Ford F-250 vs KIA Sorento

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	KIA Sorento
Complaints on file	5,731	13,981
Model years covered	1979–2014	2003–2026
Worst model year	1999	2012
Best model year	1998	2009
Crashes reported	277	481
Fires reported	246	653
Injuries reported	149	371
Deaths reported	14	11
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12%	10.8%

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%

KIA Sorento by year

421 341 457 382 224 319 79 3 2,077 1,208 1,297 1,375 960 1,629 1,034 336 626 189 357 287 201 53 119 7

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 4,214 30.1%

Electrical System 1,380 9.9%

Other & Unspecified 1,279 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,162 8.3%

Body & Structure 937 6.7%

Lights 864 6.2%

Airbags 719 5.1%

Brakes 703 5.0%