Ford Crown Victoria vs Chevrolet Trailblazer

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 Crown Victoria	Chevrolet Trailblazer
Complaints on file	3,978	9,343
Model years covered	1980–2011	1999–2026
Worst model year	1996	2002
Best model year	2010	2025
Crashes reported	280	526
Fires reported	259	336
Injuries reported	178	381
Deaths reported	27	23
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	18.7%	13.6%

Ford Crown Victoria by year

2 2 4 8 8 24 35 48 49 86 58 70 482 247 252 318 358 340 138 174 103 70 71 303 175 240 68 76 64 59 14 32

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 469 11.8%

Steering 440 11.1%

Lights 400 10.1%

Electrical System 393 9.9%

Brakes 376 9.5%

Suspension 320 8.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 291 7.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 267 6.7%

Chevrolet Trailblazer by year

7 32 29 1,573 1,160 1,302 1,905 1,440 965 263 37 2 274 172 90 50 33 9

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 14 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

Electrical System 2,390 25.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,088 22.3%

Lights 808 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 733 7.8%

Engine & Cooling 606 6.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 472 5.1%

Airbags 386 4.1%

Brakes 289 3.1%