Ford F150 vs Cadillac Escalade

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 F150	Cadillac Escalade
Complaints on file	988	2,367
Model years covered	1966–1990	1999–2026
Worst model year	—	2007
Best model year	—	2026
Crashes reported	22	135
Fires reported	216	78
Injuries reported	23	110
Deaths reported	3	3
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	26.7%	13.8%

Ford F150 by year

1 1 1 3 13 2 3 2 5 12 14 45 78 107 170 241 290

66 68 75 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

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

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 305 30.9%

Electrical System 244 24.7%

Engine & Cooling 83 8.4%

Brakes 68 6.9%

Tires 55 5.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 38 3.8%

Body & Structure 37 3.7%

Steering 30 3.0%

Cadillac Escalade by year

46 96 3 164 111 99 64 26 320 180 89 47 53 32 24 30 145 123 78 29 29 16 101 119 199 70 32 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

Engine & Cooling 549 23.2%

Airbags 328 13.9%

Electrical System 278 11.7%

Brakes 184 7.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 180 7.6%

Other & Unspecified 116 4.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 105 4.4%

Suspension 74 3.1%