Ford F350 vs Dodge Dodge Truck

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 F350	Dodge Dodge Truck
Complaints on file	187	454
Model years covered	1975–1990	1973–2003
Worst model year	—	2003
Best model year	—	1995
Crashes reported	4	28
Fires reported	30	14
Injuries reported	4	21
Deaths reported	2	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Suspension
Share of complaints involving harm	21.4%	13.9%

Ford F350 by year

2 3 1 2 4 17 8 34 53 63

75 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

Brakes 45 24.1%

Electrical System 28 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 24 12.8%

Tires 23 12.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 19 10.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 13 7.0%

Suspension 7 3.7%

Steering 6 3.2%

Dodge Dodge Truck by year

1 2 3 1 1 3 5 4 2 14 20 18 7 32 26 49 29 42 70 26 48 25 26

73 76 80 81 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

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

What breaks

Suspension 62 13.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 53 11.7%

Brakes 47 10.4%

Engine & Cooling 42 9.3%

Steering 37 8.1%

Body & Structure 30 6.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 30 6.6%

Electrical System 24 5.3%