Ford E-250 vs Chrysler NEW Yorker

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-250	Chrysler NEW Yorker
Complaints on file	421	1,032
Model years covered	1990–2022	1977–2004
Worst model year	1999	1994
Best model year	2013	1996
Crashes reported	47	48
Fires reported	24	32
Injuries reported	38	43
Deaths reported	2	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	26.4%	12.1%

Ford E-250 by year

1 11 30 7 14 19 24 31 30 56 21 18 18 22 14 12 14 7 10 2 12 9 13 13 7 2 3 1

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 16 17 22

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 15.0%

Brakes 61 14.5%

Tires 43 10.2%

Suspension 37 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 33 7.8%

Electrical System 32 7.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 24 5.7%

Steering 23 5.5%

Chrysler NEW Yorker by year

1 2 6 2 7 28 49 49 95 117 124 61 96 296 74 17 2 2 1 1 2

77 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 04

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

What breaks

Brakes 232 22.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 137 13.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 122 11.8%

Engine & Cooling 106 10.3%

Steering 87 8.4%

Electrical System 67 6.5%

Suspension 36 3.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 34 3.3%