Ford F-350 vs Toyota Tundra

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	Toyota Tundra
Complaints on file	3,845	9,494
Model years covered	1989–2014	1999–2026
Worst model year	1999	2007
Best model year	2009	2026
Crashes reported	288	502
Fires reported	176	70
Injuries reported	164	261
Deaths reported	14	14
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	16.7%	8.9%

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%

Toyota Tundra by year

1 1,334 543 648 524 653 491 677 535 461 53 218 184 216 105 116 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 646 632 522 223 42

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

Body & Structure 1,781 18.8%

Brakes 1,070 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,068 11.2%

Suspension 856 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 808 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 578 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 571 6.0%

Airbags 496 5.2%