Ford F-450 SD vs Hyundai Santa FE Sport

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-450 SD	Hyundai Santa FE Sport
Complaints on file	630	1,559
Model years covered	1991–2026	2013–2018
Worst model year	2008	2017
Best model year	2002	2015
Crashes reported	18	22
Fires reported	29	106
Injuries reported	21	14
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.8%	9.1%

Ford F-450 SD by year

19 3 5 3 2 5 9 1 76 59 28 15 18 43 47 44 19 105 5 4 11 5 2 2 2 1 1 5 26 37 9 16 2 1

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 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

Fuel & Propulsion 146 23.2%

Engine & Cooling 134 21.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 10.0%

Brakes 55 8.7%

Tires 46 7.3%

Electrical System 45 7.1%

Steering 33 5.2%

Body & Structure 14 2.2%

Hyundai Santa FE Sport by year

249 227 112 89 472 410

13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 733 47.0%

Brakes 210 13.5%

Other & Unspecified 129 8.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 90 5.8%

Electrical System 86 5.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 86 5.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 45 2.9%

Body & Structure 28 1.8%