Ford F250 vs Honda Accord Hybrid

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 F250	Honda Accord Hybrid
Complaints on file	492	1,191
Model years covered	1968–1990	2005–2025
Worst model year	—	2023
Best model year	—	2021
Crashes reported	16	67
Fires reported	98	7
Injuries reported	8	36
Deaths reported	1	2
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
Share of complaints involving harm	25%	9.4%

Ford F250 by year

1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 11 33 42 51 85 127 129

68 70 74 77 78 79 81 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

Electrical System 98 19.9%

Brakes 97 19.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 91 18.5%

Engine & Cooling 42 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 41 8.3%

Tires 34 6.9%

Steering 20 4.1%

Body & Structure 18 3.7%

Honda Accord Hybrid by year

43 1 34 64 1 69 170 140 63 68 82 283 132 41

05 07 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 177 14.9%

Electrical System 165 13.9%

Engine & Cooling 140 11.8%

Brakes 140 11.8%

Other & Unspecified 140 11.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 105 8.8%

Steering 64 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 51 4.3%