Ford F-350 vs Hyundai Tucson

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	Hyundai Tucson
Complaints on file	3,845	8,648
Model years covered	1989–2014	2005–2026
Worst model year	1999	2017
Best model year	2009	2014
Crashes reported	288	404
Fires reported	176	222
Injuries reported	164	228
Deaths reported	14	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	16.7%	9.9%

Ford F-350 by year

2 34 74 129 126 191 167 188 16 531 367 181 140 104 216 170 206 56 176 55 204 252 110 150

89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 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

Engine & Cooling 562 14.6%

Steering 544 14.1%

Brakes 474 12.3%

Tires 432 11.2%

Suspension 405 10.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 309 8.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 280 7.3%

Electrical System 176 4.6%

Hyundai Tucson by year

273 202 85 66 24 79 174 316 319 239 309 2,170 1,460 542 530 234 110 599 222 152 455 88

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 2,470 28.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,211 14.0%

Other & Unspecified 811 9.4%

Electrical System 725 8.4%

Brakes 724 8.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 468 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 411 4.8%

Body & Structure 385 4.5%