Ford E-250 vs Hyundai Azera

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	Hyundai Azera
Complaints on file	421	995
Model years covered	1990–2022	2006–2017
Worst model year	1999	2006
Best model year	2013	2010
Crashes reported	47	57
Fires reported	24	32
Injuries reported	38	35
Deaths reported	2	3
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	26.4%	12.8%

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%

Hyundai Azera by year

280 188 101 36 11 35 82 149 61 17 19 16

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

What breaks

Airbags 155 15.6%

Brakes 118 11.9%

Steering 105 10.6%

Electrical System 104 10.5%

Engine & Cooling 86 8.6%

Seats 72 7.2%

Lights 54 5.4%

Seat Belts 48 4.8%