Ford Excursion vs Subaru Impreza

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 Excursion	Subaru Impreza
Complaints on file	1,385	3,451
Model years covered	1997–2010	1990–2026
Worst model year	2000	2017
Best model year	2005	1999
Crashes reported	97	269
Fires reported	102	66
Injuries reported	52	152
Deaths reported	6	5
Most complained-about part	Tires	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	18.6%	14.3%

Ford Excursion by year

1 10 635 240 150 139 125 84 1

97 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 10

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

What breaks

Tires 296 21.4%

Engine & Cooling 246 17.8%

Electrical System 157 11.3%

Brakes 129 9.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 78 5.6%

Suspension 77 5.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 4.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 52 3.8%

Subaru Impreza by year

2 48 8 69 25 38 55 27 54 13 339 64 113 95 68 84 249 149 60 75 337 344 157 99 108 162 181 224 100 19 15 6 53 10 1

90 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 26

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

What breaks

Airbags 510 14.8%

Engine & Cooling 362 10.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 319 9.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 305 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 270 7.8%

Brakes 267 7.7%

Electrical System 236 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 225 6.5%