Ford F-250 vs Chevrolet Tahoe

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 Tahoe
Complaints on file	5,731	12,903
Model years covered	1979–2014	1988–2026
Worst model year	1999	2002
Best model year	1998	1993
Crashes reported	277	593
Fires reported	246	170
Injuries reported	149	462
Deaths reported	14	26
Most complained-about part	Steering	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	12%	9.7%

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 Tahoe by year

1 5 8 12 20 296 390 515 315 677 341 607 543 628 548 381 144 1,533 687 391 405 571 253 309 118 892 352 233 141 162 68 619 246 302 92 71 27

88 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

Brakes 2,045 15.8%

Airbags 1,556 12.1%

Electrical System 1,512 11.7%

Other & Unspecified 1,343 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,028 8.0%

Body & Structure 900 7.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 859 6.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 611 4.7%