Ford E-350 vs Buick Enclave

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-350	Buick Enclave
Complaints on file	1,361	3,307
Model years covered	1983–2025	2008–2026
Worst model year	1997	2011
Best model year	2015	2021
Crashes reported	68	141
Fires reported	66	32
Injuries reported	55	118
Deaths reported	10	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	14.6%	8.8%

Ford E-350 by year

1 1 2 2 22 51 53 60 93 59 96 70 77 63 59 61 59 70 80 76 23 56 11 21 19 22 32 23 10 5 17 5 4 2 30 20 3 2 1

83 86 88 89 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Brakes 225 16.5%

Engine & Cooling 219 16.1%

Tires 172 12.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 11.2%

Electrical System 97 7.1%

Steering 89 6.5%

Suspension 81 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 72 5.3%

Buick Enclave by year

779 290 358 284 174 108 352 221 155 203 92 69 75 31 21 23 11 57 4

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

Airbags 772 23.3%

Steering 445 13.5%

Engine & Cooling 378 11.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 357 10.8%

Electrical System 276 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 186 5.6%

Body & Structure 178 5.4%

Brakes 126 3.8%