Ford Aerostar vs GMC Acadia

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	Ford Aerostar	GMC Acadia
Complaints on file	3,109	7,767
Model years covered	1986–2000	2007–2026
Worst model year	1993	2017
Best model year	1999	2025
Crashes reported	268	219
Fires reported	516	109
Injuries reported	180	207
Deaths reported	11	1
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	31.4%	6.9%

Ford Aerostar by year

72 140 230 328 254 282 439 541 384 204 124 83 4 13 11

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00

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

What breaks

Electrical System 685 22.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 433 13.9%

Brakes 351 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 233 7.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 214 6.9%

Airbags 141 4.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 138 4.4%

Seat Belts 136 4.4%

GMC Acadia by year

641 1,297 486 436 373 401 196 603 313 280 954 529 539 163 215 74 67 80 107 13

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

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,373 17.7%

Electrical System 1,081 13.9%

Airbags 907 11.7%

Steering 810 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 804 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 723 9.3%

Lights 280 3.6%

Brakes 257 3.3%