Ford Econoline vs Mazda Tribute

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 Econoline	Mazda Tribute
Complaints on file	1,154	2,831
Model years covered	1979–2019	2000–2011
Worst model year	1994	2001
Best model year	2001	2010
Crashes reported	87	138
Fires reported	102	71
Injuries reported	63	91
Deaths reported	5	5
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	22.3%	10.8%

Ford Econoline by year

1 1 1 2 10 15 7 19 33 41 38 37 113 71 164 98 96 100 61 102 46 31 25 27 1 1 2 3 7 1

79 80 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 09 10 12 16 17 19

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

What breaks

Brakes 211 18.3%

Engine & Cooling 139 12.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 123 10.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 103 8.9%

Electrical System 96 8.3%

Tires 81 7.0%

Suspension 55 4.8%

Steering 54 4.7%

Mazda Tribute by year

6 734 502 266 232 542 181 6 251 46 57 8

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 429 15.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 352 12.4%

Body & Structure 293 10.3%

Brakes 253 8.9%

Suspension 253 8.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 231 8.2%

Electrical System 202 7.1%

Steering 197 7.0%