Ford F-350 SD vs Jeep Liberty

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	Jeep Liberty
Complaints on file	5,154	11,717
Model years covered	1995–2026	2000–2012
Worst model year	2019	2002
Best model year	2026	2009
Crashes reported	166	820
Fires reported	117	218
Injuries reported	89	631
Deaths reported	2	19
Most complained-about part	Steering	Suspension
Share of complaints involving harm	7.3%	14.4%

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%

Jeep Liberty by year

7 12 2,330 1,732 1,440 1,461 1,813 941 766 146 273 244 552

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

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

What breaks

Suspension 2,063 17.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,786 15.2%

Airbags 1,357 11.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,213 10.4%

Electrical System 901 7.7%

Body & Structure 895 7.6%

Engine & Cooling 606 5.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 516 4.4%