Ford Edge vs Chevrolet Malibu

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 Edge	Chevrolet Malibu
Complaints on file	17,975	29,413
Model years covered	2004–2024	1964–2025
Worst model year	2013	2010
Best model year	2021	2022
Crashes reported	428	1,224
Fires reported	110	234
Injuries reported	296	743
Deaths reported	3	38
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	4.7%	7.6%

Ford Edge by year

5 1,242 1,467 307 778 2,538 1,480 3,240 516 964 1,103 1,630 970 919 429 144 162 31 50

04 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,153 17.5%

Electrical System 2,612 14.5%

Brakes 2,347 13.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,124 11.8%

Other & Unspecified 1,520 8.5%

Airbags 1,309 7.3%

Body & Structure 964 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 698 3.9%

Chevrolet Malibu by year

1 1 2 2 4 6 3 3 1 1 3 693 1,480 1,227 1,379 1,005 755 773 1,639 1,386 1,475 1,253 1,489 2,356 2,204 1,526 1,472 1,383 563 399 1,443 1,174 1,215 307 332 132 149 103 59 15

64 74 75 78 79 80 81 82 83 86 89 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

Steering 5,713 19.4%

Electrical System 4,816 16.4%

Engine & Cooling 3,161 10.7%

Brakes 2,824 9.6%

Lights 2,060 7.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,682 5.7%

Stability & Traction Control 1,330 4.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,290 4.4%