Ford E150 vs Lexus ES330

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 E150	Lexus ES330
Complaints on file	113	282
Model years covered	1976–2006	2004–2010
Worst model year	—	2005
Best model year	—	2004
Crashes reported	2	80
Fires reported	26	6
Injuries reported	3	32
Deaths reported	1	1
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	28.3%	42.2%

Ford E150 by year

3 2 3 1 3 3 12 20 15 35 15 1

76 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 06

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

What breaks

Electrical System 36 31.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 21 18.6%

Tires 14 12.4%

Engine & Cooling 10 8.8%

Steering 6 5.3%

Brakes 5 4.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 4.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 2.7%

Lexus ES330 by year

26 176 79 1

04 05 06 10

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 76 27.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 54 19.1%

Airbags 50 17.7%

Engine & Cooling 19 6.7%

Brakes 19 6.7%

Electrical System 11 3.9%

Steering 10 3.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 8 2.8%