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	9,446
Model years covered	1989–2014	1999–2026
Worst model year	1999	2007
Best model year	2009	2026
Crashes reported	288	501
Fires reported	176	70
Injuries reported	164	260
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 1,334 543 648 524 652 491 677 535 460 53 218 184 216 105 115 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 633 620 511 222 34

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 1,779 18.8%

Brakes 1,068 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,053 11.1%

Suspension 854 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 802 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 576 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 568 6.0%

Airbags 495 5.2%