Chevrolet Tahoe vs Ford Fusion

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 Tahoe	Ford Fusion
Complaints on file	12,903	28,743
Model years covered	1988–2026	2006–2020
Worst model year	2002	2010
Best model year	1993	2018
Crashes reported	593	1,133
Fires reported	170	255
Injuries reported	462	562
Deaths reported	26	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	9.7%	6.8%

Chevrolet Tahoe by year

1 5 8 12 20 296 390 515 315 677 341 607 543 628 548 381 144 1,533 687 391 405 571 253 309 118 892 352 233 141 162 68 619 246 302 92 71 27

88 91 92 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

Brakes 2,045 15.8%

Airbags 1,556 12.1%

Electrical System 1,512 11.7%

Other & Unspecified 1,343 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,028 8.0%

Body & Structure 900 7.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 859 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 611 4.7%

Ford Fusion by year

920 1,277 1,533 1,168 7,026 3,654 3,057 2,368 1,760 1,276 2,075 1,386 574 407 262

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Steering 5,786 20.1%

Engine & Cooling 4,041 14.1%

Airbags 3,536 12.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3,141 10.9%

Brakes 2,716 9.4%

Electrical System 1,654 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,542 5.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,416 4.9%