Ford F-250 SD vs Toyota Camry

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	Toyota Camry
Complaints on file	9,504	23,365
Model years covered	1991–2026	1983–2024
Worst model year	2018	2009
Best model year	2012	1993
Crashes reported	233	3,870
Fires reported	246	557
Injuries reported	162	2,075
Deaths reported	12	77
Most complained-about part	Steering	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	6.9%	28.2%

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 37 459 448 1,837 639 1,938 360 213 161 76 57 19 13

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 2,487 26.2%

Suspension 2,238 23.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,053 11.1%

Electrical System 511 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 509 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 462 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 443 4.7%

Brakes 296 3.1%

Toyota Camry by year

6 10 19 35 70 88 138 160 186 646 334 364 373 567 685 751 661 577 356 1,183 946 799 905 393 3,670 1,140 1,616 766 781 810 377 640 362 253 206 1,092 565 386 196 88 93 72

83 84 85 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

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

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3,184 13.6%

Engine & Cooling 2,782 11.9%

Brakes 2,310 9.9%

Body & Structure 1,801 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,761 7.5%

Airbags 1,696 7.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,547 6.6%

Other & Unspecified 1,487 6.4%