Ford E-450 vs Chevrolet Bolt EV

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-450	Chevrolet Bolt EV
Complaints on file	546	1,361
Model years covered	1993–2026	2017–2027
Worst model year	2005	2017
Best model year	1997	2022
Crashes reported	15	60
Fires reported	31	31
Injuries reported	7	18
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Tires	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	9.7%	8%

Ford E-450 by year

5 1 18 6 83 45 20 16 22 45 41 26 15 10 2 6 10 6 16 5 8 22 16 5 5 51 22 3 5 5 6

93 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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

Tires 120 22.0%

Brakes 68 12.5%

Engine & Cooling 65 11.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 37 6.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 34 6.2%

Steering 30 5.5%

Body & Structure 30 5.5%

Electrical System 29 5.3%

Chevrolet Bolt EV by year

465 119 241 246 96 94 95 5

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27

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

What breaks

Electrical System 405 29.8%

Steering 254 18.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 190 14.0%

Other & Unspecified 110 8.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 86 6.3%

Brakes 52 3.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 50 3.7%

Engine & Cooling 45 3.3%