Dodge VAN vs Ford F-450 SD

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	Dodge VAN	Ford F-450 SD
Complaints on file	256	630
Model years covered	1976–2002	1991–2026
Worst model year	2000	2008
Best model year	1998	2002
Crashes reported	23	18
Fires reported	6	29
Injuries reported	16	21
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Fuel & Propulsion
Share of complaints involving harm	18%	10.8%

Dodge VAN by year

1 12 1 6 8 4 9 16 25 41 26 20 48 19 20

76 77 79 89 91 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 25 9.8%

Suspension 22 8.6%

Tires 21 8.2%

Electrical System 20 7.8%

Engine & Cooling 19 7.4%

Airbags 18 7.0%

Brakes 18 7.0%

Body & Structure 17 6.6%

Ford F-450 SD by year

19 3 5 3 2 5 9 1 76 59 28 15 18 43 47 44 19 105 5 4 11 5 2 2 2 1 1 5 26 37 9 16 2 1

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 19 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

Fuel & Propulsion 146 23.2%

Engine & Cooling 134 21.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 10.0%

Brakes 55 8.7%

Tires 46 7.3%

Electrical System 45 7.1%

Steering 33 5.2%

Body & Structure 14 2.2%