 8.3%

Tires 34 6.9%

Steering 20 4.1%

Body & Structure 18 3.7%