Ford F-250 SD vs Jeep Wrangler

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 F-250 SD	Jeep Wrangler
Complaints on file	9,519	23,013
Model years covered	1991–2026	1986–2026
Worst model year	2018	2021
Best model year	2012	2025
Crashes reported	233	779
Fires reported	247	741
Injuries reported	162	477
Deaths reported	12	26
Most complained-about part	Steering	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	6.9%	8.8%

Ford F-250 SD by year

1 3 4 2 12 11 52 1 304 277 331 282 229 345 381 353 85 175 33 48 189 97 32 37 459 450 1,837 639 1,943 364 214 163 76 57 19 14

91 92 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

Steering 2,489 26.1%

Suspension 2,238 23.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,054 11.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 515 5.4%

Electrical System 512 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 464 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 445 4.7%

Brakes 296 3.1%

Jeep Wrangler by year

1 51 55 86 105 100 100 134 184 259 2 548 401 262 311 235 139 130 281 757 852 793 1,254 501 907 682 1,289 1,046 857 693 654 423 2,646 1,092 800 1,529 657 594 1,465 121 17

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 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

Steering 3,542 15.4%

Electrical System 2,994 13.0%

Engine & Cooling 2,753 12.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,567 11.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,253 9.8%

Suspension 1,599 6.9%

Airbags 1,484 6.4%

Other & Unspecified 1,307 5.7%