Ford E-150 vs GMC Yukon XL

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 E-150	GMC Yukon XL
Complaints on file	1,311	3,132
Model years covered	1989–2021	1999–2026
Worst model year	1999	2023
Best model year	2007	2012
Crashes reported	81	113
Fires reported	70	19
Injuries reported	54	82
Deaths reported	2	4
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	15.8%	7%

Ford E-150 by year

2 2 20 86 95 180 104 81 122 81 115 61 52 37 31 36 24 22 15 12 10 14 30 19 29 9 10 11 1

89 90 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 21

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

What breaks

Brakes 209 15.9%

Engine & Cooling 163 12.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 147 11.2%

Electrical System 103 7.9%

Steering 99 7.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 88 6.7%

Suspension 87 6.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 83 6.3%

GMC Yukon XL by year

3 77 151 114 115 118 58 24 125 86 32 37 67 22 26 13 404 267 209 69 86 59 291 210 293 99 40 37

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 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

Engine & Cooling 708 22.6%

Brakes 378 12.1%

Electrical System 340 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 295 9.4%

Lights 288 9.2%

Other & Unspecified 206 6.6%

Airbags 196 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 144 4.6%