Eagle Summit vs Ford F-550 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	Eagle Summit	Ford F-550 SD
Complaints on file	256	613
Model years covered	1989–1996	1997–2026
Worst model year	1993	1999
Best model year	1994	2005
Crashes reported	20	16
Fires reported	1	45
Injuries reported	14	21
Deaths reported	3	1
Most complained-about part	Seat Belts	Fuel & Propulsion
Share of complaints involving harm	14.8%	13.5%

Eagle Summit by year

14 6 14 54 110 18 38 2

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

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

What breaks

Seat Belts 110 43.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 29 11.3%

Body & Structure 19 7.4%

Engine & Cooling 16 6.3%

Airbags 15 5.9%

Brakes 13 5.1%

Doors, Latches & Locks 8 3.1%

Electrical System 6 2.3%

Ford F-550 SD by year

2 92 85 35 31 40 67 41 55 25 31 1 2 4 8 3 10 18 4 5 4 7 16 15 1 5 3 3

97 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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

Fuel & Propulsion 185 30.2%

Engine & Cooling 107 17.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 64 10.4%

Tires 63 10.3%

Electrical System 36 5.9%

Brakes 31 5.1%

Wheels 26 4.2%

Suspension 20 3.3%