Ford F-350 SD vs GMC Sierra 1500

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-350 SD	GMC Sierra 1500
Complaints on file	5,154	11,637
Model years covered	1995–2026	1994–2026
Worst model year	2019	2019
Best model year	2026	1994
Crashes reported	166	364
Fires reported	117	142
Injuries reported	89	186
Deaths reported	2	3
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.3%	6%

Ford F-350 SD by year

5 3 4 169 188 188 145 164 159 269 192 35 146 25 79 63 50 12 12 315 317 854 312 743 244 129 170 59 66 24 13

95 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 1,100 21.3%

Suspension 874 17.0%

Engine & Cooling 607 11.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 397 7.7%

Electrical System 335 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 295 5.7%

Tires 252 4.9%

Other & Unspecified 242 4.7%

GMC Sierra 1500 by year

15 3 7 100 68 182 215 171 192 210 253 218 183 313 442 280 217 364 149 147 1,031 933 448 476 426 907 688 774 773 633 491 176 152

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

Engine & Cooling 2,253 19.4%

Brakes 1,781 15.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,314 11.3%

Electrical System 1,197 10.3%

Airbags 948 8.1%

Other & Unspecified 870 7.5%

Steering 610 5.2%

Body & Structure 572 4.9%