Chrysler 300C 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	Chrysler 300C	Ford Fiesta
Complaints on file	1,763	4,342
Model years covered	2005–2017	1988–2019
Worst model year	2005	2011
Best model year	2014	2018
Crashes reported	40	206
Fires reported	25	43
Injuries reported	23	131
Deaths reported	0	13
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	5%	9.1%

Chrysler 300C by year

412 991 140 36 22 14 36 17 44 14 18 13 6

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 504 28.6%

Engine & Cooling 405 23.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 212 12.0%

Electrical System 172 9.8%

Airbags 89 5.0%

Other & Unspecified 83 4.7%

Steering 74 4.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 39 2.2%

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%