Ford F-250 vs Honda Pilot

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	Honda Pilot
Complaints on file	5,731	13,073
Model years covered	1979–2014	2003–2026
Worst model year	1999	2019
Best model year	1998	2026
Crashes reported	277	521
Fires reported	246	150
Injuries reported	149	345
Deaths reported	14	9
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12%	7.8%

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%

Honda Pilot by year

877 644 955 330 266 166 174 142 390 228 368 153 139 2,364 1,328 649 1,420 785 710 252 201 166 347 19

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

Engine & Cooling 2,522 19.3%

Electrical System 2,017 15.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,315 10.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,143 8.7%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,082 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 859 6.6%

Airbags 731 5.6%

Brakes 645 4.9%