Ford F-250 vs Chevrolet Equinox

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	Chevrolet Equinox
Complaints on file	5,731	12,688
Model years covered	1979–2014	2005–2026
Worst model year	1999	2005
Best model year	1998	2009
Crashes reported	277	573
Fires reported	246	141
Injuries reported	149	360
Deaths reported	14	6
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12%	8.5%

Ford F-250 by year

1 14 5 145 149 183 156 238 212 348 76 702 417 269 189 151 201 207 332 84 255 92 109 384 423 153 236

79 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

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

What breaks

Steering 846 14.8%

Suspension 808 14.1%

Engine & Cooling 741 12.9%

Brakes 549 9.6%

Tires 516 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 427 7.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 425 7.4%

Electrical System 315 5.5%

Chevrolet Equinox by year

950 950 950 535 151 1,118 1,139 943 988 699 845 493 370 583 418 488 128 220 140 126 346 108

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

Engine & Cooling 3,179 25.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,564 12.3%

Electrical System 1,223 9.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,085 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,053 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 783 6.2%

Brakes 753 5.9%

Airbags 632 5.0%